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.
Daisung says, “I’ve uploaded some photos of my analogue phone + old Nokia phone. I’m currently overseas so I’ve had to leave it behind, but every time I’ve used it, I got great reactions out of people who were extremely curious. The handset works just like a regular phone by the way!” Link. Update 9/1: […]
David Harris sent in some pics of tshirts he made, both are innovations of the bleach idea from my podcast. Way to go David! So here are two shirts I made inspired by the spray bleach idea. A couple of months ago I started getting into the whole stencil art thing and I had made […]
Lenore says, “I thought you might like our how-to on painting using stickers for masking. Demonstrated with pin boxes and a lunchbox used for sewing supplies. Would be perfect for personalizing your psp carrying case.” Link.
Ok, simple DIY hacks have been around for a while, but Flickr is rolling out the red carpet on geotagging your photos. If you just want to jump in and start geotagging, open the new ‘map’ tab in the organizr and go for it. It’s all drag and drop and easy to figure out. Since […]
One of the founders of Super Buzzy (seller of great Japanese fabrics) is Super Eggplant and her tutorial on how to make tote bags is the best. You’ll be making lined tote bags in no time! Link.
The Soft Electric is an exploration in wearable fashion technology, designed by Grace Kim for her final thesis project at NYU’s Interactive Telecommunications Program. Grace knit and felted the caplet by hand and embroidered the piece with conductive thread. The thread carries electric current to LEDs that are beaded into the embroidery. The LED beads […]
The online Japanese fabric store called Fabric Tales has a great gallery featuring user submissions of projects featuring the Japanese fabrics bought at the store. Pictured left is handmade dog collars made by Jacqueline Broussard and right is a Blythe doll “Pura-chan” in a Japanese kimono made by Ryoko. It’s fun to browse through all […]
