ETSY Labs + MAKE & CRAFT event photos
The ETSY labs event in Brooklyn was fantastic, thanks to all the Makers, Crafters and curious who attended! Our photos @ Flickr – Link. More photos tagged with ETSYLABS @ Flickr – Link.
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HOW TO – Make a Valentine’s Day Wreath from Paint Chip Cards
Stephanie pointed us to a cool project made by LishDDorset of Handmade Detroit on making a Valentine’s Day wreath out of paint chip cards! Link.
Use Paper CD Cases to Hold Valentine’s Day Cookies
Kiddley, the kids’ craft site, points to Norththreads cool idea to use paper CD cases to hold Valentine’s Day cookies. Of course! The see-through area is perfect for optimum cookie viewing. via Link.
Beating Soapy Love Heart
From the MAKE Instructables group comes this tutorial from fallscrape on how to make a beating soapy love heart. Just add a blinky LED throwie (minus the magnet) and use a heart shaped soap mold. Link.
CRAFT: Valentine’s Day card contest
Nat @ CRAFT has a bit about our CRAFT: Valentine’s Day card contest – Hey Crafters! There’s plenty of time to enter our “Recycle Your Heart” Valentine’s Day Card Contest where you can express your true love by creating a card made from recycled materials. Yes, that’s right. It’s time to check the cabinets, find […]
Heart Garland Tutorial
Maria of One Hour Craft has a perfect Valentine’s Day tutorial on how to sew together paper hearts to make a heart garland. Another great use of paper or ribbon scraps. [ via ] Link.
Hand cast white bronze Rubik’s cube
MAKE Flickr photo pool member Life on the Edge made a bronze Rubik’s cube, impossible to solve! – “A fully functional, reproduction of a Rubik’s Cube, hand cast in white bronze. It was cast in such a way as to have even shrinkage, but an unstable and rough surface. After being cast in bronze, and […]