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How you too can own Jabba the Hut
By jamievogel
I'm sorry. This made me laugh out loud and I just had to share. Craftzine is one of my favorite blogs and they say this:
Jabba is 100% wool with the exception of two beads, two glass eyes and quite tightly needle felted. He's not at all delicate and will only get better the more he's handled.
Jabba was the character that attracted me most from the Star Wars series. Even though he's quite a bad guy I imagined what he must have been like as a » READ MORE
How To Make A Gem Sweater
By threadbangerCreative Stimulation at The Selby
By ModHomeEcTeacher
Before everyone goes all ORGANIZATION and starts decluttering on January 1st, get a load of these homes and spaces of interesting people and other creative types. We routinely see the tidied up, photography-ready, static, empty room pictures in magazines and blogs, but Todd Selby captures the real life, inspiration-laden environments of the creatively gifted on his website, » READ MORE
Basement ceilings (Polystyrene tiles - cheap and dirty)
By faustHey everyone,
Recently we moved into new house . And I decided to build a new office for myself in the basement (working from home - dreams come true :-)
It will take a while before we'll finish the whole basement , but for now I just found a nice corner to start from. The walls, floors - everything was done traditional way . The last thing was to decide what to do with the ceilings. One option was to install the drop tiles, but since my ceilin » READ MORE
The Fix Its: Make Fabric Stencils Out of Address Labels
By DIY Maven
One of the quickest and easiest ways to embellish fabric is by stenciling it. But instead of buying fabric stencils, I decided to make my own using one of my paper punches, and some address labels. The supplies include:
- Something fabric-y to stencil (I’m using simple cotton napkins I sewed up earlier)
- Acrylic craft paint and fabric medium OR fabric paint
- A decorative paper punch
- Address labels large enough to accommodate punching
- A stencil applicato » READ MORE
Cardboard House
By intouchoz
A glimpse of the future? This cardboard house is 100% recyclable and has extremely low cost components. The Cardboard House is a direct challenge to the housing industry to reduce housing and environmental costs. For more details and photographs - http://ecobites.com/alternative-energy/cardboard-house.html
DIY Funerals for the family
By intouchoz Although Do-It-Yourself funerals are not for everyone, with a bit of planning and consultation with organisations such as your local Pensioners Association, church group etc, a DIY funeral can be a fulfilling and intimate experience for family and friends.More and more people are looking at ways of reducing the significant costs associated with conducting a funeral. The cost of an average funeral now ranges from $5,000 to $8,000. For more deta » READ MORE
A rough guide to the world of design.
By roadvermin
We picked up a copy of Le design hier, aujourd'hui, demain : Mode d'emploi (The design of yesterday, today, tomorrow : The way to do it) by Elisabeth Couturier the other day in a book store in Lyon. At first glance we noticed it had lots of cool pictures of the sort of stuff we like and so we decided to fork out the €28.50 necessary to attain a copy for ourselves. On closer inspection in a bar down the street it became apparent to us that this » READ MORE
