Fourth of July Paper Lollies
Kami on Make and Takes shows you how to make these patriotic Fourth of July paper lollies. They make such beautiful decorations for your holiday backyard barbecues!
Holiday Projects
Happy Father’s Day!
Project from Popular Mechanics 1954, a blueprint lampshade Happy Father’s Day to all of the dads out there. We hope you’re having a fun day of paternal celebration. In honor of dads, here are a few excerpts from the reminiscences posted to the topic for our Leatherman Super 300 giveaway. There are a lot of […]
Applied Kinetic Arts: Jeremy Mayer interview
This month’s theme is Physical Science and Mechanics, which makes it the ideal time to chat with the multi-talented members of Applied Kinetic Arts (A.K.A.), “a community of artists working within the medium loosely defined as ‘kinetic’. Works incorporating motion, light, sound, and interactivity are represented by the group’s ever expanding member base.” Earlier this […]
How-To: Cookie Cutter from a Can
Insructables user Grathio shows us how to transform an old soup can into a blossom cookie cutter.
How-To: Model Spaceships Out of “Junk”
Caroline of Obsessively Stitching shares how to disassemble toys and thrifted items and then reassemble them to create fantastic “junk” spaceships. For the Dollar Store Crafts version of “kitbashing,” you might pick up a few toys or household items at your local dollar store and combine them with thrifted items or things you no longer […]
How-To: Father’s Day Car Kit
This Father’s Day car kit from Not Martha for Holidash is a sturdy and useful gift. I love seeing some not-so-common materials put to use, and I love that she even provides a downloadable SuperDad logo to stencil on the outside. This would be a great gift for anyone at anytime!
Reclaimed Tweed Pinecones
I love pinecones of all varieties and have them all over my cabin, but I had never seen tweed pinecones before peeping the ones made by Minnesota-based lilfishstudios. These gray and brown lovelies are made from felted reclaimed garment wool, and are hand-sewn. Their nature-inspired offerings don’t stop there. Also check out their beyond-adorable wool […]