In this CRAFT Video, Meg Allan Cole shows you how to make a pretty dreamcatcher for our pal Corinne Leigh’s special birthday. Subscribe to the CRAFT Podcast in iTunes, download the m4v video directly, or watch it on YouTube. In today’s Craft video we make a dreamcatcher for our sweet Threadbanger Corinne Leigh. I love […]
I had the pleasure of leading our own take on Maura Madden’s Crafternoon earlier this week at the Henry Ford (home to Maker Faire Detroit!) as part of the staff’s annual employee meeting. More than 80 staffers showed up for the workshop to learn about how to get involved with local crafters in Michigan while […]
Marissa Louise makes these cards in the Victorian Valentines Card tradition, and they have a “cobweb” that lifts to reveal a message. She sells them on Etsy and has a cobweb card tutorial on her site. [Thanks, Johngineer!]
Love this great upcycle project from our friends over at RePlayGround. This room divider is made up of more than one thousand plastic film canisters. The canisters are strung together with elastic giving it flexibility to be rolled up when not in use and when shipped. The rolling action resembles how a roll of film […]
Camilla of Family Chic shares how to make fun yarn words, using wire as a base. She’s showing a Valentine version, but you could use the same technique for any kind of wording. Love it! [via Oh, Hello, Friend]
Steve Hoefer whipped up these fabulous print-at-home Valentine’s Day cards with particularly romantic patent illustrations. He writes: For a maker Valentine’s Day is no Halloween. Or even Christmas. In fact on the list of holidays makers get excited over Valentine’s Day is near last, right between Leif Erikson Day and Flag day. And while those […]
Steve Hoefer writes: What better way for a maker to celebrate Valentine’s Day than with a celebration of romantic inventions and innovations from times past complete with illustrations. The cover of each is an original, amusing, Valentine’s Day themed US patent that I’ve restored for high resolution printing. Inside are matching cheeky (and occasionally suggestive) […]
