How-To: Macramé Bangle Bracelets
Ready to get on the macramé bandwagon? Dress up bracelets to match any outfit with this simple macramé bangle tutorial from Mary at Mary & Patch. It’s the perfect project to help you ease into the trend!
Craft & Design
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.
Lego “Broken Heart” Pendant Set
I can’t tell you how many times I’ve clicked these two Lego pieces together, and yet didn’t really see them as a heart. *Smacks-head-and-wonders-what-I-was-thinking* This is way better than your run-of-the-mill “Best Friends” necklace set. Sean @ MAKE writes: OK, yeah, that’s cute. Incidentally, Lego element #3176, Plate, Modified 3 x 2 with Hole is […]
Woven QR Code
Craftster user Trekky shared these pictures of a QR code that she wove from ribbon! [via Mr. X Stitch]
Tiny Bonsai Tree Houses
These amazingly detailed, but tiny, tree houses built around bonsai trees astound me. Artist Takanori Aiba creates the delicate structures using materials like steel, resin, paper, plaster, LEDs and even ice cream containers. It’s easy to get lost in the mesmerizing details of each sculpture. [via Colossal]
Lego “Broken Heart” Pendant Set
OK, yeah, that’s cute. Incidentally, Lego element #3176, Plate, Modified 3 x 2 with Hole is also available in red. From reddit user spatiality. More:35-lb Lego Heart
DIY Tilt-Shift Lens
If you’re looking for an interesting project for your DSLR camera, you might find the DIY Tilt-Shift lens from Flickr user Maciej Pietuszynski to be worthy of your weekend project time. Maciej’s version uses a shower head and rubber glove in addition to a 50mm/1.8 prime lens. If you’re comfortable cutting a pipe with a hacksaw and disassembling a perfectly good lens, you can pull off this build. The images a lens like this produces more than makes up for the time it takes to assemble.
Breaking Bad Valentine’s
Coolest Valentine’s ever by Shimmering and White. Perfect for a LAST-MINUTE print-out!