RSSArchives: June 2007
June 30, 2007
CRAFT + iPhone
I just got my new iPhone and the first site I tested was the CRAFT site to make sure it all looked ok. Sure enough it looks great! Never before has a mobile browser worked so well. Reading the blog from the phone is really seamless too and the text is very crisp when you zoom in. Just amazing. Have a happy weekend everyone!
Posted by Natalie Zee Drieu |
Jun 30, 2007 12:02 PM
Announcements |
Permalink
| Comments (0)
| Email Entry |
Suggest a Site
June 29, 2007
HOW TO - Make Your Own Clay
Diane of CraftyPod has outdone herself! In her latest podcast she shows you how you can make your own clay. Link.
Posted by Natalie Zee Drieu |
Jun 29, 2007 06:00 PM
General |
Permalink
| Comments (0)
| Email Entry |
Suggest a Site
Smart Flix - Win a Dick Blick Painting Set
Looks like they've got a cool drawing going on over at Smart Flix. To get a chance at winning one of three cool painting sets from the fab art store, Dick Blick.
From the Smart Flix site:
This is your chance to win one of three painting sets. We are offering a Winsor and Newton Artists Oil Colors Set, Maimeri Brera Acrylics Gift Set, and a Sennelier Watercolor Deluxe Mahogany Box Set...if you win, you choose which one you want!We're holding a drawing a month from now, August 1st, to give away these three top-quality paint sets to three lucky customers, courtesy of Dick Blick. How do you enter to win? Just rent any arts & crafts video from SmartFlix between today and August 1st. Every video you rent is a a whole 'nother chance to win. Rent one video, and you've got one shot; rent 7 arts & crafts videos (maybe the 4-DVD 'You Can Make It Sewing' set and the 3-DVD 'Painting the Head in One Sitting' set, and you've got 7 times as many chances to win!). Renting ANY arts & crafts DVDs from SmartFlix will enter you into the contest, even if it's not a painting instructional DVD.
Find out more and see all the photos of the painting set you could win at the Smart Flix site here - Link.
Posted by Natalie Zee Drieu |
Jun 29, 2007 04:43 PM
Announcements |
Permalink
| Comments (0)
| Email Entry |
Suggest a Site
Straight Sided Triangular Cosmetic Bag Tutorial
Queenofdiy on craftster.org has a sewing tutuorial up with lots of great photos showing you how to make a straight sided triangular cosmetic bag. [ via ] Link.
Posted by Natalie Zee Drieu |
Jun 29, 2007 04:00 PM
Sewing |
Permalink
| Comments (0)
| Email Entry |
Suggest a Site
Quick Links - June 29
- Buy one pattern get one free at Roxycraft from now until July 4th. - Link.
- The Purl Bee has quick tips for sewing the Purl Frog - Link.
- Mary says help fellow crafter Annie Modesitt and her family by joining the Six Weeks of Socks Contest or make a donation. - Link.
Posted by Natalie Zee Drieu |
Jun 29, 2007 03:30 PM
Bazaar, General |
Permalink
| Comments (0)
| Email Entry |
Suggest a Site
Björk's Crochet Costumes
I have always loved Björk and her music. She's just so adorably cute that I have even forgiven her for the swan dress she wore to the Oscars. Now I love her even more in her free form crochet costume (found via knitgrrl) she's been wearing on her latest tour and is in another one on the cover of her new album. Her costumes are created by The Icelandic Love Corporation where you can see more of the beautiful free form crochet design work. Link.
Also don't miss more photos of Björk's in her crochet costume here. - Link.
Posted by Natalie Zee Drieu |
Jun 29, 2007 02:00 PM
Arts, Crochet |
Permalink
| Comments (1)
| Email Entry |
Suggest a Site
Make Your Own Skin Care Products from Natural Ingredients
Fashiontribes has a great roundup post on how you can make your own skincare and beauty products from natural ingredients. I also love the long list of things like avocado, honey, and oatmeal and the essential vitamins they have for your skin. It's time for a natural face mask this weekend! Link.
Posted by Natalie Zee Drieu |
Jun 29, 2007 01:10 PM
Homemade |
Permalink
| Comments (0)
| Email Entry |
Suggest a Site
CRAFT Pattern Podcast: Burda Style's Steffi Jacket
This week's CRAFT Pattern Podcast is Burda Style's Steffi Jacket. This cute jacket is an intermediate sewing project and you can use cotton fabric to make this a perfect summer jacket to wear. Also pair it with the Franzi Vest to make your outfit complete. You can visit the Steffi Jacket page for more info and photos by users.
- Download this week's CRAFT pattern PDF - Link.
Subscribe to the CRAFT podcast and get this pattern and other CRAFT content delivered automatically via iTunes - Link
There's also still time to enter Burda Style's Design and Pattern Competition! The deadline has been extended to July 15th. There are 2 categories: Design-based competiton and Pattern-based competition, both with cash prizes. Plus there's nothing to lose! Interesting and creative submissions that didn't win will still be featured on the site! See which category you fit best by visiting Burda Style for more info. - Link.
Posted by Natalie Zee Drieu |
Jun 29, 2007 12:02 PM
CRAFT Patterns, CRAFT Podcast, Sewing |
Permalink
| Comments (0)
| Email Entry |
Suggest a Site
Popsicle Stick Art with Kids
Patricia of A Little Hut has a fun project to make with kids by creating popsicle stick art! I love the modern feel to these. Link.
Posted by Natalie Zee Drieu |
Jun 29, 2007 11:00 AM
Arts, General |
Permalink
| Comments (0)
| Email Entry |
Suggest a Site
Play Food Flickr Group
Robert Mahar of Mahar Dry Goods and Junior Society has started a new Play Food group on Flickr where you can upload all your delicious delights related to food. Pictured above at top is cupcakes by little cotton rabbits and below is the crying cracked eggman by sewingstars. Link.
Posted by Natalie Zee Drieu |
Jun 29, 2007 10:01 AM
Amigurumi and Toys, Design |
Permalink
| Comments (3)
| Email Entry |
Suggest a Site
HOW TO - Make Your Own Paper from Paper Scraps
Joanna makes a guest appearance on Crafty Daisies showing you how to make your own paper from all your paper scraps! Link.
Posted by Natalie Zee Drieu |
Jun 29, 2007 09:30 AM
Paper Crafts |
Permalink
| Comments (0)
| Email Entry |
Suggest a Site
CRAFT Magazine's Stitch N' Pitch Contest: Deadline June 30th at Midnight PST
Hi Crafters! Just as a quick correction, the deadline for the Stitch N' Pitch Contest is June 30th which is Saturday, not Friday as I had stated earlier this week on the blog. Forgive me! I got my days all jumbled and I can't believe it's already going to be July. A few of you have asked what time the cutoff is on June 30th and you'll have until Midnight (PST) to turn in photos of your project. For those of you who were having problems uploading your photos to Flickr, we now have an option for you to email the photos to nat@craftzine.com with the subject line "Stitch N' Pitch Contest Entry". Please still fill out the entry form so we have all your contact information and note in the Additonal Info box that you have emailed your photo in. We are getting some great entries so keep them coming! To enter, visit the Stitch N' Pitch contest page here. Link.
Posted by Natalie Zee Drieu |
Jun 29, 2007 09:10 AM
Contests |
Permalink
| Comments (0)
| Email Entry |
Suggest a Site
HOW TO - Make Wine Glass Stem Markers
DIY Maven on Curbly has an great quick craft on making these decorative wine stem markers. Link.
Related:
Crochet Wine Glass Charms - Link.
Posted by Natalie Zee Drieu |
Jun 29, 2007 08:58 AM
Jewelry |
Permalink
| Comments (0)
| Email Entry |
Suggest a Site
June 28, 2007
Megan Wilson's Morning Glory Exhibit at Tinlark Gallery in Hollywood through June 30th
If you are in the LA area, head on over to Tinlark Gallery (Crossroads of the World, 6671 Sunset Blvd., No. 1512, Hollywood, CA 90028, Phone: 323-463-0039) to see the multimedia works of Megan Wilson exhibiting her installation Morning Glory. Inspired by a love of patterns and textiles, Wilson's work explores the intersections between fine art, design, architecture, and traditional crafts. Hurry! The exhibit will officially end this Saturday, June 30th, but the installation will be up until early next week, if you can make it over the weekend. Link.
Jenny Ryan of Felt Club exclaims, "It's all felt, fabric, straight pins, multicolored sequins and intricate paper quilling...it looks amazing in person, sparkly and felt-y and super crafty!" You can also see more photos of the Morning Glory exhibit in our CRAFT Flickr Pool here. Link.
Posted by Natalie Zee Drieu |
Jun 28, 2007 06:13 PM
Arts |
Permalink
| Comments (0)
| Email Entry |
Suggest a Site
Easy Homemade Recycled Rattle Tutorial
Emily Kircher Recycling Artist shows you how to reuse plastic bottlecaps to make a homemade rattle. She uses them for cat toys, but offer suggestions on how to use them in plush or other toys. Link.
Related:
CRAFT Interview with Emily Kircher - Link.
Posted by Natalie Zee Drieu |
Jun 28, 2007 04:30 PM
Home Decor, Recycle |
Permalink
| Comments (0)
| Email Entry |
Suggest a Site
Sunny Wrist Pincushion Tutorial
Roz of Rozzieland has a tutorial on how to make a cute summer sun wrist pincushion which also uses an old Gatorade bottle cap. Link.
Posted by Natalie Zee Drieu |
Jun 28, 2007 03:21 PM
Needlearts, Recycle, Sewing |
Permalink
| Comments (0)
| Email Entry |
Suggest a Site
Plush Sewn Nintendo Gaming System
Phil @ MAKE writes:
Here's a really nice felt NES, it comes with Duck Hunt, Super Mario 3 and has swappable controllers - [via] Link.
Posted by Natalie Zee Drieu |
Jun 28, 2007 02:30 PM
Sewing, Tech Accessories |
Permalink
| Comments (0)
| Email Entry |
Suggest a Site
Refashion Old Sweater Cuffs into Baby Booties
Heather at CROQ took an old sweater and used the arm cuffs to make these cute baby booties. Link.
Posted by Natalie Zee Drieu |
Jun 28, 2007 01:04 PM
Recycle, Refashion, Sewing |
Permalink
| Comments (0)
| Email Entry |
Suggest a Site
Etsy Workshop Talk: The Global Microbrand
Vanessa of Etsy says: "We'll be hosting a talk at the Etsy Labs Monday night with Antonio Gould, an English new media educator, if you guys would like to join in. It's all about indie businesses using the web to say small yet thrive!" For more info, check out their blog.
Posted by Arwen O'Reilly Griffith |
Jun 28, 2007 12:37 PM
Announcements, Events, Organizing, Patterns, Podcasting |
Permalink
| Comments (0)
| Email Entry |
Suggest a Site
Slouchy Hobo Bag Tutorial
Make this cute slouchy hobo bag by tinafish on craftster.org with her step-by-step photo tutorial. Link.
Posted by Natalie Zee Drieu |
Jun 28, 2007 12:02 PM
Sewing |
Permalink
| Comments (0)
| Email Entry |
Suggest a Site
