We hope Craftie doesn’t get a big head now that he’s been interviewed by Lish of Handmade Detroit. Who knew that Craftie loves the Jackson 5 and Styx. Craftie says, “I can pop-and-lock with the best of them.” Don’t forget to also visit Craftie on his My Space page. Link.
Artist Ulrika Erdes spruces up train seats in Sweeden by adding her own cross-stitch pieces to create random acts of embroidery. These photographs were part of an exhibition at the Östra Grevie Folkhögskola. [ via ] Link.
Bunnie writes – I’m resolving some manufacturing challenges in the new chumby design and had the opportunity to use an X-ray board inspection tool. This tool is what you want to use if, for example, you wanted to reverse engineer a circuit board with buried or hidden traces. It also lets you see through the […]
Jamie on Curbly has a great tutorial on how to preserve flowers really well with Borax. Jamie says, “When using borax to preserve flowers, you dry them out but are able to keep the shape and look, in contrast to air drying, which causes flowers to wrinkle up a bit. It’s cheap, easy and is […]
From Bre @ MAKE: On the 15th of every month Michael Swaine sets up a cart in the tenderloin and sews whatever you bring him. Cool social art project! [ via ] Link Media (real) – Link
Cat from Cut Out + Keep says, “You might not be able to afford a bag, but everyone can enjoy a Chanel cake. My mum loves Chanel bags, so I made her this cake for her birthday.” Thanks Lil! Link. From the pages of CRAFT magazine: Subscribers can click on the link to read it […]
Check out the first beta issue of the new online magazine LAB (you can also get a hard copy via Lulu.com). From the site, “Here it is: the first (beta) issue of LAB: testing the water. What’s it about? Good question. Let’s see. It’s chock-full of candid interviews with creative folks with plenty of savoir-faire– […]
