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.
These gorgeous watercolor roses from Lucy at Craftberry Bush make me feel like warm weather and sunshine are just around the corner. (Take that, Punxsutawney Phil!) The muted colors and the faux mulberry paper crinkles make them feel both vintage and completely fresh, which is just my style. You springtime brides may want to bookmark […]
I love this dynamic new quilt pattern that Jan of Daisy Janie is offering over on her blog. With 8 fat quarters (plus backing & binding fabrics), you can make this simple and pretty Garden Ladder Lap Quilt. In my mock-up, I used 1 fat quarter from each of the 8 fabric designs in Daisy […]
Astronaut Dr. Don Pettit is currently orbiting the earth onboard the International Space Station, and is known for regularly sharing his cool on-orbit experiments. His latest experiment made me particularly excited, because it showed that there are craft tools in space! Pettit reveals that in his “crew preference” he has a few knitting needles. He […]
How cute is this love is in the air tee tutorial that Shauna from shwin&shwin shared on iCandy Handmade? I especially like that it’s a Valentine’s Day shirt that’s sweet without being too cutesy, so it can be worn any time of the year. Even if a Valentine’s Day shirt isn’t in your future, you […]
The viSparsh belt developed by Young India Fellows Rolly Seth, Jatin Sharma and Tushar Chugh in New Delhi with guidance by Rahul Mangharam of the University of Pennsylvania, is a computer vision assisted haptic feedback system that uses a Microsoft Kinect to detect objects near the wearer and notifies them through an array of vibration motors across the belt
Like Shannon at Madigan Made, I find it hard to resist the siren call of a good dollar store. You never know when a new craft might jump out at you! Case in point: she made this fantastic ombre beaded necklace using ponytail holder beads! I love big, chunky necklaces, and I’d never guess that […]
Here is a simple way to make the small stellated dodecahedron on a large scale.
