Wendy of Wisdom of the Moon has instructions for cheap fabric grocery bags made out of bed sheets. All the bags above are made from one sheet. You can even find out how to make use of the elastic that gets cut off the fitted sheet by turning it into what she calls a “Buffalo […]
Inhabitat has a story about the stunning jewelry by TOUCH using recycled goodies such as bobby pins, plastic bottles, and more to make up such interesting and unique pieces of art you can wear. You can see more of these cool pieces from the Mana Collection, on the Inhabitat site. Link.
Australian crafter and mom Cheryl makes these fun one-of-a-kind “Lidmen” from colorful plastic screwtop lids. She sells her own pre-made Lidmen and friends, but also provides a detailed tutorial so you can make your own. This would be a fun rainy-day activity for the kids, with proper supervision of course. [via] Link.
MP4 Video | QT Video | HD | Subscribe in iTunes While at Maker Faire in Austin, I met Cristen Andrews of cristencrochet.blogspot.com who crocheted the most lovely backpacks, hats, cozies, bowls and more — all from plastic bags. Here in this video she shows us some of the cool things she makes and how […]
Better Homes and Gardens shows you how you can take a twigs from your backyard and create your own twig lamp. Link.
From the CRAFT Flickr pool comes Cafe Fernando’s beaded robot plush. I love the mix of rough-looking wool fabric (which came from IKEA pillows) and shiny semi-precious beads from Grand Bazaar Istanbul). Such great detail work! More pix at the source. Link.
This week on Threadheads, the ladies of Compai help them out with a very special viewer request and take a look into their popular DIY book series 99 ways.
