How-To: Fabric Day of The Dead Skulls
Shawnee of Life With Monkey shares a simple pattern and instructions for sewing up cute Day of the Dead skulls. It would be fun to whip up a whole batch and then get friends together to decorate them all!
Holiday Projects
How-To: Dried Flower Bouquets
Happy first day of autumn! I was cutting off the dead stuff on some wild irises in my yard last weekend and noticed how delicate and beautiful the dried blossoms were. This got me thinking about the dried up, deep brown blooms (Curly Dock) you always see by the side of the road this time […]
Dresses Made from Recycled Newspapers
FabSugar reports on a recent design challenge in NYC. Yesterday’s News, a brand of cat litter made from recycled paper had few fashion designers create dresses made from recycled newspaper. Brooklyn based eco-fashion designer Samantha Pleet made a cute pleated strapless dress (pictured left) and you can watch the video below to see her make […]
Subversive Cross Stitch Halloween 2010 Kit
Subversive Cross Stitch’s Halloween 2010 kit is now available! Get 4 patterns designed by Katie Kutthroat, a long time contributor to the SCS Flickr group. The $22 kit also comes with instructions, 4 pieces of die-cut-edge material, all the thread you’ll need, sparkly detail thread, and one embroidery needle. Inspired to craft something for Halloween? […]
How-To: Pumpkin Pie
When the air gets crisp and the temperature outside drops below sweltering, virtually all I can think about is eating fall foods. I know, it’s an issue. Until I’ve had at least one homemade apple dish, I’ll keep doting on recipes online, like this pumpkin pie recipe by Eric Wilhelm. Looks fab! Pumpkin pie is […]
Build your own KOSHO Sukkah
For the holiday of Sukkot, Jews construct temporary shade structures (sukkahs) and occupy them for one week. This year, Sukkot starts on Wednesday, September 22, and this coming Sunday, the Sukkah City: NYC event commemorates the traditional DIY building holiday by raising 12 sukkahs in New York City’s Union Square Park. Designs for the sukkahs […]
EMSL Egg-Bot kit drops this month
I’m generally not much of a kit-buyer, but it seems like each one Windell and Lenore release is better than the last. They almost had me with the Bulbdial clock; I will probably not be able to resist the new Egg-Bot kit. They’re taking preorders now, and the first kits are supposed to ship at the end of this month. Looks like new orders are already backed up into October.