The latest DIY ideas, techniques and tools for the kitchen, garage and backyard from food to furniture to fun & games for your family.
How’s this for a morning pick-me-up? Flickr user Sakurako Kitsa is a ridiculously talented bento maker, and her photostream is full of creative and original lunches, such as this inspired take on a Green Tea Frappuccino from Starbucks. Link. Related: The Bento Lunch Diaries – Link.
Check out what I found in one of the display cases in the Tapestry building at the Los Angeles County Fair last night! Yep, an issue of CRAFT magazine is sharing space with some fun needle-felted items. Come by the fair this Saturday from 11am-4pm and meet CRAFT Editor-in-Chief Carla Sinclair (and me too!). We’ll […]
Shawn points me to the delicious recycled ceramics and dishware by Brooklyn-based designer Sarah Cihat. She adds her funky style to old dishes by reglazing them into these modern works of art. I love the bright colors and fun silhouettes. You can read and see more of her work in the TreeHugger post here. Link.
Next week, I’ll be heading to Amsterdam to attend the Robodock, a Technology and Arts Festival that runs from September 19-22. Robodock is celebrating its 10th year and I’m really looking forward to it. I expect to see Jarrico Reese of Cyclecide (Bay Area) and Rusty from Hazard Factory (Seattle), among others. If you’re going […]
A couple of my favorite Seattle crafters, Moxie of Made by Moxie and Kristen of Schmancy and Plush You are holding a pre-Plush You event at Victrola Coffee (310 E. Pike Street, Seattle, WA phone: 206-624-1725) on Sunday, September 30.You’ll be able to learn the art of needle felting from the master Moxie herself! I […]
Makers and Crafters, it’s time to enter our 2nd annual ghoulishly fun Halloween contests! Anyone, anywhere, can enter all or just some of the contests. We’ll have lots of updates and posts regarding all these, but this announcement is to get you started and planning. We’re calling this year’s contests DIY HALLOWEEN. Last year’s were […]
A solar-powered game “system” using a PIC 12f683 chip and a Nokia 3310 LCD. (No info given on the cell itself.) Solar POWER! For my PIC and Nokia stuff – [via] Link 3310 Nokia LCD & PIC 12f683 – Link
