Greetings Phoenix makers and crafters! The second official meeting of the Phoenix DIY group will be held Tuesday, November 13th, at 7pm. We will have presentations on electric skateboards, carbon fiber bikes, and origami. If you’re in the Phoenix metro area, join us! – Link.
Makers and Crafters, this is your last chance to enter our 2nd annual ghoulishly fun Halloween contests! Anyone, anywhere, can enter all or just some of the contests. MAKE, CRAFT, Instructables and Popular Science will be start the judging soon so enter your photos on Flickr, your projects on Instructables or just email them to […]
Sister Diane of CraftyPod just launched the Handmade Holiday Alerts on the DIY Alert site. Diane writes: It works like this: every Friday, I send out a fun email newsletter that introduces five Portland makers and tells a little story about them and their work. From it, you can link through to their websites for […]
I’m setting my clock back now, don’t forget to set back yours… On a related note here’s a neat tidbit from the origins of daylight savings time (Wikipedia) – During his time as an American envoy to France, Benjamin Franklin anonymously published a letter in 1784 suggesting that Parisians economize on candles by arising earlier […]
Craft Boom!’s got an exclusive discount on Moo.com MiniCards. Buy 2 sets and get another set free! Via promo code. For more info, visit Craft Boom! Link.
Vickie Howell’s got a brand new podcast called CRL and her first episode is with our favorite Crafty Chica, Kathy Cano Murillo. Vickie and Kathy get ready for winter and discuss gift-making, cultural craft traditions and putting a little hand-made in your holidays. You can see the line up of upcoming episodes and subscribe to […]
The Maker Faire team is joining forces with Felt Club for the upcoming Felt Club XL Holiday event – Sunday, November 18th from 11am-6pm on the Los Angeles City College campus (855 N Vermont Ave, LA CA 90029). This family-friendly event will feature 75+ amazing crafters, delicious food and great music, plus an all-new section […]
