The latest DIY ideas, techniques and tools for the kitchen, garage and backyard from food to furniture to fun & games for your family.
Our own operations manager, Rob Bullington, was excited to share his sister Laura’s latest garden creation. Laura Lee refined this planter idea she saw in the magazine Birds & Blooms. The article describing “Tipsy Pots” was a little too vague and didn’t address some issues she had regarding irrigation, because the clay pots tended to […]
What can you make with felt-tip markers, a Wiring board, sensors, motors, and LEGOs?
I bought one of these RSS throw pillows from Justin almost a year ago when Becky hit it in a Flickr pool round-up on CRAFT. It was a steal then at $15, and it looks like Justin has only marked it up a little bit in the meantime, to $19.99, which is still a great price. Mine is a year old, has seen daily use on my living room couch, and still looks great. Comfy, too.
Learn to convert a common BMX bike grip into a camera handle with this tutorial by fungus amungus: When using a small camera to shoot some video it’s easy to fumble with it as you try and move the camera around. With a solid grip that screws in to the bottom of the camera it’s […]
This project utilizes a material that is in all of our houses: toilet paper, or – more specifically – the cardboard rolls on which toilet paper comes. We’ve featured a few projects that put a grown-up spin on toilet paper roll crafting, and this is one to join those ranks. Sara of Creative Jewish Mom […]
Sure it’s a month away, but it doesn’t hurt to get started on your Fourth of July crafting a little early, right? This American flag garland from Saltwater Kids would be a great project to tackle with the kids. Have them help cut rectangles from jeans and ticking fabric and stitch the stars. Do one […]
Meal planning is my downfall. I’m not a great cook, my kids are picky eaters, and I can never seem to get my act together to have meals planned for even half the days of the week. I’m working on getting better in this area of domesticity, so I’m eyeing with interest this magnetic meal […]
