Craftzine.com blog: Quirky Crafts Archives

Archive: Quirky Crafts

May 22, 2012

Turning a Jawbreaker on a Lathe to Make a Shot Glass

One of my favorite parts of eating a giant jawbreaker is watching the layers of colors change throughout the candy. This video from hifijohn on YouTube takes that pleasure to a whole new level. He attached a giant jawbreaker to his lathe and proceeded to turn a shot glass from it. It's mesmerizing to watch the beautiful colored layers emerge and change as the piece takes shape. I imagine it smelled really wonderful, too! [via BoingBoing]

More:

May 21, 2012

How-To: Cupcakewurst

Cupcakewurst is cupcake batter cooked in a sausage casing. Put it on a donut that looks like a bun and add some raspberry topping instead of ketchup and the illusion is complete.

[via buzzfeed]

More:

How-To: Toast Art

Geekify your breakfast with this clever way of creating designs on toast from Brian on Kotaku. The technique for creating fun images on the toast is super simple, and delivers very cool results. [via Sprite Stitch]

More:

May 14, 2012

Wisdom Tooth Ring

Jewelry artist Shannon Larratt created a one-of-a-kind gift for his fiance for her birthday last week.

Quite a while ago she gave me permission to use her wisdom teeth (appropriate for her reaching a "wise-old age") that have been sitting in a jar of alcohol since she had them yanked out. So for a birthday present I spent some time welding and carving metal (this is all hand-formed, not cast like most of my rings) into a ring that holds the tooth along with a pair of moonstones.

More:

May 4, 2012

View Master Quilt Block

This is great! Kim from My Go-Go Life provides a tutorial on how to make a View Master-inspired quilt block. I really like the block with binding to stand on its own for a wonderful mini quilt.

May 1, 2012

How-To: Weave a Miniature Basket

Everything is more adorable when it is miniature. I literally said, "Squee!" out loud when I found this pin on Pinterest today. The basket is adorable, but the real magic is in the tutorial. It's in-depth and well presented. Let the tiny basket weaving begin!

April 27, 2012

Pac-Man Quilt Blocks

This has made my Friday! Monica Soloriow-Snow, of The Happy Zombie, created these Pac-Man blocks for a traveling quilting bee she's a member of. The design is inspired by patterns created by Sew Hooked.

April 20, 2012

The Morbid Anatomy Art Academy's Taxidermy Class

The Morbid Anatomy Art Academy in Brooklyn has been offering a number of unusual arts and craft classes including: "Anthropomorphic Mouse Taxidermy," an "Effigy Doll Class," and a "Mummification Class." Apparently the classes are very popular, so I guess they're getting stuffed with people who are just dying to take them.

[via buzzfeed]

More:

April 18, 2012

Paper Titanic Derby Hat

My pal Christine from Delachic has officially made the most wonderful and ridiculous hat that I've ever seen. Designed for a charity event that also happened to coincide with the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic, she whipped up this fabulous Titanic derby hat the night before using manila folders and foam sheets.

Last Friday marked the 100th anniversary of the Titanic. It was also the day of a work fundraiser where I volunteered. It's usually a big to-do where there's a fake horse race, similar to the Kentucky Derby. Therefore, there were derby hats!!

And, as if it the giant ship and classy birdcage veil weren't enough, the whole thing actually lights up!

Pretty fantastic, right?

More:

March 27, 2012

Quirky and Pretty Handmade Wedding

Sherry Huss, maker-in-chief, sent me the link to this stunning Handmade Wedding on Etsy. From the flowers to the pizza to the rainbow cake, the details are charming and carefree. There is so much inspiration to be found in this event. Did you see those doily garlands??? What about the sno-cones? Swoon.

March 24, 2012

Recipe: Fishbowl Dessert Cocktail

Just looking at the fishbowl dessert cocktail that Meg from Not Martha shared on the ModCloth blog makes me long for a lounge chair, a beach umbrella, and a choice spot right next to the pool. If I sip one on my fire escape, do you think Brooklyn will suddenly feel a little more like a balmy tropical island?

More:

March 15, 2012

Homemade Lucky Charms Marshmallows

"Making Lucky Charms from scratch is an achievement that I am proud of, but like climbing Mount Everest, it is not something that I would recommend to everyone," writes Stef of Cupcake Project. She braved the intensive task of making the crunchy breakfast cereal marshmallows, and it sounds like she won't be doing it again, since she and her husband both got thumb blisters from cutting the marshmallows into little hearts, stars, and clovers.

Stef notes that it is necessary to make your own corn syrup in order to have success with this recipe — store-bought corn syrup "doesn't crystallize in the same way that homemade corn syrup does and the marshmallows won't get as crunchy."

My mom is a dietitian, so growing up it was a rare treat when a bowl of Lucky Charms crossed my path. Oh man, I used to love those marshmallows.

More:

Quirky Crafts Home | Next >