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The Norfolk Craft Mafia is having their first annual holiday arts & crafts bazaar: Handmade Parade, happening in Norfolk, VA. From the site: Handmade Parade will provide great holiday shopping for those who are looking for one-of-a-kind gifts while avoiding the mass-produced and supporting independent entrepreneurs instead! We will offer a wide variety of fine […]
Spins & Needles is a Canadian group that travels about hosting parties that are a combo of crafting and dj-ed music. On Friday, September 14, they’re coming to Etsy Labs (325 Gold St. 6th Floor, Brooklyn, NY 11201), and the party will be on! Bring your own project, or craft along with the projects that […]
Phill points us to Dream Country’s how-to on making the perfect homage to the 80’s – the Rubik’s Cube cake. Link.
The Oakland A’s are getting into the Stitch N’ Pitch action this Sunday, September 16th at 1:05pm at McAfee Coliseum. Bring your favorite knitting, crochet, needlepoint, cross-stitch, or embroidery project and root on the A’s as they meet up with the Texas Rangers. You’ll also receive a special Stitch N’ Pitch gift. For more information […]
Bulbs Unlimited makes kits for creating your own light bulb lamps. Use your dead light bulbs essentially as lampshades for a new lamp! I’d love to see one with dead incandescents surrounding a compact fluorescent! I knew I was saving all those dead bulbs for something… [via] Link.
I recently snapped up some edible flowers at a Farmer’s Market, and a friend and I used them to decorate these vanilla-and-lemon cupcakes we baked together. It was my first time using edible flowers in my own cooking (though I’ve enjoyed the occasional smattering of nasturtiums thrown into a salad) and now I’m hooked. Here […]
Photos of the disassembly of the brand-new Xbox 360 Chatpad, showing the PIC16F883 it contains which makes it ripe for hacking, thanks Steve! Link.
