How To Create Burda’s One-Dart Skirt Sloper
Burda Style has a new how-to up on their site to make a cute, vintage-inspired skirt.
Year: 2011
Lego picture puzzle
This is Ravel, a picture puzzle. You are a postman who one day wakes up in a mysterious place. What is going on, is it a dream? You come across a signpost in the road. It reads: Welcome friend to a place called Ravel, Should you wish to leave; there’s no need to travel. Open […]
Antique mechanical dice
Dug North spotted this gem in a recent (and now unfortunately closed) eBay listing. Would love to hear what it sounds like when you pull the lever.
How-To: Appliqué Your Knee Socks
By Diane Gilleland If you love a good pair of knee socks, why not make them truly your own by adding a cute appliqué – or several? All you need to do is respect the stretchiness of the sock, and all that requires is a little measuring and some scrap cardboard!
How-To: Rose Gold Necklace
I’m all for new jewelry anytime especially in the new year when it’s an easy way to update a blah wardobe. I’m loving this Rose Gold Necklace tutorial by Erica Domesek of P.S. I Made This…. It’s just perfectly on trend and way too easy to make! Rose gold has been making lots of waves […]
Crank-powered kinetic sculptures
Seattle artist Casey Curran sent in videos of his kinetic sculptures. Really love those flowers… In this most recent series I’ve combined pheasant pelts and simple mechanical movements with hand crafted wire insects and silk flowers to give each piece a feeling of existing between dissolving and reconstructing itself.
2011 Kids Activity Calendar Download
Tali of Growing Up Creative shares how using a family calendar and weekly family meetings helped bring her family a greater sense of togetherness and stability over the last year. Now she’s created a really cool calendar download that you can use to replicate the process for your own family. The PDF is full of […]
