The Plush You! blog has just posted a great interview with artist Hine Mizushima, and will even be giving out one of her amazing hand-stitched camera cases to one lucky commenter. Check out the post for more details. Related: • Hine’s Hungry Kitty • Camera-Shaped Camera Case • Retro Push Phone Pouch • Stop-Motion They […]
Complete Embellishing: Techniques and Projects by Kayte Terry Buy the Book ($16.47) Love Forever (Etsy Shop) This is Love Forever (the blog) Kayte Terry’s Complete Embellishing is one of my very favorite craft books at the moment. It’s full of super helpful step-by-step tutorials covering everything you need to get going with embellishment techniques like […]
Sanford Burrows sanfordburrows.com Los Angeles based designer Jill Sanford Burrows‘ line of clean, modern embroidered bedding is a new breath of fresh air in the world of home decor. Her collection today consists of three patterns: Riverbed, Streamline, and Field Day, each of them reflecting contemporary shapes. Her minimalist design aesthetic is enhanced even more […]
Naughty Secretary Club: The Working Girl’s Guide to Handmade Jewelry by Jennifer Perkins Buy the Book ($11.55) Naughty Secretary Club Stitch Austin Craft Mafia Jennifer Perkins‘ jewelry company Naughty Secretary Club is a major fixture of the indie craft scene and it’s easy to see why. Her hyper-colorful, supremely kitschy creations are so unmistakably hers, […]
Scott Kellogg, author of Toolbox for Sustainable City Living: A Do-It-Ourselves Guide, took the time to let me pick his brain. He’s also agreed to check out the comments below himself; if you’re lucky, he might even answer some of your questions there. A sketch of a floating trash island from Scott’s book. 1. What […]
Next time you’re wandering around west Texas, don’t shoot that feral pig that wonders into your path. Instead, adopt him and gain a cattle-herding, 400-pound friend. But please don’t feed him pizza with pepperoni on top: that’s just creepy: First to expand pig training to fill other traditionally dog-powered activities has my never-ending respect. Pig […]
Watch the video profile of artist Maya Hayuk on Etsy’s Handmade Portraits series. From the site: Muralist, photographer, painter, music video creator… Maya Hayuk prefers to simply call herself an artist, because under that moniker she has the freedom to work in whatever medium she wants at any given time. Maya has painted murals around […]
