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If you’d prefer not to have lots of plastic Easter eggs rolling around the house, check out You Are My Fave’s how-to on paper bag egg treat bags. Decorate them with your family’s favorite characters and designs, or let everyone get in on the action and contribute.
I’ve seen a million different tutorials for making fabric flowers, but these fabric peony flowers from Ez at Creature Comforts are really fantastic. Head over to her site to learn her trick for making those perfectly realistic petals! More: How-To: Fabric And Wire Flowers @Craftzine.com blog How-To: Fabric Daffodils @Craftzine.com blog Coffee Filter Roses @Craftzine.com […]
John over at MAKE posted these amazing images of computer-designed origami from an interview with Jun Mitani by the Creator’s Project. You can see more images of Mitani’s work on his Flickr photostream.
Here is a great article from Open Music Labs which details the teardown and design of an old school MIDI keyboard.
Wanna shoot fireballs from the palm of your hand? Of course you do. When Joel Johnson set out to fashion his own fireball shooter, he was intent on making one with a minimum of parts that was small enough to be concealed in his hand. He shared his “Orpheus Shooter” build with us back in […]
Calling all Skylanders fans! Head over to Home Crafts Blog for a free Chompy crochet pattern.
Check out this DIY lamp tutorial showing how to re-cover a lampshade with fabric. This is a great green project because you can salvage those old lamps you want to re-vamp instead of pitching them. Bird and Branch Redesign author, Jessamie Vincent, admitted it was a bit tricky. I imagine every single shade is different, but this is a great basic how-to showing you how to get started.
