When I first saw this recycled cellophane star garland from The Cheese Thief, it blew my mind. I didn’t think it was possible that these delicate, beautiful shapes could be made from recycled packaging. But, as it turns out, with some paper folding skills and a little patience, you too can turn disposable plastic into […]
Remember that awesome crochet wreath I featured last week? Lisa from Good Knits is back with a smaller version that’s perfect for making ornaments. I’d love seeing a tree full of these in bright colors, wouldn’t you?
You might remember my post about Design Crush’s 2012 calendar swap last month. (Here’s one of the latest roundups showing off some of the swapped calendars so far, including the one I sent from 1canoe2.) It’s now November and deadlines are quickly approaching for all sorts of crafty swaps for the holidays. You can still […]
As this post goes live, we are eleven hours and eleven minutes into the eleventh day of the eleventh month of the eleventh year of the twenty-first century. 11/11/11 is being hailed, variously, as “Elevensday,” the Last Binary Day of the Century, and Nigel Tufnel Day, and we here at MAKE would like to invite you to celebrate by joining us in building something, perhaps this weekend, that goes to eleven. Just be careful not to confuse feet (‘) and inches (“).
I once claimed that I would never post a cupcake recipe on CRAFT because I’ve never made cupcakes before and all I really know about them is which end goes in your mouth (and even that can get tricky). But it’s ok for me to post this beautiful Thanksgiving Plate Cakelettes recipe because these are […]
Megan at Princess Lasertron, a wedding designer and blogger with pretty much the most unexpectedly awesome blog name ever, shared this tutorial for making paper ball garland with magazine pages. As someone who once planned her own wedding—and had all of the glossy magazines to prove it—I think this project is the perfect way to […]
Another great find on Pinterest! Pretty Shiny Sparkly offers a pretty, shiny, sparkly tutorial on how to create these lovely half-moon nails. How lovely this will be at holiday parties with a mix of silver and gold, white and gold, a pretty blue would be nice….
