How-To: Product Tags for Handmade Items
Give your handmade gifts a professional touch with these DIY labels.
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Flashback: Salted Caramels with Orange Scented Sugar
Caramels are another fun and delicious treat to make for gifting this time of year, though they can be tricky. You will rely heavily on a candy thermometer, so make sure that is working before you start. You will need to monitor the temperature closely. You can go from soft caramels to hard candy very quickly, so choose a time to make these when you won’t be distracted. In other words, don’t make these when you’ve got two kids playing loudly in the background or you might have to make a second batch. Just sayin’, not that I would know anything about that.
The Useless Candle
How to make a “Useless Candle;” its only function is to blow itself out
How-To: Knitted Elfin Hats
Bring a little magic and mystery to your knitting–and give twined knitting a try while you’re at it–with this charming new knitted elfin hats pattern!
Sewing Tips: How to Sew a Shank Button
Sewing a button is one of those basic sewing skills that most makers have, but it’s not unusual for stitchers to be absolute pros at attaching flat buttons but totally clueless when it comes to other styles.
How to Engrave Custom Artwork onto an Instrument Using the Dremel Micro
At World Maker Faire New York, I had a chance to hang out with artists Jaime Locke and Hank Robinson. Both were at the event showing off their skills in the Dremel booth. Their engravings are quite inspiring and during conversation, they convinced me to give it a try. After getting to know the Dremel […]
Knitted Morrissey Dolls
Morrissey can certainly be elusive when it comes to public appearances, but Kate Park has conjured a way to cuddle a little Morrissey of her own to her heart’s content by knitting herself these little Moz dolls.