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August 31, 2008

DIY Cardboard Doll Furniture

Anna at Forty-Two Roads shows off some of her adorable DIY cardboard doll furniture. You can purchase an instruction booklet on how to make this in her Etsy shop.

New Letterpress Cards from Hello Lucky

Check out the new batch of beautiful letterpressed cards from Hello Lucky. If you recall, we got to see the design and letterpress process in a recent CRAFT Video Podcast visit at the Hello Lucky studio. It's great to see the beautiful finished versions!

CRAFT Flickr Pool Weekly Roundup

This week in the CRAFT Flickr pool we saw:

We also thought you might like:

HOW TO - Make a Recycled Necktie Scarf

Diane of CraftyPod has a tutorial up on CraftStylish showing you how to make a recycled necktie scarf.

From the pages of CRAFT: 08:

"Necktie Glasses Case," by Diane Gilleland, pgs 120-121. Preview the article here in our Digital Edition.

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August 30, 2008

Turn an Old Window into Illuminated Wall Art

DIY Maven on Curbly transforms an old barn sash window and turns it into a piece of illuminated wall art.

HOW TO - Make a Vietnamese Bánh mì Sandwich

Amy at Angry Chicken shows you how to make one of my favorite sandwiches, a homemade Vietnamese Bánh mì.

Amy writes:

We are pretty obsessed with Bánh mì. We live in a part of town were you can get these Vietnamese/French style sandwiches anywhere and they are very addictive and usually under $3. Chase it with mango bubble tea or a sweetened iced coffee and you are in heaven. It's like a lovely fresh salad on a baguette.

Instructables Craft Skills Contest

Here's a new contest over at the Instructables site:

Crafting is awesome, but sometimes it's hard to find a place to learn the skills you need. To help gather up the knowledge behind the skills we're having a Craft Skills Contest!

What do you love to do? Amaze us all with your skills and helpful insights and you'll get something great to make your next project even better!

Share your crafting know-how, and help other crafters get started on a new project. Show us the basics, tips, and tricks for any area of crafting and win some great prizes from Singer, Lion Brand Yarn, and Stitch Lounge!

I know you readers have a vast skill set between you, and we'd love to see you share those with others, so think about what you know how to do, and make an instructable about it, then send it to us!

Coco's Bobble Dress

Whitney at The Purl Bee shares this sweet crochet pattern to make Coco's Bobble Dress, simply one of the cutest crochet dresses for little girls.

Refashion a Dress into an Apron

Stitch Lounge shows you how to refashion a dress into a nifty apron. Download the PDF tutorial.

August 29, 2008

20% Off in the Maker Shed 'til Midnight Sunday

You may or may not realize that we offer lots of cool craft supplies and kits (as well as CRAFT and MAKE back issues, box sets, and clothing) for sale in the Maker Shed. Be sure to take a look--if you see something you like, you can get 20% off until midnight on Sunday by entering the code "dogdays" at checkout. Here's the scoop from the powers that be:

It's hot here in Sebastopol. So hot, that the PG&E substation across the street blew a transformer and knocked out our power yesterday afternoon. So.... Under the category of anything is a good excuse for a promotion, we'll do the "dog days" promotion now through midnight Sunday, August 31. Visit MakerShed and enter "dogdays" as the promotional code and get 20% off everything in your shopping cart. Offer expires midnight PST this Sunday (9/1).

HOW TO - Crocheted Muppet Eyeglass Holder

Craftster user Sarah417 used djonesgirl's handy crochet pattern to make this hilarious Muppet-inspired eyeglass holder. Ernie looks so much smarter, no?

Knit an I-Cord Scarf

Slip Slip Knit uses up her left over Koigu remnants to knit up this fantastic I-cord scarf. Thanks Ellen!

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