Tag: Crafts - Page 9
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Dog Hair Sweaters As Pet Memorial
We've already heard about hyperbolic crochet today, but here's another yarn (sorry!) that may interest our readers. According to the BBC, a couple in Newcastle in the UK have had the fur from their beloved dogs woven into sweaters as a way of
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Crafty Lucy Norman Recycles
Lucy Norman's usage of recycled materials is key to her art. She has focused on designing a range of products under the slogan "Rethink, Reuse, Rebook", combining a concern for the environment and the reuse of waste in a way that is both stylish and
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One of a Kind: Kluane's Creations
Sometimes when we are looking for the coolest new green thing we miss something important because it is perhaps not our style. I paid little attention to Kluane's Creations at the One of a Kind show but was killing a few moments and overheard her pitch
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Book Review: Softies by Therese Laskey
In the face of what feels like an endless parade of toy recalls and safety concerns, Therese Laskey reminds us what a cinch it is to whip up our own creations. In Softies: Simple Instructions for 25 Plush Pals (2007, Chronicle Books), the
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Green Halloween: DIY Costume Ideas from ThreadBanger
Learn how to make your own pair of fluttery fairy wings using a couple of old wire hangers, a pair of retired pantyhose, and some glitter.
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Green Halloween: Don't Dress To Kill
As one hapless television news crew discovered, store-bought Halloween costumes frequently contain a boatload of carcinogens and reproductive toxins such as lead, cadmium, and pthalates, particularly those made from
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This Holiday, Pledge to Buy, Receive Handmade
This holiday season, take a stand against cookie-cutter consumerism, sweatshop labor, and rampant environmental destruction by pledging to buy and receive handmade gifts at BuyHandmade.org.
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Origin The London Craft Fair: Week 2
Week two of Origin The London Craft Fair, the queen of all juried craft shows, has another 150 craftspeople displaying their wares. There is a different feel to the show this week: there are almost a dozen stands with exquisite delicate white Japanese
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Green Halloween: Bag the Habit
Before you send your little monsters scampering off into the night trolling for candy, be sure to deep-six disposable paper and plastic loot sacks in favor of hardier totes and buckets they can reanimate year after year. Here are some devilish ideas
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Meet People and Make Stuff
Here's a winning combo: meet some new like-minded people and make something cool out of recycled or vintage materials. The Make Lounge offers craft workshops catering to a contemporary crowd. Given the frantic pace that we all live, its a nice
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Origin The London Craft Fair
Origin, The London Craft Fair is an extravaganza of craft; with 150 exhibitors showing their wares this week, and another group next week. All the work must be approved by a jury so the quality and workmanship is very high. These exquisite "Map
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Green Halloween: Ghostly Lights
Stave away ghoulish creatures with the radiant glow of candelight. If the thought of carving giant pumpkins again this year makes you howl, here are some of the lesser-known green 'ween ideas we've gathered:
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Grow Plastic Posies
If anyone can make plastics bags come up practically smelling—or at least looking— like peonies, it'd be green DIY guru Danny Seo. And to top it off, he makes it look so gosh-darn easy to do.
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10 Reuse Solutions for Plastic Bags
Even the most diligent reusable-tote-carrying greenie eventually gets saddled with a couple of plastic bags—that's how insidious these blights upon the environment are. But we've also seen some brain-rattlingly creative
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Sock Dog Kit: Rescuing Orphan Socks Everywhere
Here's a concept that is ingenious by virtue of its stark simplicity: Designers Martino Gamper and Sato Hisao will be showing their Sock Dog kit, a remarkably unfussy method of converting orphan socks into toys, from Sept 21 at Super Design Market,
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How to Upcycle Gift Cards
We all get them—gift cards, that is—simply because it's the most-convenient present you can give someone you haven't melded minds with. So unless you've openly vocalized your disdain for what are essentially plastic disposables, chances are, you'll run
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Make a Recycled Mini Dry Erase Board
If you have five minutes and some dinged CD cases—and we'd be hard-pressed to find someone who doesn't—you can make a yourself a mini dry-erase board. Stick 'em on the back of the car to entertain fidgety kiddies, on the fridge to remind your roommate
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Recycle Old Lightbulbs Into Salt and Pepper Shakers
Readymade has instructions for converting old incandescent bulbs into salt and pepper shakers using old bottle caps and a little wax. I am not at all certain about this; there used to be phosphors in those bulbs and the filament was surely slowly
