How-To: Liberty Pinwheel Brooch
I love the festive look of this Liberty Pinwheel Brooch from Betz White. It’s a great way to use up small scraps of fabric and trims, and could be modified for any kind of celebration.
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How-To: Dried Fruit Rolls
Instructables user tcup120 writes: Fruit rolls are fun to eat, and not too hard to make. Inspired by Fruit Rollups and Fruit Leather, I made a fresh variation with no sugar added. WIth my families allergies, sack lunches were almost always in order. But what to pack? These are cute and healthy options that will […]
Summer Stripes
I have such a thing for stripes, so I couldn’t help oohing and ahhing over this stripe project roundup over at Martha Stewart. I love the way the ideas make more stripes in your life using materials that come easily to hand, like tape, paint, and ribbons, or simply just rearranging objects!
Recipe: Honey Barbecue Ribs
By Andrew Lewis Sometimes, the simplest recipes are the best. These succulent pork ribs are great at barbecues and can be served cold at picnics, yet they only take a few minutes to prepare. Although this recipe calls for pork ribs, the marinade works equally well on belly draft, pork chops, chicken wings, or even […]
Save My Oceans: Grand Prize Winner
Last week, we featured each of our top five finalists in the Save My Oceans contest. Now we can reveal which of these finalists is the Grand Prize Winner. All the entries in the contest were impressive, and it was great to see all the fun, innovative and practical ways folks are reusing plastics in […]
California Table
Spotted in the CRAFT Flickr pool, this 4-foot California coffee table by Jared Rusten is made from salvaged CA claro walnut and white oak. It looks fabulous!
Heat-shrink tubing for furniture joints
I actually don’t care too much, personally, for the way this looks, but serious kudos to designer Nicola Zocca for outside-the-box thinking. What other clever off-label uses for polyolefin shrink film are we missing? [via NOTCOT]