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.
We’ve had a few shopping cart related projects and articles on MAKE, from a “shopper chopper” to making furniture from them, this new book The Stray Shopping Carts of Eastern North America: A Guide to Field Identification looks like a modern day bird watchers guide, urbanized for spotting shopping carts in the various habitats – […]
I’ve posted a few tutorials on how to felt an old sweater into a bag, but Alicia of Posie gets Cozy has made some really cute ones recently complete with fun buttons, pocket stitchery, and quilted linings. Link. More: Recycled sweater bags in 30 min – Link. Make a sweater arm scarf – Link.
Edouard Martinet makes these amazing animal sculptures from scrap metal in junkyards – [via] – Link.
Here’s a great quick project and a way you can get rid of some of your fabric scraps — make a fabric wallet. Link.
Shelterrific has the tutorial on how to make this photo collage tissue box cover. This project is an excerpt from the new book, Photocraft: Cool Things to do with the Pictures you Love by Laura Lovett. From the description, it looks like a great project based book with lots of ideas on how to turn […]
Jewelry maker Danielle Maveal makes interesting unique pieces of jewelry, some of which she etches into sterling silver. Here’s a mini-interview where I talked to her about her etching and jewelry making process. Danielle Maveal Website – www.daniellemaveal.com Flickr – daniellemaveal Nat: Can you tell our CRAFT blog readers what kind of process you go […]
Take a look at some of the amazing wedding dresses created out of toilet paper in the 2006 Toilet Paper Wedding Dress Contest. The rules were simple — only toilet paper, glue and tape could be used in making the dress. This dress created by Hannah Kim won 2nd place and $200. The detail of […]
