Join the colored pencil of the month club.
Imagine receiving 25 colored pencils a month for 20 months. Each pencil’s color is as unique as its name. (Have you ever wondered what color a Mermaid’s Gown might be? How about Frog Pond?)
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Toilet Paper Roll Sculpture
Artist Junior Fritz Jacquet takes empty toilet paper rolls and turns them into works of art. He coaxes and creases them and then finishes them with layers of color and varnish, for an effect that’s nothing less than remarkable. Via.
How To: DIY Hammock in Minutes.
Mother Earth News has been around since 1970, and have been turning out find projects and ideas ever since. Case in point: this easy, no-sew hammock project from the July/August 1984 issue. As the tagline suggests: Forget special equipment, training, and hours of craftwork: Just grab a blanket and a rope. Awesome. Via.
State Fair Recipes!!
Today is the first day of the 2009 Minnesota State Fair. If you’ve never experienced a state fair, especially of the Midwest variety, you really haven’t lived. Corn Dogs, Deep-Fried Oreos, Turkey Legs and anything you can think of that can be shoved on a stick…it’s that time of year when people forget about cholesterol […]
Make Your Own Spock Monkey
A perfect play on words that perfectly describes this adorable little guy. Mr. Spock Monkey is the creation of TheSockDrawer. You can buy him fully made for about 50 bucks, or you can buy a kit to birth your own for 20. The kit includes just about everything you need including one pre-printed iron-on Star Trek […]
Mid-Century Modern Finds at Urban Outfitters
The fine folks at Atomic Addiction have been doing a little window shopping…web browser window shopping, that is, and they’ve been peering into UrbanOutfitters.com, the website of the tries-to-be-too-hip-for-its-own-good-but-still-a-great-place-to-get-all-the-cool-stuff-you-see-online brick and mortar store found near university campuses and other metropolitan neighborhoods. Among the finds include two 50s-inspired but not kitschy shower curtains, some great sofas […]
How to Make a Frabjous Cardboard Sculpture
Evil Mad Scientist Labs went ga-ga over Professor George W. Hart‘s sculpture, Frabjous. When they realized Professor Hart has been kind enough to post a template to make such a sculpture, they got right to work!
DIY LED Light Ring–$5
Image: udijw PhotoJoJo spotted a great tute showing us how to make super easy, super cheap light rings with LEDs. BUT that’s not all. The tute further explains how to create cool lighting effects with LEDs. To make the ring, you’ll need the following:
Cherry Jubilee Week: Canned Fresh Cherries, Perfect Over Ice Cream
Check out Part I: Easy Cherry Syrup and a Sparkling Cherry Cooler. So….with more than five pounds of cherries left from syrup making, I realized I was gonna have to get these dudes processable so that, come winter time, I’d be to able use them in a variety of ways. Creating pie filling for freezing […]
How to Tattoo Fabric With Bleach
The Bleach Guy, Phelyx, has offered up a tutorial over on Stencil Revolution that’ll blow your socks off. He uses stencils and bleach to achieve a tattooed effect on fabric. Warning: It’s a project not for the faint of heart! What he uses to do it:
DIY Acrylic Stamping Blocks–Zero Dollars
As a card maker, I do love a good rubber stamp. I have a bunch of the old fashioned rubber/wood variety, but for some reason I’ve put off buying the clear, re-positional stamps. The stamps themselves are MUCH less expensive than the rubber/wood stamps, but to use these re-positional stamps you need something to position […]
How to: Make Homemade Scratch Tickets
Crafter Jenni broke the code! She figured out how to make the scratch off bit of scratch off tickets. Now, why on earth would we even want to make homemade scratchers? Jenni says they’d be a great promotional tool or even greeting cards. What’s really cool is that the project requires really mundane stuff that’s […]
175 Uses for Naturally Fresh White Vinegar
Pam or Ryan would have gladly cleaned the microwave in the break room if there had only been some white vinegar in the cabinet. There is almost nothing white vinegar won’t clean up or do for you around the house. Natural, easy, and odor neutralizing, hot steamy white vinegar loosens baked on crud inside the microwave […]
How to Make a Clean/Dirty Dishwasher Sign
Oh, this is good! Not only is Future Girl’s clean/dirty dishwasher sign practical it’s hilarious.
How to Paint Candles with Crayons
Did you know that you can paint candles with crayons? Me either. The entire process is easier than you’d probably think! ED: This was originally posted at http://craftchi.com/blog/?p=394 many years ago, but the link is no longer working. We’ve reproduced the content from Archive.org of the last saved version below (all content/photos copyright their respective owners): Use old […]
How To Upholster a Round Stool
I’ve done it. Kicking and screaming I’ve made a How To video. (shudder) Even though I upholstered this stool on a previous post, I had to re-do the boxing. Someone bought it from my Etsy shop and it’s being shipped to Brooklyn today. Nothing shows technique like an actual demonstration.
How to: Make an Easy and Inexpensive DIY Frame for Posters and Art (Video Tutorial)
An attractive frame for artwork always beats thumbtacks or the sticky stuff, but custom jobs at the framing shop come with sky-high prices, often more than you paid for that wonderful screen print from Etsy or the perfect vintage concert tour poster. So, skip the frame shop altogether, and head to the hardware store for […]
How to Make an Envelope for your New Accordion Photo Album
So yesterday I showed you how to make an accordion album. Today is the finishing touch: an envelope in which to keep it or give it. I’ve done all the hard work (made a PDF), so it really couldn’t be easier.
Curbly Video Podcast: How to make an accordion photo album.
This is a really fun and effective way to make a little photo album–all without using glue or adhesive in its construction. It’s a great way to showcase your photography. It also makes a great ‘brag book’ for images of your favorite children–furry or otherwise.
How to turn a hanging pocket shoe organizer into a vertical garden.
Want a garden like pippa5 but don’t have the space? Then you might want to give her hanging shoe organizer garden a shot. What I particularly like about this project, is it would great for condo or apartment dwellers, provided the light on the patio/balcony is right for the plantings. To make one, you’ll need….
