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Lucky Ladybird from the UK writes in: Over the past few weeks me and my friend Carolyn have been trying our best to find a way to recycle all the carrier bags we’ve collected by weaving them into baskets. With no prior weaving experience I got some inspiration from fellow blogger Michelle of Conserve Plastic […]
Handmade Nation, the documentary film by Faythe Levine celebrating the handmade movement in America, will make its premiere in Portland, Oregon, this weekend. Hosted by the Museum of Contemporary Craft, there will be three screenings of the film and fantastic craft events throughout the weekend. I’ll be reporting from Portland throughout the weekend, and would […]
Instructables user lemonie has a guide up for preparing onions in a fast, efficient, and therefore tear-free way!
Whenever I want to start baking, I never seem to remember to put the butter out beforehand. Ok, I admit I’m impatient for the thought of whatever cookies or cupcakes I’ll soon be eating. Simply Recipes has a great tip on how to quickly soften butter by rolling it out between wax paper sheets. Thanks […]
Wow, check out irI5‘s portraits in cassette tape! What a neat use for this recycled material. Via BoingBoing.
Douglas Repetto writes: The 1,618,033rd dorkbot-nyc meeting will take place at 7pm on Wednesday, April 1st, 2009 at Location One in SoHo. Featuring the divine and proportionate: Erik Sanner: Paintings that Move, Spring Planting, and How to Enjoy Traffic Cones Why make art when every day we encounter strikingly beautiful, impenetrable objects of infinite interpretation? […]
Photo from Third World Tech Third World Tech is a neat site with loads of technologies that are used and created in the developing world. One feature on their site is this great idea of making bamboo bikes. The bicycle is such an incredibly important tool for people living on very little in low tech […]
