I know you may be thinking it’s a little too early to be talking Valentine’s Day around here, but there’s nothing wrong with wanting to get a little head start on your handmade projects for the big day. Cathe Holden of Just Something I Made designed this cute little print and fold airmail paper airplane […]
Start your new year with a project inspired by Aileen of Creating Clever. Create your own manifesto that can hang in your living room and remind you of your goals.
Electric light feels very different from candle light. Even the best electric lights seem frozen in place, or blink and move awkwardly.
I decided this year that I wanted to do something with candles again – something safely outdoors, far from the children and the house, but something beautiful. That brought me back to ice lanterns, something I’d talked about doing years ago.
Brighten up your New Years party with a little glitz in the form of sequinned applique stir sticks, from Somewhere Splendid.
By Jessica Wilson In the summertime at the homestead we often will enjoy a cocktail hour. The sister a-go-go breaks out a massive tome on drinks and will get to clanging bottles, giving a little shake, shake here and a swizzle-stir there until she has mixed up something right-dandy. While I wasn’t exactly fond of […]
As any crafter knows, nobody throws a party quite like Martha Stewart. Ring in the New Year Martha-style with these modern shimmering New Year’s streamers from the Martha Stewart website! The best part: if you store them carefully, they’re a pretty paper craft that can be used again and again!
If you’re looking to recreate the Times Square ball drop this New Year’s Eve, Dino Segovis has posted his plans for making an Arduino-based New Year Mini Ball Drop LED Timer. You activate it with one minute left in the year and five LEDs inside ping pong balls simulate the dropping ball. Then, at the stroke of midnight, a 2012 sign lights up as the trusty tone library plays Auld Lang Syne.
