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Colorful Cubbies

Flickr user Super*Junk modded out her white Expedit bookcase with squares of colored paper and halogen bookcase lights from IKEA. The result is cheery and fun–a perfect way to display kitschy collectibles. More pix on her photostream. Link. Related: IKEA projects on Craftzine – Link. IKEA Hacker blog – Link.

Starbucks Bento

How’s this for a morning pick-me-up? Flickr user Sakurako Kitsa is a ridiculously talented bento maker, and her photostream is full of creative and original lunches, such as this inspired take on a Green Tea Frappuccino from Starbucks. Link. Related: The Bento Lunch Diaries – Link.

CRAFT at the L.A. County Fair

Check out what I found in one of the display cases in the Tapestry building at the Los Angeles County Fair last night! Yep, an issue of CRAFT magazine is sharing space with some fun needle-felted items. Come by the fair this Saturday from 11am-4pm and meet CRAFT Editor-in-Chief Carla Sinclair (and me too!). We’ll […]

MAKE Goes to Robodock

Next week, I’ll be heading to Amsterdam to attend the Robodock, a Technology and Arts Festival that runs from September 19-22. Robodock is celebrating its 10th year and I’m really looking forward to it. I expect to see Jarrico Reese of Cyclecide (Bay Area) and Rusty from Hazard Factory (Seattle), among others. If you’re going […]