Bike-borne lunch bag
In this week’s Evil Mad Scientist project, Lenore shows you how to sew a cloth lunch bag that can be carried on the frame of your bike. Bicycle Frame Lunch Bag
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Faberge-style egg contest at Instructables
An odd premise, for sure, over at the Instructables Faberge-style egg contest: The brilliantly bejeweled Easter eggs of 19th century Russian artist Peter Carl Fabergé are a hallmark of miniaturist engineering and craftsmanship. Forbes magazine’s late, great publisher Malcolm Forbes was an avid Fabergé collector, building a set of eggs and objets d’art even a […]
Cherrywood Art Fair in Austin
Rachel has just posted about Austin’s Cherrywood Art Fair, a popular holiday event happening this December, which happens to be accepting applications right now. All proceeds from the fair’s booth fees and silent auction go to CHULA (Cherrywood Urban Landscape and Arts League), which supports urban arts and beautification projects in East Austin. Hurry over […]
HOW TO – Make Popcorn Balls
Elsie Marie shows you how easy it is to make popcorn balls. Elise writes: I always remember these to be a halloween treat. I also remember them being enormous, but I made little ones for little hands. Remember to brush the little teeth when your done!
Custom Decorated Store Bought Cake (with Robots!)
Dot from Dabbled, no stranger to cool robot cakes herself, spotted this Dabbled robot-inspired cake at Baby Toolkit. Adrienne provides some helpful information for customizing your own cake with homemade fondant. Related HOW TO – Make a Robot Cake
HOW TO: Scrappy Hot Pad Tutorial
My Byrd House posted a tutorial for making a quilted hot pad from fabric scraps. The hot pads are great gift ideas especially since I hate ever throwing anything away.
HOW TO – Wood & Fabric Room Divider
Craftster user Eelkje impressed her mom by gifting her with this attractive handmade room divider, which she created out of wood and fabric. More details and a mini-tutorial here.