The backdrop of Hawaii is overwhelming with inspiration. Colors are everywhere, and in full saturation. The sunsets are the exact reason why I brought my travel art kit. I’ve never painted in my life, but have been wanting to dip my toes in. We took our supplies down to the water’s edge tonight to set […]
I’m on an island in Hawaii. And I can’t stop eating macadamia nuts. Let’s see, I’ve found macadamia nut icecream, macadamia nut chocolates, and pancakes with macadamia nuts. Now I’ve moved on to the pure stuff- raw, whole macadamias, of which I took some glamour shots just now for this post. I am loving the […]
I’m leaving for a 3 week trip bright and early tomorrow morning, and in preparation, today I gathered the supplies for a fun travel art kit. I went to Art and Soul, my local arts and crafts shop in Sebastopol (where our Craft Intern Lindsey works!). I found some great things there. All the kit […]
Cathy Callahan pointed us to this great ABC Eye on LA video covering Crafty places in LA. The locations in the video also happen to be places Cathy covered in her Travel Crafty article in CRAFT: 09. We spotted our friends at Reform School, French General and Poketo!
As you dash for your summer trip, don’t through away that empty yogurt containter. Instead, make a yogurt tub luggage tag by Tiffany Threadgould on Planet Green. [ via RePlayGround ]
License Plate Memo Board Turn retired plates into a road trip display. By Tiffany Threadgould Take your retired plates for one more trip around the block. License plates work great as a memo board because they already have two built-in holes to hang from. The rest is easy as cruise control. Tip: There are two […]
I find using my laptop on my actual lap to be very uncomfortable. For one, it gets really hot. For two, if I have anything plugged in to the ports on the side, I can’t sit cross-legged for fear of bending the port or unplugging my external hard drive in the middle of an upload […]
