The New Terrarium by Tovah Martin Terrariums are getting a new life these days and I am loving this new book, The New Terrarium: Creating Beautiful Displays for Plants and Nature by Tovah Martin. For those of us who are city and apartment dwellers, this is a great way to bring in a mini-garden into […]
I came across the Chez Pim blog from a Chronicle Books’ Tweet about it being rated #6 in The UK Times Online’s 50 of the world’s best food blogs. I took a clicky over to the blog and now I’m hooked. The beautiful food photos, the recipes, and her down-to-earth / humorous writing style of […]
Pet Projects came into the office recently, and I have to admit a high degree of skepticism at first. Does the world really need another book of pet knits? Even if it does, is it really likely that someone who has a horse will also have a dog, a cat, a turtle, a hamster, and […]
Just to continue the accidental baby theme I notice we’ve got going on here, I thought I’d post up some baby mittens I’m working on from Kris Percival’s Knitting to Go deck from Chronicle. I’ve been looking for a good, quick knit project for all my friends who are having babies right now–booties are great, […]
Jared Boone, of ShareBrained Technology, was kind enough to send me a brand-new Chronulator 2.0 kit. It’s an Arduino-compliant analog clock (or anything you want) that uses panel meters as the display. I’ve written up a full review for MAKE volume 17 (verdict: great kit). This is a photo I took of the clock I […]
Cool Hunting has a book review up about Hawaiian Quilt Masterpieces by Robert Shaw. From the review: Hawaii’s geographic isolation is a blessing and curse. Though often lacking the attention of their continental neighbors, the separation helps fosters a distillation and refinement of native style. In the late 19th century, western traders brought quilting techniques […]
I just noticed that you can still ship items 2nd day air from Amazon until 3pm PST today (that means you have practically all day to dawdle, east coasters!) and overnight until 3pm PST tomorrow, so I thought I’d post up a couple of craft books that crossed my desk recently that could make a […]
