HOW TO – Make a holiday star from old cards
Jenny Harada, crafter of cool monster hats, has a great DIY project where you can recycle your old holiday cards. Jessi says, “Save Christmas Cards you receive to make this cool Holiday Card Star.” Link.
Paper Crafts
Origami, letterpress, linocuts, laser-cuts, pepakura, pop-ups, flip-books, silhouettes, maché, and more.
HOW TO – Make a cool advent calendar
Teresa McFayden has a great tutorial on how to make a modern advent calendar using a cookie sheet and creative magnets you can make with numbers for the days. [ via ] Link.
Ice cream birdhouse
Christina Armenante made this sweet looking ice cream style birdhouse. Christina says, “I made this birdhouse in order to win a birdhouse making competition i had with my boyfriend. I kicked his ass, to say the least. My love for sweet treats shines through in many aspects of my life, birdhouse making is only one […]
Book sculptures
Artist Sue Blackwell makes these incredible book sculptures like this tea party scene from Alice in Wonderland [ via ] Link.
HOW TO – Make your own blank books
Firefly on crafster.org has posted up a tutorial on how to make cool blank books out of things like old game boards and other recycled materials, as well as cool new embellishments. Link.
HOW TO – Make card holders out of paint chip cards
_tango! says, “I’ve been making some card holders from those free “paint chip” samples you get at home depot. A bunch of people asked me how to make it, and I finally made a quick photo DIY guide along with more images of the card holders. enjoy!“ Link.
Shirley’s Garden Notecards
Crafter Kristina Pinto, whose needlepoint bracelets tutorial can be seen in vol 1 of CRAFT, is merging her love of crafts with a cause. Kristina will be running in the Dana-Farber Marathon Challenge at the 2007 Boston Marathon where all the proceeds donated will fund the cancer institute. To add to this, Kristina is creating […]
