Everything Alice: The Wonderland Book of Makes and Bakes, by Hannah Read-Baldrey and Christine Leech Win first prize this year for the best roses with this spectacular display of easy-to-make lights. If you cannot find a string of large bulbs, you can easily make smaller roses for a string of smaller lights. This project excerpt […]
Sewing in a Straight Line: Quick and Crafty Projects You Can Make by Simply Sewing Straight, by Brett Bara Book Site: BrettBara.com Whether you’re new to sewing or just love easy, well-designed projects, Sewing in a Straight Line will give you hours of crafty fun. Potter Craft gave us a project from the book to […]
Steampunk Softies: Scientifically-Minded Dolls from a Past that Never Was is a collection of eight delightfully quirky figures made with fun bits of hardware. As a special treat, Andrews McMeel is sharing one of these projects with us: Marveletta O’ Houlihan, pictured above. From the project intro: Marveletta, the Steampunk Lady, has plenty of natural […]
Sarah London points us to these awesome full-text novel posters from Spineless. Imagine a whole book on a single sheet. A bold art print on which, up close, you can read the full and complete text of your favourite classic work. There’s a sizable collection from historical books to classics and even romance.
Terrarium Craft is a collection of 50 unusual terrarium projects using creative embellishments. As a special treat, Timber Press has given us a PDF excerpt you can download and use to make (and care for) this beautiful Golden Spiral Terrarium. Download the Project PDF Right click to save the PDF to your desktop. Directions on […]
1, 2, 3, Sew: Build Your Skills with 33 Simple Projects, by Ellen Luckett Baker Book Site: The Long Thread When you’re new to sewing, many projects can seem intimidating – and yet it’s much more fun to make something beautiful and usable than it is to practice seams on scrap fabric. 1, 2, 3 […]
This week I got a much-needed laugh from the astute observational comedy of Better Book Titles, by Dan Wilbur. (“Now you can read the greatest literary works of all time in mere seconds!”) Beware: may not be suitable for kids (read as: more fun for adults)!
