Ever wonder what your artwork would look like emblazoned on a blank wall? The Walls Notebook gives you tabula rasa in the form of 80 untouched New York City walls. Cool concept! The site also has a sweet little interactive feature where you can try your hand digitally. Grab some markers and become your own […]
Earlier this spring, I wrote a review about this beautiful and hilarious new book called Like I Give a Frock by Michi Girl and illustrated by Kat McLeod. It’s an art book that takes a humorous look into poking fun at fashion trends and faux paux. If you are in the SF Bay Area, don’t […]
I always enjoy the reading/craft projects from The Long Thread. It’s a great way to share a story with a child and create a craft project together that goes along with the story. Today, she shares these fun firefly lanterns, based on the book The Very Lonely Firefly by Eric Carle.
Craft Leftovers Monthly is great zine made by Kristin Roach of Craft Leftovers. It’s filled with projects, recipes, tips, stories, puzzles, and hilarious illustrations. Each zine is 20+ pages of crafty handmade goodness. The July issue of Craft Leftovers Monthly is now on sale! You can pick up the individual zine or sign up for […]
Kilobyte Couture is a fun new book written by Brittany Forks and published by Watson-Guptill. Brittany offers simple tutorials on how to make jewelry from easy-to-find computer components. In the introduction, Brittany writes: For most of my college career, I worked in the Electrical and Computer Engineering building. This gave me access to more geeks […]
Drip.Dot.Swirl. by Von Glitschka Vonsterbooks.com Artist Von Glitschka has a new book out called Drip.Dot.Swirl. 94 incredible patterns for design and illustration. The illustrative pattern book features a large collection of patterns to inspire you in your design work. In fact, the book comes with a companion DVD of all the vector patterns so you […]
Editor’s Note: Eugenia Bone’s new book, Well-Preserved, is a wonderful comprehensive introduction to home preservation, offering “recipes and techniques for putting up small batches of seasonal foods.” I truly enjoyed reading Eugenia’s well-written introduction, which gives a lovely (and sassy) look into how she came to adore preservation, and I wanted to share it with […]
