Year: 2010

Zombie Barbie Garden

Crafty mama Carrie Lundell did a great job of taking a tutorial on the Savers thrift store site to the max with her garden of zombie Barbie dolls. I love this image of the zombie Barbie assembly line and her daughter “creepifying” one of the dolls. I second Carrie’s emotion when she says she can’t […]

The Musical Note Sweater

I recently came across the blog Handmade by Mother, in which Victoria Dunn posts up (and occasionally mocks) vintage patterns. In truth, I really just wanted to share this photo. The boy on the right looks like he’s about to break the clarinet over his knee and go postal. I guess this is a reminder […]

Making a Vuvu Gramophone

Ah. Those ubiquitous Vuvuzelas. I don’t watch soccer, don’t own a TV, and I still became overwhelmed with Vuvuzela references and World Cup fever. And in its wake, the world was overwhelmed with the deafeningly-loud 2′ plastic tooters. Now that the matches are over and the world’s attention has moved on, what to do with […]