Project: Thankful Tree
Express your gratitude and thanks in a fun and visual way this Thanksgiving with a Thankful Tree
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Craft Inc Contest! Plus Craft Inc Book Excerpt
Craft Inc: The Ultimate Guide to Turning Your Creative Hobby into a Successful Business By Meg Mateo Ilasco Chronicle Books There are lots of things to think about when starting up a new business, such as: What will you be selling? How will you market it? What will your profit margin look like? How will […]
Continue ReadingMake: Live is Tonight! Ultimate Kit Episode
It’s tonight! This episode of Make: Live is our Ultimate Kit Episode, in honor of the new Special Issue of MAKE, The Ultimate Kit Guide. Ariel Churi guest hosts with Matt in Brooklyn NY to show off electronics kits, Michael Schrage talks kitonomics, the interns demo some ballistics kits, and Brookelynn Morris calls in with Becky from MAKE HQ in California to talk craft kits.
Continue ReadingThe Texas Quilt at Quilt Market
The Houston Chronicle has a recap from the International Quilt Festival including this photo of Elizabeth C. Kelley Anthony’s “The Texas Quilt.” You can read the whole article here.
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Repurposed 3D Glasses Make for Great Kermit Eyes
Childrens’ Technology maven and playful tinkerer Scott Traylor came up with this whimsical mod for used movie theatre 3d glasses. With his simple PDF template everyone can go green in more ways than one. From his site:
Continue ReadingChevron Mittens
Today, I spent the morning going through my reader, trying my best to get excited about cold weather crafting. I was having a little trouble mustering my usual level of creative enthusiasm, but then I saw these chevron mittens from Trula Kids, and I new that I’d found my first project! The blogger made them […]
Continue ReadingZombified Holiday Decor
If you’ve seen my zombified vintage embroidery design, you know that I’m a fan of taking innocuous things and turning them … a bit disturbing. These holiday decorations from Jo Anne of Crafting for Cheapskates take that hobby to a whole new level. See how she’s turned thrifted holiday decorations into creepy knick knacks. I […]
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