Pip over at Meet Me At Mikes has a really fun tutorial up for making these cute crochet Christmas ornament cozies. They look like they will work up quickly, and it would be fun to have a whole tree decked out in them!
The Purl Bee has rounded up their crochet and embroidered projects that you can start now to make in time for the holidays. I love these colorful granny square slippers! Also, check back on their previous post on projects for knit and sewn gifts.
These pop-up card tutorials by Robert Sabuda really make it easy to get started making your own deluxe holiday cards. I love the ship and millennium falcon. [Thanks, Stefan!]
Extreme Craft guru and CRAFT pal Garth Johnson just curated a show based on his 1000 Ideas for Creative Reuse book, called Renewal Notice: Recycling sucks. This is an odd rallying cry for the 21st Century, but it makes a great conversation starter. Designers, policy makers and consumers are moving beyond recycling to embrace more […]
Longtime CRAFT and MAKE contributor Annie Buckley has curated an online art exhibit on the venerable HuffPo. On Seeing is a great collection of emerging and established artists from around the globe, all using ordinary, every day items — Popsicle sticks, paper strips, soccer balls, patrol uniforms, grocery bags, vintage clothing, traffic lights — to […]
I love this idea from Mollie of Wild Olive for creating holiday cards that have a touch of handmade, but are time efficient. She stitched the design for the card, photographed it, added text in a photo editor and then had them printed as postcards (which has the bonus of cutting down on postage). This […]
Ecouterre rounds up 7 bags made from recycled denim from their recent recycled denim challenge. This checkered woven denim saddle bag by artist Miranda Chance caught my eye because it’s one of the best recycled denim projects I’ve seen around in a long time. It’s stylish and doesn’t still look like a pair of pants. […]
