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Candy Box Purses By Racelle Rosett Some teenage friends of mine were suffering from the purse tyranny of their middle school when we came across these Japanese candy boxes. A glue gun and some fake fur later, we had made these clever recycled purses. Make your own Candy Box Purse by downloading the project as […]
Instructables user TimBTodd writes: My mother wanted a unique, traditional and modern coffee table. I found some old antique wooden windows at a flea market, and designed this coffee table around them. Not many assembly tips are included, but if you’ve got some basic woodworking skills under your belt already, this is a great project […]
Using Mr. McGroovy’s Box Rivets, these enterprising builders built a cardboard scale replica steam engine. Cardboard Scale Replica Steam Engine More: Mr. McGroovy’s cardboard box rivets
My bike’s paint job is looking pretty sorry these days, which I guess makes it less likely to get stolen, but doesn’t get much drooling out about town… Instructables user Panda Face shares some awesome bike painting tips for a pro-looking job minus a large chunk of cash.
As we see more and more empty, abandoned street newspaper boxes, street artist Posterchild converted this one into a lovely planter with a simply-shaped plywood insert.
I love when a mass of a simple object creates amazing artistic effects. This lampshade made from hundreds of toothpicks is a great case in point. [ via Re-Nest ]
Garth Johnson recently got to attend the Kinetic Grand Championship, a human-powered art vehicle race across road, land, and water between Arcata and Ferndale, California. He took a lot of nice video and included some anecdotes of the more eccentric aspects of the competition over at Extreme Craft.
