Maya of Maya*Made shares how she made these delightful cuffs from reclaimed leather from a thrift store purchase. I love the shape of the leaves, but as Maya mentions, all kinds of shapes would work in this application and the possibilities are endless!
I’m blown away by Instructables user analogcatastrophe’s design for a custom-fit reversible coat, made from two fleece blankets she thrifted. The project came in under $5! Cute photo trick, too.
What’s Ada Lovelace Day? Ada Lovelace Day is an international day of blogging (videologging, podcasting, comic drawing etc.!) to draw attention to the achievements of women in technology and science. Who was Ada? Ada Lovelace was one of the world’s first computer programmers, and one of the first people to see computers as more than […]
This month, with our UpCraft theme in full swing, we’ve seen a lot of really clever ideas for refreshing the old while keeping the landfills light on materials that can be reused. I love Natalie Friedman’s crafty project from CRAFT Volume 09 on how to transform a detergent bottle destined for (at best) the recycling […]
Transform a musty old tome into a cute and useful new blank book.
I consider myself to be an ambitious baker, but even I never thought that the average home chef could create a classic molded chocolate rabbit. Luckily, Epicurious is featuring a very detailed step-by-step method that makes it seem easy! Chocolate molds are available everywhere these days, and the only ingredients required are cocoa butter and […]
Tiffany Threadgould writes in: TerraCycle has a green up store in Port Authority during Earth Month in April. Every Thursday we’re hosting fun, free events. On April 8th we’re having a DIY scraptacular! Green-Up Shop vendors, RePlayGround and Garbage of Eden, along with craft superstar Megan Nicolay of Generation T and the supercrafty Etsy crew, […]
