How-To: Wine Cork Bath Mat
I love this example of UpCraft from Monica of Crafty Nest. She’s created a bath mat from old wine corks.
Holiday Projects
How-To: Papercraft Box for Trail Mix Raw Cookies
This fantastic papercraft gift box for raw trail mix cookies tutorial was made by two of my students at Parsons, Kirsten Halterman and Cats McDaid-Kelly. Download and print the box template, fold it up, and stuff it with a cookie for your favorite friend! The walnut-cinnamon raw cookies are super easy and delicious.
How-To: Sock Bunny
Who needs a sock monkey when you can have a sock bunny, right? Heidi Kenney of My Paper Crane shows you how it’s done.
Jeri makes rocket “candy”
Happy Lady Ada Day! I couldn’t let his happy occasion slip by without giving a shout-out to my favorite female uber-geek, Jeri Ellsworth. I am just so thrilled that a number of the maker-engineers that I look up to and admire are women. It’s encouraging to think of girls growing up with the likes of […]
How-To: Blossom Lampshade
I love simple yet time-consuming crafts I can do in front of a good movie. Meg from Decor It Yourself shows us how to revamp a tired old lampshade with this structural blossom look.
How-To: Robbits
What’s a robbit? Why, a robot rabbit, of course! No geektastic Easter basket would complete without one of these robbit plushies. Learn how to make them from Vickie Howell.
How-To: Make Geode Easter Eggs
I love it when crafts and science comes together. Using stuff you already have around in the kitchen, learn how to make these geode Easter eggs, filled with colorful crystals. Thanks Diane!