Altman shows off the Car-B-Gone suitcase unit If you’re reading this, you probably already know about the TV-B-Gone, maker hero Mitch Altman’s pocket-carry clicker that turns off television sets en masse in public places. New versions of the infrared device, both pre-assembled and in kit form, continue to sell, and makers have built them into […]
A few years ago, when I visited Diane of Crafty Pod in Portland, she and her mom Pam, of Gingerbread Snowflakes, and I spent an afternoon doing Temari. Temari is an ancient Japanese art of wrapping balls in intricate thread designs. Pam has taken Temari and applied it to the Easter egg, creating a really […]
These tumbling bunny toys from Joel of Made by Joel are so beautifully simple and fun. They are just the kind of thing that I could see my kids enjoying for ages, watching them tumble and tumble and tumble and then go back again for more. Watch his short video to see how to make […]
Jenny Hart points us to these super cool cross-stitched eggs from Ukranian artist, Forostyuk Inna. There is some interesting discussion on the comments to the post on how the artist may have created them. Even if you don’t have the time to hand-stitch on eggs, you could use the designs as inspiration for creating your […]
My husband plays the guitar, banjo and violin, and any time he picks up one of his instruments, the kids always seem to want to play along. I love the idea of making simple, playable cardboard kid-sized versions of the instruments so they can do just that. Get the template and instructions for making these […]
Discarded Christmas trees are a blight on Brooklyn curbs in January, even well into February. Local designers in et al. collaborative took it upon themselves to turn these dead decorations into something more lovely, and came up with these lamps called fLume.
Here’s some amazing work from a guy who loves taking old things and recycling them. He offers his email if people have ideas or want to make requests.
