The farm collective I am a member of is rapidly canning their late tomatoes, before the rain splits them all on the vine. If you find yourself in the same situation or are considering canning as holiday gifts, consider these wonderful labels. They are inexpensive, functional, and lovely. Add your own unique text to the […]
This week’s Weekend Project on MAKE is this funky-cool electric cigar box guitar. Most of the construction is very crafty, and there’s only a little soldering involved! You could always make it just acoustic, too. Check out the video and PDF instructions.
My mom has had a long love affair with frogs (made birthdays really easy when I was growing up), and I recently caught the bug myself (so to speak) at the California Academy of Science. So of course I fell in love with this adorable froggie hot sock (or hot frog wheat bag, as it’s […]
There’s something so summery about seeing hopscotch squares and colorful chalk drawings on the sidewalk as you walk through your neighborhood, and the kids that live near me have been pretty creative. So I was delighted to see this great sidewalk chalk how-to recently. It never occurred to me that I could make my own, […]
Sarah James at Instructables is at it again with another DIY beauty product: vegan lip balm. Learn all the basics for this bee-free kisser balm. More: How-To: Make Your Own Deodorant Homemade Shampoo
To follow up her tutorial on DIY shampoo, Sarah James comes back at us with this easy recipe for making your own deodorant. More: Homemade Shampoo
Etsy video maven Tara Young went inside the studio of Birdhouseaccents, a couple based out of Canton, CT who build and sell birdhouses: It took Fred Jakubiec from Birdhouseaccents 25 years before he made building birdhouses his full-time job. It was well worth the wait. After 13 years as Area Supervisor at various fast food […]
