Month: May 2010

The Road to Maker Faire: Michael Wood

Michael Wood of TinyMeat.com is getting ready for Maker Faire, and shares his thoughts on craft shows, fairs, and Maker Faire specifically in this charming video made by Brian Brewer. Can’t wait for this weekend! [via Make: Online] Tinymeat was forged out of vinyl, snark, and a dissatisfaction with the corporate lifestyle, first in the […]

Crafts on Antiques Roadshow

Antiques Roadshow is one of my and my husband’s favorite shows. We always look forward to Monday nights and seeing what’s new on the Roadshow. He always gets excited when there is a musical instrument of some sort (particularly violins and guitars) and I always love seeing any kind of craft-related antique (particularly needlework). Last […]

Bicycle Fetish Day in NYC this Saturday

Bicycle Fetish Day in NYC this Saturday

The City Reliquary in Brooklyn, NY, is throwing a bicycle block party with the Bicycle Fetish Day in Williamsburg: IT’S A BLOCK PARTY FOR YOUR BICYCLE! The Sixth Annual Bicycle Fetish Day takes place on Havemeyer Street between Grand & Hope Sts. “Best of…” Bicycle Contests, “Goldsprints” Stationary Races, Alley Cat Race, Advocacy Groups, Info […]

How-To: Bacon Fruit Cups

Christy Canida has a neat tutorial for making bacon fruit cups over at Instructables. She writes: Bacon should be combined with everything, so why not fruit salad? This is one of the dishes I made for Bacon Camp SF 2010 – it got 4s and 5s from the judges, so is guaranteed to be tasty! […]