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May 20, 2012

Cathe Holden's Vintage Cigar Box Collection

For a little splurge of serious eye candy, be sure to check out the amazing vintage cigar boxes in Cathe Holden's collection.

What's with the obsession? Here's a simple list in order of precedence:
1. Vintage Graphics

2. Gorgeous Typography

3. Beautiful Decay

4. Craft Storage

Obsess away, Cathe, and thanks for sharing!

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May 18, 2012

Friendship Bracelet Letterpress Card from Printerette Press

As a fan of both friendship bracelets and letterpress cards, I'm swooning over this offering from Printerette Press. [via Poppytalk]

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May 11, 2012

Crocheted Pizza Rug

You know when you get the urge to throw a whole pepperoni pizza on the floor and walk around on it? Well it's time to give in to that urge with this ingenious crocheted pizza rug by Etsy user nicannmardee!

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May 7, 2012

DIY Chevron Wall

I love this bold chevron statement wall over on Design Sponge! They make it look so easy and yet it packs a strong design punch.

April 24, 2012

How-To: String Art House Numbers

String art projects get a lot of attention, but it's surprisingly hard to find a how-to that actually shows you how to make your own. But, thanks to this string art house numbers tutorial from Amanda at Our Humble Abowed, you're only one click away from a simple project that will show you how it's done!

[Via StitchPunk]

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April 9, 2012

Pantone Easter Eggs

I know we're past Easter now, but I couldn't help but share these awesome Pantone Easter Eggs from Jessica of How About Orange. File this away for next year, folks. They'll be the hit of the designer's Easter basket! Read how Jessica created them over on her blog.

And yes, I'm such a nerd that I had to match the color numbers properly using my chip book.

Perfection. [via Laughing Squid. Thanks, Gareth!]

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April 4, 2012

DIY Camera Strap

The camera taking your photos can now be as lovely as the photos themselves with this sweet tutorial from Design Lovefest. Don't you just love a simple and easy DIY that renders a bold result?

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April 2, 2012

How-To: Pointillism Easter Eggs

This may be a bit more time-intensive than traditional egg dying methods—every dot is individually placed by hand—but it sure is pretty. Check out this pointillism Easter eggs tutorial from Orange Kitty Crafts to see how it's done!

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March 30, 2012

Lauren Clay's Paper Art

Lauren Clay's work was just featured on Design Milk. I was just blown away by the intricate detail and bold look of her pieces. It is absolutely amazing what Clay can create with paper.

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March 21, 2012

Paper Polygons

While preparing At Your Leisure Zine, Jonathan Lo from Happy Mundane created these really cool paper polygons. These are some great geometric shapes to create out of colored paper and glue together. I love them as is, or you could string them together with fish line and hang. Or follow my most recent CRAFT video to make something epic for your wall. How would you display these?

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March 19, 2012

Thread Installation by Anne Lindberg

Wow. This is Drawn Pink, by Anne Lindberg part of an installation at the Bemis Center for Contemporary Art. In this piece Lindberg uses Eqyptian cotton thread and staples to create a larger-then-life experience. Be sure to check out the piece and the time-lapse video of the incredible work.

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March 9, 2012

DIY 3D Geometric Sculpture

In this video I use my love of modern a design to show you how to take card stock paper, Elmer's glue products, and the templates I created to make a modern three-dimensional geometric wall sculpture.

Subscribe to the CRAFT Podcast in iTunes, download the m4v directly, or watch it on YouTube or Vimeo.

The coolest thing about this project is that every single sculpture will be unique. You can customize your design to be the shape and color you want. You can find other shaped templates on-line, and alter the color by printing them out on colored card stock, leaving your shapes white, or using my method to make every side of every triangle different.

You can download the templates at their original sizes in the following links, and print them out on card stock paper. You will need 4 in total, including your color piece templates, the large triangle, medium triangle, and small triangles. Be sure to print out the links on each name, as opposed to the image below, as that image will be way too small.

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