After having almost cracked a tooth on some stale candy hearts this weekend, these DIY sticker Valentines from Twig and Thistle put a smile on my face. You can download the PDF and print on sticker paper to make your own “naturally sweet” valentines. (I love Kathleen’s “sweet tooth” valentine templates from last year, too, […]
And now for something completely different. Seattle artist Chris Crites, aka bag painter, creates modern-day portraits from mug shots of the past using a five-color palette, a 10/0 brush, and a paper bag. Once the subject is chosen, Crites draws a loose sketch on his medium of choice. His original photograph is then adjusted and […]
I am normally immune to high-design tomfoolery, but if I lived in a universe where I could justify spending hundreds of dollars on a set of nesting kitchen knives, I would snap these up in a second.
OK, honestly, this has little to do with MAKE or making. It’s scenes from a ridiculously over the top Terminator-like Bollywood movie. But the inventiveness of the transformations of the killer android, and the perverse humor of it all, tickled me more than I expected. A giant bowling ball made of killer droid clones? Who’d […]
Many times the perfect look all comes down to the details. Stylists will tell you that even if you have the best jeans and the hottest sweater, the shoes and the belt and the purse are still totally crucial. Do-it-yourself fashionistas make their own jewelry, and can sew up a cute bag for any outfit, […]
Last summer, the city of Boston’s North Street municipal print shop was closed down. Now, the contents of the shop, which served the city for 78 years, are going up on the auction block. From Boston.com:
If you long for design inspiration and have an iPad, pick up this new app called DesignScene. (Watch the video trailer on the homepage.) It’s a real-time inspiration app that is visual! That’s right, now you can surf visually through curated sources that cover everything from art to architecture, illustration to fashion, and photography to […]
