Flashback: Build a Toy Camera from Recycled Materials
Hit up your local snack shop for a box of animal crackers (or another small camera-like box), and get to making this fun project with your kiddos.
Craft & Design
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Your Comments
And we’re back with our twenty-eighth installment of Your Comments. Here are our favorites from the past week, from Make: Online, our Facebook page, and Twitter.
How-To: Custom Oxfords with Sneaker Stickers
If you’ve seen stickers for your shoes but weren’t sure how to use them, check out this DIY oxford shoe tutorial from Annika at The Pineneedle Collective. She’ll show you how to apply them perfectly so you get a truly custom look for your favorite kicks. What would you put on yours? More: How-To: Red […]
Cathe Holden’s Vintage Cigar Box Collection
For a little splurge of serious eye candy, be sure to check out the amazing vintage cigar boxes in Cathe Holden’s collection. What’s with the obsession? Here’s a simple list in order of precedence: 1. Vintage Graphics 2. Gorgeous Typography 3. Beautiful Decay 4. Craft Storage Obsess away, Cathe, and thanks for sharing! More: How-To: […]
CRAFT Flickr Pool Weekly Roundup
Here are some cool things we saw in the CRAFT Flickr pool this week: Moss and deers ♥, by ::sämyii:: Finger Monsters!, by La Société des Monstres Célèbres bird cottage, by so NOT cool quilting book- pg3, by fikidoll Ectoplasm, by hine
Collaborative Comic Book Collage with Tracimoc
Liz Lirakis makes awesome art from recycled comic books, thus her company name, Tracimoc, which is “comic art” backwards. She started this great Maker Faire robot-themed collage in her booth, and you can help add to it. She’s got stacks of cool comics, scissors, and Modge Podge for you to use. Come on by her […]
Geometric Felt Bookmarks
I love simple, clean lines, so these geometric felt bookmarks from Jessica at How About Orange are right up my alley. From the photos on her site, it looks like all you need to make your own is stiffened felt, a craft knife, and a plan, so I might have to give it a try! […]