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Light and paper are always a good combination, and indirect lighting can be such a nice way to soften the feeling in a room. The translucency of vellum and the texture of the handmade paper is what makes this project really stand out. Add a little bit of a three-dimensional design and the impact of this simple project will be self-evident.
Mike Sheldrake’s boards are just fiberglass skin over computer-cut cardboard.
I’m a big fan of simple projects with stunning results. Here’s a nice example of such a project from Oh So Crafty. She took a old, scratched wooden salad plate, flipped it over to its “good” side, and applied leaves cut from contact paper to act as a resist. She then sprayed the wooden plate […]
The September class schedule is up at The Brooklyn Kitchen, a kitchen store in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Some of them really caught my eye: September 8: Kombucha brewing with Kombuchman! September 9, 16, 23, 30: Knife skills September 10: Tasting tempeh September 15: Cake decorating September 21: Pickling with Bob McClure And that’s just some of […]
One of my favorite sections in Better Homes and Gardens Stitchery and Crafts is “Ideas for a Variety of Placements,” and that’s where I found my inspiration for this project. I love to use vintage dishes but it’s always hard to find vintage place mats and napkins that are in good enough shape to use for company. So I thought why not just make some?
Maker Faire Africa flickr pool
www.makerfaireri.com My first visit to Rhode Island was in 1990. I vividly remember getting off I-95 at the downtown Providence exit and being confronted by a multi-story pile of dirt at the end of the ramp. I became lost as I wandered beneath the highway overpasses, challenged to find the heart of the city. After […]
