The Sampler’s Jennicakes Interviews Natalie
Thank you to Jennicakes who did an interview with me for The Sampler. You can read it here. I love that she grabbed the photo of me standing in line to buy an iPhone. Link.
Month: July 2007
Fused Plastic Bag Tote with Octopus
This beautiful fused plastic bag tote complete with octopus design is made by Betz White who’s been doing some amazing experiments with plastic grocery bag fusing. Thanks to Ansley’s post I was reminded that I hadn’t posted it up yet! It’s been fun to see the progress Betz has been making and TreeHugger has taken […]
TV lift cabinet
Troy writes – How to build a TV Lift cabinet using an off-the-shelf dresser drawers and an off-the-shelf TV Lift Kit from Firgelli Automations. You could easily spend many thousands of dollars on a custom built cabinet with TV Lift, but for about $500. You could spend more, depending on the ready-to-build furnature you buy, […]
NY Times: “The Knitting Circle Shows Its Chic”
In today’s Thursday Styles section of the NY Times is a great article “The Knitting Circle Shows Its Chic” by Ruth La Ferla about us crafters, specifically focusing on the new intersection of crafts and fashion. Who knew that fashion designer Marc Jacobs was inspired by the quilts of Gee’s Bend in his spring 2007 […]
Tap AT&T to return to the top on the iPhone
Here’s a quick tip for iPhone users, tap the AT&T words on the top menu bar after you reach the bottom of a page – this will take you up to the top in an instant (good for long pages like nytimesriver.com)… Update: This is from David Pogue It’s not the AT&T logo–you can tap […]
Inspiration: Crochet Sea Creatures from Japan
Keiko from O’Reilly Japan introduced us to this amazing Japanese crafter 203gow who crochets beautiful sea creatures. Check out her blog here and visit the inspiring photo gallery. Link.
Morse code hat…
Rosemary writes – Craftster.org member wessles knitted this awesome hat for one of her friends. It appears to be just a regular hat, but closer inspection reveals that the yellow dots are actually morse code! The hidden message is “I’m not wearing underwear today!”, which is think is absolutely hilarious! Morse Code hat… – Link.