Etsy’s got a fun Halloween Costume Contest this month for the ultimate handmade costumes! Eighteen winners will win over $2,000 worth of goods and prizes. Here are the categories: Pet, Kid & Baby, T-Shirt Costume, Sci-Fi, Green, and General Awesomeness! I’m also happy to report I’m judging the Pet category so get those critters dressed […]
Daniel Vera, of Helsinki’s Association Experimental Electronics, has a cool Flickr set and a number of YouTube vids (linked from Flickr) of rusty n’ dusty components of pinball and slot machines being resuscitate and turned into clacking circuit-bent sequencers. Sequencer – Link
While in Chicago this past summer for BlogHer, Kristin of Craft Leftovers and I had a couple hours to explore a bit of crafty Chicago. She took me to Nina (1655 West Division St., Chicago 773-486-8996), a yarn store in Wicker Park that had the most beautiful modern interior design. The long rows of yarn […]
Jill King on 365Halloween shows us how to make cute pumpkins out of Fimo clay to make these pumpkin wire picture holders. Link.
When Sarah Lemarié’s Logitech Bluetooth headphones snapped in half, as they are apparently wont to do, she did what any self-respecting hardware hacker would do: she mashed them up with a pair of corded phones that she liked to create her own set of wireless Frankenphones. Project: Wired to wireless headphones – Link Related: Bluetooth […]
Anna at Mochimochi Land is having a photo contest! Anna writes: I’m looking for the cutest, funniest, most original photos featuring toys made from Mochimochi Land patterns. There will probably be several winners, but the grand prize will be a box full of cute and unusual goodies from Japan: craft books and supplies, strange and […]
Knit with Snot for You has matched up Cascade 220 yarn colors for the entire NFL teams. So if you are looking to stitch n’ kick this football season with your knitting or crochet, you’ve got a full team color list handy. Thanks Holly! Link.
