I promised myself I’d post more of the random creativity that inspires me this year. Here’s a project that wrapped up last night – a knitter recorded a year’s worth of weather in yarn. Well here it is: 2020's weather. 3m, 732 rows (2 rows=1 day), 70,368 stitches, 1kg of wool. My small world and […]
Category Archives: Crafts
How to paint Easter eggs
A link to creating natural dyes for Easter eggs like these. How to paint Easter eggs | Russia Beyond The Headlines.
Craft Books
Step-by-step, days-long process on binding your own sketchbook. (Or $7.99 at the local art supply shop.) Guide on how to craft a book – Imgur.
Copper Etching
A how-to for copper etching. I get nervous about the chemicals but I love the final product. http://deborahreadcom.blogspot.ca/2011/12/step-by-step-making-copper-etched.html
Molded Concrete Planters
Pretty results from mundane materials. http://radmegan.blogspot.ca/2012/04/molded-concrete-planters.html
Photo Transfers on Wood
These are unusual, neat, crafty, and – judging by the writer’s intelligence level – so easy that even an airhead can make them. Thumbs up. http://content.photojojo.com/diy/diy-photo-transfers-on-wood/
Fairy Light Jars
These fairy light jars look easy to make. I’m going to test the process with (and effect on) my friends’ 6 year old, aka the target demographic. http://frompankawithlove.blogspot.ca/2012/01/glowing-jar-project-varazslat-lakasban.html
Sock Owlie
Whoooo else but me has a bunch of worn-out socks that would be ideal for this craft? SAH-RAH » Sock Owlie.
Softiemaker
This is the kind of thing that makes the Internet great: This crafter takes your childhood/child’s creature sketches and makes them real, or at least as real as plush toys qualifies them to be. A Blue Fairy for the modern age. http://childsownstudio.blogspot.com/
WHAT CAN I TURN THIS INTO? A Recycling and Crafting Idea Center
http://www.greenwala.com/community/groups/all/105-WHAT-CAN-I-TURN-THIS-INTO-A-Recycling-and-Crafting-Idea-Center/topics/989 Absolutely gorgeous upcycling (emphasis on the cycling) of a vintage Vespa into a rocking chair. Does the maker do adult-sized versions, too? I would happy ride one of those. (A real Vespa, though, probably not…)
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