Sunday, March 24th, 2013
scissorsandthread: J.Crew Inspired Necklace | Owlswakeup Though this design looks quite complicated, once you have your beads prepared, it’s just a matter of connecting the pieces together. Plus, instead of having to spend $100 on a necklace, you can make it for around $10! That’s pretty motivational for me! If you do this specific tutorial, note this: every time the tutorial says “needle-nose pliers,” replace that with “round-nose pliers.” Those are the type of pliers pictured, and they’re the type you should use. (This tip brought to you by your local jeweler.)

scissorsandthread:

J.Crew Inspired Necklace | Owlswakeup

Though this design looks quite complicated, once you have your beads prepared, it’s just a matter of connecting the pieces together. Plus, instead of having to spend $100 on a necklace, you can make it for around $10! That’s pretty motivational for me!

If you do this specific tutorial, note this: every time the tutorial says “needle-nose pliers,” replace that with “round-nose pliers.” Those are the type of pliers pictured, and they’re the type you should use.

(This tip brought to you by your local jeweler.)

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Saturday, March 23rd, 2013
fuckyeahcraft: Back to basics!  Classic fabric bow tutorial.

fuckyeahcraft:

Back to basics!  Classic fabric bow tutorial.

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Monday, March 18th, 2013
How to use up yarn leftovers with a magic ball — whip up I have a lotta lotta yarn leftovers that would love to be in a magic ball together.

How to use up yarn leftovers with a magic ball — whip up

I have a lotta lotta yarn leftovers that would love to be in a magic ball together.

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Saturday, March 16th, 2013
fuckyeahcraft: Easter Egg TIE dye tutorial from Our Best Bites. okay that is insane

fuckyeahcraft:

Easter Egg TIE dye tutorial from Our Best Bites.

okay that is insane

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Tuesday, February 26th, 2013
unconsumption: While we’ve highlighted some creative new uses for parts of “dead” umbrellas (our umbrella-related posts are grouped here), this idea’s new to us: Combine an umbrella frame with one or more strings of icicle lights to yield some pretty unique lighting. Spotted on Pinterest here. (For those of us wanting additional information: The original Pinterest pin links to a now-defunct blog here as the source; so, no info!) 

unconsumption:

While we’ve highlighted some creative new uses for parts of “dead” umbrellas (our umbrella-related posts are grouped here), this idea’s new to us:

Combine an umbrella frame with one or more strings of icicle lights to yield some pretty unique lighting.

Spotted on Pinterest here. (For those of us wanting additional information: The original Pinterest pin links to a now-defunct blog here as the source; so, no info!) 

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Friday, February 15th, 2013
procraftinate: via http://sakepuppets.com/ Did you know, the festival of “harikuyou”, celebrated in Japan on Feb. 8th, includes putting old sewing needles to rest in tofu? I saw this post on Sake Puppets and it was too beautiful not to share. What better way to pay homage to the tiny, hardworking tools of fabric crafting that we all use with so little thought, than by letting them have some eternal peace after a while? Even spiritual traditions have was to celebrate the need for spring cleaning and stash busting! :) Time to start anew as nature does the same. Click the photo to read the full story, it’s short, sweet, and informative. When I first saw this, I thought, “Eww, that’s the grossest pincushion I’ve ever seen!”

procraftinate:

via http://sakepuppets.com/

Did you know, the festival of “harikuyou”, celebrated in Japan on Feb. 8th, includes putting old sewing needles to rest in tofu?

I saw this post on Sake Puppets and it was too beautiful not to share.
What better way to pay homage to the tiny, hardworking tools of fabric crafting that we all use with so little thought, than by letting them have some eternal peace after a while?

Even spiritual traditions have was to celebrate the need for spring cleaning and stash busting! :)
Time to start anew as nature does the same.

Click the photo to read the full story, it’s short, sweet, and informative.

When I first saw this, I thought, “Eww, that’s the grossest pincushion I’ve ever seen!”

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Thursday, February 14th, 2013

draftgiraffe:

How to cut glass

I’ve never tried this, but I’d really like to sometime. Wear your safety glasses!

(via horrorharlot)

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Wednesday, February 13th, 2013
storagegeek: There is a way to hang your sweaters without ruining them! My mind just ‘sploded! Okay, that’s amazing.

storagegeek:

There is a way to hang your sweaters without ruining them!

My mind just ‘sploded!

Okay, that’s amazing.

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Tuesday, February 12th, 2013

unconsumption:

Save wine bottles, make your own tables. 

Simply insert bottles in to openings in pieces of wood. In addition to use as table tops, the pieces of wood (in this case, they’re scrap wood sealed with a wax finish) can function as serving trays.

See also: Earlier Unconsumption post on shelving made from wine bottles and pieces of wood.

For other items in Unconsumption’s wine o’clock series — an occasional series of posts highlighting examples of wine-related repurposing — browse here.

These are beautiful, but pretty useless as tables, no? I think they’d be great for putting things at different levels for retail display.

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Monday, February 11th, 2013
fuckyeahcraft: fuckyeahcraft: fuckyeahcraft: I’m doing a new zine =] Here’s it’s facebook page! Accepting any form of craft based submissions. …Actually it’s Narwoolzine@hotmail.com, I’m such an idiot!!!! This sounds amazing.

fuckyeahcraft:

fuckyeahcraft:

fuckyeahcraft:

I’m doing a new zine =]

Here’s it’s facebook page!

Accepting any form of craft based submissions.

…Actually it’s Narwoolzine@hotmail.com, I’m such an idiot!!!!

This sounds amazing.

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