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Three Phone Books Too Many

July 28, 2007 by Alissa

phonebook.jpgYet another phone book company delivered a book of “friendly” yellow pages to our front door this month — for a total of three giant phone books from three different companies — for our two-person household. I don’t remember the … Read More ...

Natural Mobiles

July 16, 2007 by Alissa

mobile_euc_detail.jpgGrab some inspiration at (or bring a well-funded checkbook to) [tag]SILHO Furniture[/tag] from [tag]mobile[/tag] artist Kevin Inkawhich, who uses [tag]eucalyptus[/tag], tulip petals, gaultheria leaves, pine cones and more to create abstract hanging mobiles. Shown is a detail of his Eucalyptus … Read More ...

Cupcakes with a Shelf Life

July 12, 2007 by Alissa

cupcakes.jpg[tag]Cupcakes[/tag] are adorable, delectable and on-trend, but artist Michelle Stitzlein’s cupcakes will last well beyond the current popularity of this portable dessert.

A sculptor from Ohio, Michelle does some amazing stuff with used [tag]found objects[/tag] around the house and in … Read More ...

MixtGoods — Not Good, but Grand!

July 9, 2007 by Alissa

tirepurse.jpgI’m a sucker for clean design and good typography, so when I saw an advertisement on our very own site for [tag]MixtGoods[/tag], I immediately clicked to their site. And once I was there, I was drawn to every single … Read More ...

Taking Tips from Ten Thousand Villages

July 8, 2007 by Alissa

tenthousandvillages.jpgI’m lucky to live near a [tag]Ten Thousand Villages[/tag] store, where they sell beautiful, [tag]fair trade crafts[/tag] from artisans all over the world. While a good portion of us crafters take for granted the ample portion of craft supplies and … Read More ...

Recycled Shopping Bag Crafts — Part 1

July 5, 2007 by Alissa

Plastic Bag Makeup BagHop on over to [tag]Craftster[/tag] and take a look at jamiewatchthestars’ detailed tutorial of transforming plastic shopping bags into durable, sewable, waterproof fabric with tons of character. After fusing the bags with an iron, the “fabric” mimics [tag]Tyvek[/tag] (used in … Read More ...

4th of July Leftovers

July 4, 2007 by Alissa

Fireworks Packaging Art

Artist [tag]James McNulty[/tag] does some amazing things with the most under-appreciated part of fireworks: the packaging. He mixes and matches kitschy illustrations with Chinese characters with over-the-top names of fireworks to create colorful [tag]collage[/tag]s. If you live in the U.S., … Read More ...

Recycled Film Canisters

July 1, 2007 by Shellie Wilson

Film Canisters —

Well, there used to be a time when we all had them to spare and they were a popular topic on recycled messageboards all around the place, but what happens now that people are going digital? You … Read More ...

Keyboard Clock

June 17, 2007 by Shellie Wilson

 

Computers are great we all love them, but they do become obsolete very quickly and keyboards are no exception to that. RePlayGround Came up with this very funky office clock which would make a great DIY project for all … Read More ...

Newspaper Crafts

June 9, 2007 by Shellie Wilson

We all know the usual stuff to do with newspapers but how about some more unusual projects.

Newspaper slippers – Ok these are not going to be durable but are ideal for painting in or other one time use situations.… Read More ...

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