And you don’t even need a blanket. Ingrid Brandth‘s Daily Shelter transforms into a small playhouse. Feeling safe is not necessarily being safe. We feel protected and secure in surroundings that are familiar to us, where we can control the space around us – physically or psychologically. The Daily Shelter is a table inspired by […]
This morning’s post about remote controls prompted Austrian maker Markus Hirsch to send a link to a project he’s working on: a GameBoy Advance remote control. The project, which is still in development, calls for adding an ATMEL AVR tiny44 microcontroller, an IR diode and an IR receiver to a GameBoy. Basically, the tiny44 and […]
By Natalie Zee Drieu I love to save cool boxes, especially the ones with flap-style lids like cigar boxes, so that I can reuse them for storage. What I don’t like is how boring they look or have their branding emblazoned on the box. While organizing my craft room this month, I needed a place […]
In my quest to find a pretty bandanna for my family’s new female puppy (pink! pink! I finally get to dress someone or something in pink!), I stumbled upon a bag of vintage cloth handkerchiefs I’d picked up at estate sales over the years. As I was tying the very pinkest hanky onto my pup’s […]
Photo from Flickr user Moose Greebles I like this 1981 ad for Lego. It reads, in part: “Have you ever seen anything like it? Not just what she’s made, but how proud it’s made her. It’s a look you’ll see whenever children build something all by themselves. No matter what they’ve created.” Compare the above […]
Craftster user LawrenceKSRealEstate won the Craftster Gingerbread Challenge with this fantastic gingerbread house inspired by the Pixar movie, Up. The details are amazing, and he even included a modeling chocolate version of Carl in the front lawn. See all the pictures over on his blog.
I don’t have much of a sweet tooth, but Randy Sarafan’s mint chocolate donut recipe has me itching for a sugary treat.
