If you’re scrambling to find an easy Halloween projects the kids can make this weekend, check out this quick and easy tutorial from Alisa Burke. These toilet paper tube monsters would be perfect, and it would be fun to have a whole collection of them out at your Halloween part. Inspired to craft something for […]
Nick Normal @ Make: Online recently went on a bicycle tour of some different compost sites in Queens, NY. He writes: This past weekend I went on a group bike tour of five compost sites in Western Queens, NY, in the neighborhoods of Astoria, Long Island City and Sunnyside. The sites were as diverse as […]
Make these ghost and pumpkin Halloween paper bag bowls by Ellen of The Long Thread to hold your Halloween treats. This is a great project you can make with the kids. [via The Crafty Crow]
Halloween is just around the corner and the next thing you know, it’s gift giving season again. Here for some recycled wrapping inspiration is John Boak who has some new wraps up on his site Wrap Artist. I love the layered beauty of his Japanese inspired wedding gift wrap and the ingenious use of using […]
Who knew you could glue bits of bicycle inner tube to a rolling pin to make a clever rolling stamp? Aparently ynze on Instructables did, and shows you how, too. Using a rolling pin, a used inner tube and some sticky tape, you can make a really cool roller stamp. By really cool I mean […]
I’m digging this simple sink mod to make the hot and cold taps run down the blade of a shovel before flowing into the sink. Photo by NY Mag, Greenpoint loft by Evan and Oliver Haslegrave. [via Core77]
Amalia Versaci uses vintage zippers to create accessories and home decor, including these vases and containers. The colors of the zippers against the rough metal teeth make for a great texture on the pieces. [via Recyclart]
