Tag Archives: crafty

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/
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The East Bay Depot for Creative Reuse

http://creativereuse.org/Toronto has a(n in)famous store called Active Surplus, where geeks buy tech bits and bobs and electrical doodads with which to assemble terrific things. This looks like an estrogen-enhanced Active Surplus, where crafters can buy fabric ends and creative bric-a-brac with which to assemble impressive things. I wish there was one locally!
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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/989Absolutely 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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Free Printable Paper – FreePrintable.com

http://www.freeprintable.com/free-printable-paper?page=2Forget flash and hype: This is the kind of site that makes the Internet a fabulous thing. You may only need graph paper, or music sheets once in a blue moon, but you know that when you need them, they’re but a click away. Terrif.
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picturing_food: Naturally-Dyed Easter Eggs

http://community.livejournal.com/picturing_food/4610060.htmlIncredibly beautiful “organic” Easter eggs, made from natural dyes and impressed with garden clippings. What a shame that they must be smashed apart to ultimately be enjoyed.
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http://www.goodyblog.com/playing_house/2009/04/the-easiest-easter-eggs-of-all.htmlBringing new meaning to the term “tie-dye”; Easter eggs worthy of the boardroom.
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Knitty: Socktopus – Winter 2008

http://knitty.com/ISSUEwinter08/PATTsocktopus.phpBehold, the “Socktopus”: WANT.
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Design &Inredningsbloggen – Bedtime story

http://inredningsbloggen.blogg.se/2007/june/bedtime-story.htmlQuit hogging all the pages.
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bookofjoe: When Snow White met Steve Jobs

http://www.bookofjoe.com/2009/03/when-snow-white-met-steve-jobs.htmlACE.
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Nokia’s Five Headset Design Winners – My Modern Metropolis

http://www.mymodernmet.com/profiles/blogs/nokias-five-headset-designDorky in the extreme, but the best kind of dorky. Clearly designed by someone who doesn’t work 9-5
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