I have always treasured Japanese Maples. Long ago I decided that Acer Palmatum were precious and began to covet them, and since then, my feelings have only grown stronger. I live in the redwood forest, where the trees are all evergreens. One reason I’m so attracted to the Japanese Maples is because they are one […]
By Alaina Zulli Here is a weightless, elegant, easy-to-sew top for your spring wardrobe. This is a great project to practice sewing tiny hems on lightweight fabric. Use a fabric that is light, with good drape, and presses well (natural fibers or rayon). The aqua top shown above is a changeable silk chiffon, and the […]
Today is Earth Day and the 40th anniversary of it to boot! To celebrate dear Mother Earth, we’ve rounded up our favorite gardening projects and post from this month. Learn how to plan a mod container garden above or try out some of these great projects below! Projects: How-To: Garden to Go Flashback: Fiesta Explosion […]
Mitch Altman travels around the world doing electronics workshops that teaches everyone from all walks of life about making things. I’ve seen Mitch work for 48 hours straight showing hundreds of kids how to build electronics, it’s amazing. In this video we talk about a great event he was at, but there was one person […]
Last weekend I took a visit to the MIT Media Lab, easily one of my top five favorite places ever. I got to hang with the folks in the high-low tech group, who are working on some very “geek chic” projects. One of them is the TearDrop kit: TearDrop is a kit that allows people […]
I love these charming papel picado rehearsal dinner invitations from Denise Mieko Cherry for Once Wed. Carrying the Mexican theme of their party into their invitations, she shows how she put together these mini papel picado banners and attached them to two cards for the invitations. Though they are demonstrated as a wedding dress rehearsal […]
I really like this idea: A bare-bones piece of furniture made from ubiquitous salvage materials and brick-simple construction, but with meticulously detailed hand-wrought decoration. It’s from French group doobi, whose only web presence appears to be their Facebook group. [via Recyclart]
