HOW TO – Make Embroidery Hoop Pictures
Craftapalooza posted a tutorial for how to make embroidery hoop pictures. Decorate your house with these little crafty pictures.
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Strange Folk Festival in St. Louis Now Accepting Vendor Applications
Applications for the 3rd annual Strange Folk Festival are being accepted now thru July 6th! Our 2008 show will be September 27th and 28th, Saturday 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. and Sunday 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. This event is juried, and 120 vendors will be chose. There is no fee to apply. The vendor […]
Switchbike: Standard or Recumbent?
If you can’t decide between a standard or recumbent bicycle, then the Switchbike is for you. It looks fairly simple to transform. The recumbent version would be really nice for those longer road trips. I wonder how heavy it is? Read more about the Switchbike Related: Making a Carbon Fiber Bike frame
Recycled Tin-Covered Book Tutorial
Jedi Master Thrash writes in with this clever use for those fancy metal tins you get popcorn in around holiday season. You can use it to make a cover for a handmade book! Rachelle from WideArts did just that, and walks you through the process. Just don’t take your new journal out in the field […]
Le(GO) Corbusier
Iconic Swiss architect Le Corbusier’s Villa Savoye done in LEGOs. Le Corbusier – Villa Savoye [via]
Wear your Wii and create some noise
This “WiiMote Music Controller Suit” (called the “W_space”) by Israeli-born, Netherlands based composer Tom Tlalim uses eight Nintendo Wii controllers to create and manipulate sound in realtime. Connected up to the body, each Wiimote senses a different aspect of the wearer’s movement to produce songs in the sound software “SuperCollider”, as he or she dances […]
Boston CRAFT: 07 Release Party this Saturday
San Francisco isn’t the only city hosting a CRAFT: 07 Release Party this weekend–there’s also a fun make-and-take happening in Boston at Greenward, a fabulous eco-friendly boutique in Cambridge. The Sampler will be providing gift bags, and there are also great giveaways from Chronicle Books and CRAFT. You’ll be able to score special subscription deals […]