How-To: Vinyl Record Bookends
ModMischief shows you how to make your own version of Urban Outfitters’ vinyl bookends at home, with your own unwanted records.
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Vintage Zipper Earrings
I love these vintage zipper earrings; they’re are amazingly mod and elegant at the same time. What a fantastic thing to do with old broken zippers! There’s also a cool and futuristic-looking ring. (From my friend Fiona’s very funny, no-holds-barred blog; she usually writes about everything from science to surfing, and public policy to baby […]
Save My Oceans Contest Inspiration: Use Less Plastic Video
This video from TakePart isn’t just cute with a catchy tune, it has loads of important information on how using less plastic can help save our oceans. Watch it and be inspired to do your part, and then check out our Save My Oceans contest where your plastic project could win an iPad. Be sure […]
How-To: Purse with Feet
Ira Goldberg shows us how to make a cute purse with feet from recycled clothes or fabric scraps. This is a perfect sewing project for beginners or kids, since it’s simple, functional, and the fabrics you use can really add a personal touch. Ira points out that a favorite old shirt or similarly sentimental garment […]
How-To: Mini Indoor Herb Garden
Michelle Min shares with us a method of using string to decorate recycled plastic yogurt containers to make pots for a mini indoor herb garden.
Space Slug Door Draft Blocker
Bonnie at StarWars.com shows you how to make a space slug door draft blocker using old socks and my favorite, googly eyes.
Flashback: Hand-Sewn Free-Range Monsters
For the month of May, our theme on CRAFT is Sewing and I’m reminded of one of my favorite sewing-related sentences from the pages of CRAFT magazine. In CRAFT Volume 06, the endlessly talented Moxie offered us a how-to for “Hand-Sewn Free-Range Monsters” and the entire intent of the project is creative play. When it […]
