Aug
7
Check out this cute pink-and-lime-green shoulder bag made from a vintage tea towel. It’s offered in She-Su’s Etsy shop, along with a sampling of other wonderful wearables reconstructed from neckties, pillowcases, vintage fabrics and other thrift store finds.
[tags]vintage, tea towel, necktie, pillowcase, tote[/tags]…
Aug
6
The Rust-Oleum Project Contest sounds like the perfect challenge for any trash-to-treasure crafter out there. Share a project you’ve done with Rust-Oleum (spray paint), and you could win a $1,000 Home Depot Gift Card and a custom makeover for a piece of your furniture by a ReadyMade magazine designer. Deadline for entries is September 15, 2008. Visit the contest page …
Aug
6
Amy of Ovenfried Beads has made a tutorial for her famous Stacker Beads. And it’s free! How’s that for generous? Here are her exact words -
” Hey folks…….
Ok I just can’t keep it to myself any longer. In the event I should croak before I’m an old old lady, I want people to keep making them. All I ask …
Aug
2
Michelle Stitzlein’s new book, Bottlecap Little Bottlecap, is a how-to arts and crafts booklet for kids that focuses on using plastic bottlecaps from milk jugs, orange juice cartons, water bottles, soda bottles, shampoo bottles and margarine tubs. For both small and large projects, the booklet contains supply lists, step-by-step instructions and multiple colorful photographs for whimsical magnets, outdoor yard …
Aug
1
What can you do with Sublime Stitching‘s Vital Organs pattern collection? RachelKristin embellished a thong in the “I am woman, hear me roar” tradition! Too funny! Check the Sublime Stitching Craftster forum for additional interesting applications of these biological graphics.…







