Computer Engineer Barbie via Gizmodo… This is actually wonderful. Barbie’s had 124 careers since 1959, ranging from Stewardess to Paratrooper. Today she gets her 125th: computer engineer. You can tell she’s smart ’cause she’s got glasses, and reads nothing but binary. Barbie’s latest career move is also significant for being the first decided entirely by […]
Seattle’s Schmancy crafter Kristen Rask has an adorable new book that just came out, called Button and Stitch: Supercute Ways to Use Your Button Stash. Supercute, indeed! Kristen’s love and appreciation for the humble button comes through on each page, as she shares 24 button-infused projects that are as approachable as they are clever. The […]
CRAFT and Ilovetocreate present The Crafty Chica Love Shrine Challenge. This is the second in my series of three Love Shrine tutorials. Please join in the fun and create your own unique and personal shrine and add it to the challenge flickr pool. We have great prizes for the winners, but we all know the […]
I posted MsPremiseConclusion’s Crochet Saturn V Rocket just more than a week ago, and she’s already cranked out another awesome crochet space craft. This time, it’s the one nearest and dearest to my heart, the Space Shuttle. Having just seen Endeavour’s launch this week, it makes me giddy to see this beloved vehicle translated in […]
Last year, John Edgar Park and Erin Kelly-Park started a maker business called Magnolia Atomworks to create interesting products and kits, such as the Mystery Box (and something allegedly to do with robots and iPads). Here, in the first in a series, part of our Maker Business coverage, John explains how the Mystery Box product […]
We were so saddened here at CRAFT to hear yesterday of the death of Lee McQueen, otherwise known as Alexander McQueen, the founder of the fashion label and visionary designer. I still remember seeing some of his dresses for the first time as a teenager and having my breath taken away by the exquisite detail […]
Our very own spacefaring Rachel Hobson spotted this cool trick from designer Beste Miray Dogan. [via CRAFT]
