How-To: Mod Melts Embellished Clutch
Turn a plain clutch into an eye-catching summer accessory with this mod melts embellished clutch tutorial!
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.
Robot-Assisted Xylophone
The makers of MakeBlock, a very cool and sophisticated extruded aluminum building set, are showing off their stuff with this fantastic xylophone-playing robot controlled by an Arduino. MakeBlock, as you can see from the photo, is very beautiful (love the blue anodization!) and it’s extremely well thought out. They’re a startup located in Shenzhen, China. […]
Beowulf Socks
Ravelry user Gryphon Corpus made these amazing socks with the text from the first page of Beowulf knitted into them. Just for, y’know, when you feel like walking around on an epic poem.
Core77 DIY Design Award Winners Inspire
Last week, internationally renowned design site Core77 announced the winners of the Core77 Design Awards. We were really inspired to see the level of creativity in the DIY design category. Check out the winners, along with their short descriptions for inspiration.
DIY Peacock Chair
Design Love Fest gave an peacock chair street find a colorful new look with a few easy steps.
Cork Chair
While wine tasting with some friends, I came across this awesome chair made of corks! Corks are a great crafting material to upcycle. I know you can make furniture, floor mats, and cork boards (duh!), but what other clever ideas have you come across for using corks?
Elizabeth Parker’s Haunting Cross-Stitch Sampler
I always find vintage textiles to be fascinating, but this haunting cross-stitch sampler from Elizabeth Parker, a troubled nineteenth century nurserymaid, is unusual in both its size and subject matter.