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.
Crafting Jen has ingeniously created a yarn winder with children’s tinker toys. Jen says, “Another great thing about using Tinkertoys, too – these are wooden parts that are intended for children to play with. As such, they are extremely smooth and well finished. Not a chance in the world that your yarn will catch on […]
Artist Chris Jordan’s “Running the Numbers, An American Self-Portrait” – “This new series looks at contemporary American culture through the austere lens of statistics. Each image portrays a specific quantity of something: fifteen million sheets of office paper (five minutes of paper use); 106,000 aluminum cans (thirty seconds of can consumption) and so on. My […]
The Graffiti Research Lab wants *you* – “Calling all writers, street artists, prankster, bikers, protesters, citizens and untouchables! The Graffiti Research Lab will be in Rotterdam from February 7th through the 10th. We’re taking control of the Renzo Piano KPN Telecom Building and turning the Kop Van Zuid into the People’s Revolutionary Green Laser Light […]
Cactus Mittenettes You’d never guess it, but these lovely cactus mittenettes were dreamed up on a Gallic pillow. Sylvie lives in the French Alps, not the Southwest United States, but she does a great job of conjuring up ghostly cactus silhouettes. She also makes some quirky and quite lovely patterns, which she sells on her […]
Not Martha has a photo tutorial on how to keep your house cozy with her door draft stopper tutorial. Link.
benben says, “Books created from vintage index tab dividers. This one also uses a bit of origami paper for its cover. She has some others that are just the vintage dividers. The books also come with a set of insertable tabs to change depending on your mood! Lots of other neat books on her [ […]
Starting this Thursday, Feb 1st through Feb 19th HGTV will be featuring all new episodes of Knitty Gritty hosted by Vickie Howell. Yes that’s right, Knitty Gritty will be new and on every day! Find out more from Vickie’s blog the full schedule of episodes. Link. Related: Vickie Howel’s West Coast Tour Info Jan 30 […]
