From traditional crafts to modern crafts, we’re covering news and interesting projects to educate you and keep you inspired. Design trends and pop culture related projects are here to inspire.
Going through this online gallery of paper silhouettes and trying to identify all of the characters from movies, TV, and other pop culture media sources is really fun. Many of them are instantly recognizable, some of them take awhile for the “ah-ha” moment to hit. Some, for me anyway, remain a mystery. [via Blake Maloof’s […]
It’s hard to believe over a month has passed since Maker Faire Bay Area 2012. The Greatest Show (and Tell) on Earth blew through like a tornado of inspiration, and we’re still reeling from the incredibly creative ideas and projects we witnessed and the impressive number of folks who came out in support of making. […]
If you ask me, Treat Yo Self really is the best day of the year. Luckily one of my favorite episodes from Parks and Recreation has been created into a quilt by Monica of The Happy Zombie. I love it!
A Beautiful Mess shows us how to make a cool geometric stamp out of cardboard to up-grade a simple table runner.
This looks like a really fun activity to do with kids — decorate wood blocks! Mom Jean Van’t Hul of The Artful Parent made these with her daughters, and it looks like they really enjoyed themselves. The crayon melts because you actually put the wood blocks in the oven for a bit to heat them […]
Sand is a big problem in my house (3-year-old boy: check, kitesurfing man: check) so Pascale’s beautifully written mesh beach bag tutorial is making me do a happy little dance. Best of all, it uses real window screen mesh, so it’s a brilliant reuse for that broken screen!
The Sew Nerdy art show opens at Bear and Bird gallery in Lauderhill, Florida, and features some spectacular examples of geekery-meets-craft. Some highlights include the awesome crochet Clocky from Pee Wee’s Playhouse by Allison of Crafty is Cool, the NPR Plush series from Heidi Kenney, and other nerdy favorites from Doctor Who, Teenage Mutant Ninja […]
