The latest DIY ideas, techniques and tools for the kitchen, garage and backyard from food to furniture to fun & games for your family.
If you’re headed out for Stitches West in Santa Clara, CA next week, don’t miss your chance to meet Vickie Howell as she hosts a knit fashion show previewing some of the earth-friendly yarn of South West Trading Company (SWTC) from 11:45am – 12:45pm on Friday Feb 22nd. I will be there covering the event […]
We’ve all been in this situation before. Tons of devices, too many cables, a knot beyond all human comprehension, and a day wasted trying to solve the puzzle. Now South African native and artist Steven Schkoln has turned this inevitable conundrum into a competitive sport called “SpeedCabling”. Whoever can unravel the fastest wins top prize. […]
Ikea Hacker points out two tutorials on how to recover (Ikea) ironing boards. [via] Vain and Vapid’s Design Studio Details: Ironing Board Cover Tutorial – Link Feed Dog’s Tutorial: cover for Ikea ironing board – Link. Related Ironing Board Cover Tutorial – Link.
This Darth Vader Belt is a really nice way to show your true geekiness. It might be trickier to try and track down the instructions kit though. Join The Dark Side: Homemade Darth Vader Belt Makes You Ultimate Star Wars Geek – [via]
Emily of Orange Beautiful designed a template that you can download and print out to make little Valentine’s Day boxes. The template is available at Daily Candy. [via] Link.
From the MAKE Flickr pool Dr. Bleep sends out heart-day greetings with this romantic shot of a Thingamagoop getting snuggly with a Casio SK-1. –Link
Craftster user Freepepper has posted photos of the fun zippered wallet made from an old cassette tape and coordinating fabric. Love the pink and green together! Here’s hoping she’ll follow up the pics with a tutorial on how to make it. Link.
