Victoria Smith’s blog, sfgirlbybay is near to my heart since I’m an SF girl too. Her bohemian modern style can be seen in the beautiful photographs of her home and the inspiring photographs she takes all over the Bay Area. You can also take a visit to her Etsy shop where she sells our favorite […]
Bilal is heading off for a month-long adventure exploring the hackerspaces of America. We will be documenting the projects they make, and recording the change inducing social movement that’s spreading across the USA. Maker/Hackerspaces come in all sorts of packages and flavors, each with it’s own quirks. Let’s figure out how they tick, what goes […]
A shy glass blower made a glass shell for a hermit crab… “glass houses” video here… Scientists at the New Zealand Marine Studies Centre and Aquarium at Portobello near Dunedin are looking at hermit crabs in a whole new light. The crabs have moved into new man-made glass shells and it’s opened up a new […]
This week’s Weekend Project on MAKE is this funky-cool electric cigar box guitar. Most of the construction is very crafty, and there’s only a little soldering involved! You could always make it just acoustic, too. Check out the video and PDF instructions.
Jessica at Zakka Life has the right idea with this cute project to make a cupcake pedestal. Right now, I’m also drooling over her s’more cupcake.
Here’s your chance to own a piece of some beautiful crafty handmade art by Crafty Chica’s Kathy Cano Murillo and her husband Patrick Murillo. Their exhibit, La Cas Murillo, at The Heard Museum in Arizona is ending. To celebrate, they are having an auction of the goods to benefit Valle del Sol. The auction event […]
Jenny Hart has a tutorial up over on the Chronicle Books blog about her tricks for giving dimension to stitching by blending embroidery floss colors. The technique is simple, and the result can be quite dramatic!
