Embroidered General Grevious Tote
Spotted in the CRAFT Flickr pool: Woundupladybug made this bag for her son, featuring the Star Wars character General Grevious stitched up with glow-in-the-dark embroidery floss from Sublime Stitching.
Kids & Family
Mahar Drygoods Clothespin People Kit
Mahar Drygoods has just come out with a new kit containing everything you need to make these sweet clothespin people with your kids. Each kit contains materials to create four clothespin people including: wood pins, heads & stands; acrylic paints, varnish & paintbrush; fabric & notions; complete and kid friendly instructions. All of the kit […]
HOW TO – Make an Easel and Paint Caddy
Rachel spotted this great upcycling tutorial for making a portable art studio. Mayaluna discovered an old crafty book with instructions for how to make a portable tabletop easel from an old box. She added her own instructions for turning a milk carton into a paint caddy.
HOW TO – Gnome Costume
OK, so I apologize for the fact that this photo is so small–it’s all that the source had to offer–but holy moly, is this a cute gnome costume or what? My Paper Crane linked to the tutorial teaching you how to make this hilarious gnome-on-toadstool getup on FamilyFun. Look at the little fake legs crossed […]
Oliver and S. “Sunday Brunch” Jacket
I love the look of Oliver and S patterns–the illustrations are especially lovely–and The Purl Bee shows how beautifully they work up in real life. Read their latest blog post to hear about making the Sunday Brunch jacket pattern. Related: • HOW TO – Lazy Days Skirt
Got any myths you want busted?
Jamie and Adam of Mythbusters will be doing 2 shows in Seattle on October 4th. Jamie Hyneman and Adam Savage take you on a behind-the-scenes look at the Discovery Channel’s Mythbusters with a hilarious and entertaining Inside The Scientist’s Studio style presentation. They will bring stories of myths gone wrong and outtakes of segments never […]
Urn thing, with frogs
I have no idea what this is about – anyone read Russian, or know what this does? It’s very Woodring-esque and wonderful.
