Month: April 2010

Revamped Vintage Plates

In honor of Earth Day last Friday, Whorange included a neat little compilation of “vandalized” vintage plates. The plates in question have been augmented with images from Star Wars, choice descriptors/cuss words, and pinups. These are step beyond the layperson’s way to salvage chipped and cracked plates that we’ve previously shown you how to do.

How-To: Easy Coffee Liqueur

Instructables user depotdevoid writes: Back in the day, before the hangovers started, I really loved White Russians. I had one at a party way back when and fell in love, then saw The Big Lebowski and knew that coffee liqueur and I were made for each other. Somewhere in all this I realized that buying […]

How-To: Rolled Felt Scraps Rug

This fantastically graphic and colorful rug from Kristin Martha’s Crafts Department was made by hot gluing and rolling thinly cut strips of scrap felt tightly together. (scroll through the slide show on the page to see the how-to photographs) It’s a fairly simple process, but one that would take quite a bit of thought, time […]

Sushi Cupcakes

Becky at Glue and Glitter writes in about her sister Amanda’s sushi cupcakes, made for a friend’s birthday. The cognitive dissonance between the appearance of fish and flavor of cake must be very disorienting, but they’re so lovely!

Three-roll pinhole camera

Three-roll pinhole camera

This excellent pinhole camera exposes three rolls of film simultaneously. The work of Steven Monteau of Bordeaux, France, it’s a pretty slick project, using felt-tipped pens to advance the rolls and marker tops as the knobs. Even better, Monteau provides a detailed tutorial on how to make your own. [Thanks, udi!]