How To: Make a Tangled Basket from Recycled Wires
This video from youtube user pixelcutter is rad. It is beautiful to see what a pair of human hands can create with straight-up tangled trash.
Holiday Projects
In the Kitchen with Jarod: Savory Fruit Chutney
Continuing in this month’s upcycle tradition, Jarod Hermann shares his recipe for making savory chutney out of good fruit about to go bad. Chutney is an Indian accompaniment for a main dish, consisting of fruit, sugar, acid, salt, and spices. There are many, many kinds of chutney, but we’re going to focus on turning sweet […]
Runner’s “Not a Fanny Pack” Utility Belt
By Future Craft Collective When you embark upon your life as a runner, you swear you’ll never end up as one of those total geeks you see on the trail with their fanny packs slung oh-so-not-cool-ly on their hips, holding all their gear. But then you go out for your first big run and you […]
How-To: Peeps Bunny Bunting
Regardless of your opinion on the taste and texture of Peeps, this Peep bunny bunting from Dana of MADE is the perfect spring decoration with just a touch of humor.
How-To: Felt Bunny Finger Puppets
These cute little felt bunny finger puppets from Molly’s Sketchbook at the Purl Bee are crazy kinds of adorable. I love their embroidery floss whiskers, and the punches of color on the insides of the ears and body, and the pom pom tails add just enough “fluff” to make them sweet. Better yet, Molly guarantees […]
Victory!
Filipe bests the White Eater by Friday Feltz on Flickr. [Thanks, Moxie!]
Pillow Chair from Old T-Shirts – CRAFT Video
I’ve had a stack of t-shirts and a closet full of upholstery foam just waiting for a large-scale project like this to come along. Tiffany Threadgould and I show you how to make a comfy beanbag-style pillow chair from old t-shirts in this week’s CRAFT Video! http://blog.craftzine.com/archive/2010/03/pillow_chair_from_t-shirts_and.html