Vote for MAKE – The 2007 Bloggies
If you like MAKE and CRAFT, please take a moment and vote for us at the seventh annual weblog awards: The 2007 Bloggies. We’re nominated in the craft category – Link.
Month: January 2007
Whiplash Contest for Feb: Recycled Crafts Month
Hi Crafters! We are so excited to sponsor Whipup’s Whiplash contest and starting in Feb, we love the Recycled Crafts theme! The contest is open from Feb 1 – 18. From Kath at Whipup: Make something that utilises pre-used/pre-loved/trash/junk/waste items an interesting creative challenge to get your crafting juices flowing. Wikipedia defines Recycled as: the […]
Paper Pursuits: Vintage Designer Patterns and Books
Paper Pursuits is a fashion and design collectables site and features some expecially beautiful vintage patterns and books from designers from the 50’s and 60’s. [ via ] Link.
Clocky – The Alarm Clock That Runs Away from You…
We featured Clocky in MAKE 03 of 2005, it’s an alarm clock that makes cute noises and runs away from you in the morning when you need to get up, it’s like an annoying pet, in a good way. It’s shipping now and we’ve purchased one to kick around (literally)… We have some photos of […]
Interim House Needs Yarn Donations
Julie says, “An entry on Phillyist about Interim House in Philadelphia. It’s an addiction treatment center and they have a knitting/crocheting program. They’re in need of yarn-y donations, and Phillyist has info for donation.” From the site, “It’s not yet time for spring cleaning, but consider a mid-winter de-stash for a good cause: the women […]
HOW TO – Make PDFs for the Sony Reader (Ebook e-ink device)
Here’s a 43 page guide on how to format your PDFs so that they are optimized for the screen of the Sony Reader, it’s not on Sony’s site yet so we’ve put a copy on MAKE – Link (PDF). More: Sony Reader Internals 2.0 (pics!) – Link. EBook – OSR – RSS feeds on the […]
Pandora’s Trunk in San Francisco – Saturday, Feb 3rd
The February 3rd show of Pandora’s Trunk will be all about recycling and re-use! Also, premiering is the DIY clothing modification station. Bring that ill-fitting old t-shirt or just dive into the bins. They will be supplying you free and at-cost t-shirts, pants, patches, and scraps to root through. There will be scissors, pins, and […]