you KNOW i'm going to be

all over this

3d stars from high hopes

lots and lots of good stuff on the site. check them out

(pic from there as well)


found via craftzine

ok, how cute are THESE?

little fabric trees???

they're from the small object a most WONDERFUL site (which i've linked to before)

she has done a tiny bit of sewing on these trees, but i'll bet one could make them completely sew-less (the one is ME, i don't sew)

pic from the small object as well

don't let it all unravel

(we all know how much i LOVE animated knitting vids)

found via extreme craft

i'm looking for all sorts

of wreath tutorials this season. i love wreaths. i've made some pretty nice ones over the years. i like out of the ordinary (in EVERYTHING not just wreaths). here's a cool one from

cathie filian (pic from her as well)


the snowflake and yarn wreath

oh, i LOVE these

little origami mini wreaths

from domesticali (pic from there as well)

imagine a little tree with lots of these as ornaments. lovely

found via craftzine

not sure why this dreidel is

hanging on a christmas tree, but that's neither here nor there

here are the directions for crocheting one!

from crochet by faye (pic from there as well)

(found via craftzine)

i hope everyone checks out

boing boing every day like i do. if you don't here's


part iii of their holiday gift guide

gadgets and stuff (here's but ONE of their listings)


Gloom

Gothy card-game challenges your ability to create misery
Original Boing Boing post

it's pony up

friday

times are tough

all over. we're all having a rough go of it. we're all cutting costs.

i'm sure you still have a couple of non-perishable items in your cupboards you could donate to a food bank. some old (but clean and in good condition) clothes you could donate to a shelter. a day a week (or even a month) you could volunteer your time helping out .....

think of others. not just at this time of the year, but all the time.

Craft Warmth for the Homeless this Winter

As the temps outside reach frigid lows, the issues faced by your local homeless population can be life-threatening, especially for those unable to find adequate shelter. This winter season, consider using your craftiness to help the homeless fight the cold with these simple projects. Hand them out in urban areas or in places you know where many homeless people reside, or call a local homeless shelter (homeless shelter directory or shelter listings) to find out if you can hand them out there. Keep in mind that shelters may require larger quantities of handmade goods, so you might consider finding or starting a group in your area that can do a project on a larger scale. Think the office, friends, social clubs, classes, meetup.com, or for knitting projects, the charity knitting groups on Ravelry.com. ..............

love 'em!

tile coaster tutorial
picture from a bit of everything
they could be used for so much more than coasters too. think trivet at the very least

(found via craftzine)

enjoy!

then swing on by here to hear the full version

then swing by here

“Alice's Restaurant isn't around anymore. But, as the song says, Alice didn't live in a restaurant. She lived in the church nearby the restaurant... And the old Trinity Church, where Alice once lived and where the saga began has become home to The Guthrie Center and The Guthrie Foundation.

Arlo Guthrie providing a place to bring together individuals for spiritual service, as well as cultural and educational exchange founded the Guthrie Center, an Interfaith Church, in 1991. The Trinity Church where the song The Alice's Restaurant Massacree began and where the movie Alice's Restaurant was filmed, continues to service the local and international community.

Originally built as the St. James Chapel in 1829, the structure was enlarged in 1866 and renamed Trinity Church. Ray and Alice Brock purchased the property in 1964 and made it their home. The building has had several owners since the early 1970s…”

Source: The Guthrie Center........... (pic from there too)

from crafting in a green world

a tutorial on making a felted sweater christmas stocking

picture from crafting in a green world as well

becky stern

at at sternlab makes a twitching scorpion vid



Twitchie Scorpion from make magazine on Vimeo.

west coast

found via wooster collective

i love little handmade christmas trees

i've made quite a few (using the fake little trees and my trusty hot glue gun and whatever theme i choose. one of my favorites was the pig one i made. i used red lights on the little tree and hot glued a TON of little pink plastic pigs all over the tree. i found some ceramic pig and hot glued that to the top of the tree. it came out quite well i must say. of course this was years ago and i have NO pictures)

but i love the inspiration i'm getting

Thrifted Holiday Trees

from the long thread (picture from there as well)

found via whip up

i always have tons of whole cloves

one never knows when one is going to make a pomander ball

but this is something special, cool AND SIMPLE (and it would smell divine!)
clove necklace by

Author:cookiedough (pic from cookiedough as well)

inside a boy

My Brightest Diamond - Inside a Boy from My Brightest Diamond on Vimeo.

found via boing boing

i can't wait to see

herb and dorothy

becuase i can't do this

and because i'm such a crappy line cutter (EVEN STRAIGHT ONES) i need to practice this over and over and over
from craftapple (pic from there as well) a

Tutorial: Cutting Curves with a Rotary Cutter

(found via craftzine)

one must know by now

how much i LOVE lego. this is a pretty darn amazing animation. check out the audience members too


JCDC Versus LEGO from Four H on Vimeo.

found via craftzine

don't be silly, it's because they CAN

Chair Arch: A film by The Glue Society for 42Below Vodka. from Glue Society on Vimeo.

hifructose has some great stuff on the glue society. many more videos. please do stop on by (hifructose is a kick ass publication any way)

(found via boing boing)



hifructose.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=246&Itemid=56

love 'em!!!

orangejuicy shows us how to make these

wicked cool arm warmers out of sox!

(pic from orangejuicy)

pimp my cube

i'm sending this video to my boss and his boss. they make fun of my cube each and every day. well mine is NOTHING compared to THIS one! (via dark roasted blend)





7 Incredible Pimped Office Cubicles

want to learn how to make a star knot?

i do!

well here's how (from the alaska museum of fancy knots. pic is from there as well. found via craftzine)

go handmade for the holidays

from crafting in a green world

upcycled wrist cuffs (pic from crafting's website)

this is right up there

with the tater tot vest

vickie howell (who is having a book give away contest, deadline is this coming tuesday so rush over to her site) made a wicked kick ass burrito bag (from amy's burritos of course!)

pic is from the amy's website. don't know if they took it or vickie did

tutorial at the kick ass burrito bag link above. enjoy

exuding

coolness



i don't know what this is. it may have something to do with guitar hero. don't care, it's just a damn cool video

(found via wonderland)

theo jansen

if this isn't a good idea

i sure don't know WHAT is!

a tutorial on recycled envelope pocket books

picture and instructions from kristen at whip up

kristen's blog: meadowlark days

oh come on now

how CUTE is this?

on bitter betty blogs tutorial tuesday she directs us on how to make bowling buddies

bitter betty industries etsy shop

pic from bitter betty as well

(she combined two free online patterns to come up with this wonderful idea! the links to the patterns are on her site)

i like the bun on the right with it's ears back. my kind o' bunny

i thought i posted on this before

temari the art of japanese thread balls. but i can't seem to find it. ah, perhaps it was on another blog of mine.

anyway, gingerbread snowflakes shows us how

(pic from gingerebread snowflakes)

found via craftzine

oh this is some serious

coolness here. really it is

found via boing boing
and here's squealy d's youtube page

my recent purchase from the

etsy shop of

kim's jewels

love 'em!

(they're the purple eye on my first finger and the moonstones on my thumb)

if you go over to

mama to mama you'll find lots and lots of information on caps to cap haitien project

they're made out of tee shirts. you don't have to be a sewing genius to make one either. so, whip out a tee and some thread and GET GOING

and here's another posting with a pattern for a cap and a link to konbit sante
.........

About Konbit Sante:

Konbit Sante is a Maine-based volunteer partnership working to save lives and improve health care in northern Haiti. In Haitian Creole, a konbit is a traditional method of working together to till your friends' and neighbors fields as well as your own - a cooperative effort. Sante means health. The name defines their commitment to address the staggering health problems in northern Haiti where most lack basic care and live without running water............

oh just stop by the site ok?

(i found it via her - amanda's - craft blog: soulemama)

i just discovered something i'd never heard of before!

grungeboard from tim holtz

i'm not really a scrapbooker. i USED to rubber stamp like mad. i still have a ton of stamps and embossing powders and the like. perhaps i'll get back into it. AFTER the holidays of course. i'm still working on other things. anyway, i was quite taken with all of this



and from margot potter; the impatient crafter

i actually saw THIS video FIRST and i knew i'd fallen in love with grungeboard

wouldn't you LOVE to receive

a thank you note like this?

i know i would

well leave it to jeffery rudell to to show you how (Pic by mr rudell too)

his work is pretty amazing. he's also a story teller as well as a bunch of other things. check out his work (please)

wow

robert burden



(found via boing boing)

because i love her work

and her photography (of her crafts AND of nature itself) i want to continue to remind you to

stop by resurrection fern


amazing wonderful wondrous awe inspiring smile-making heart-warming

(pic from resurrection fern)

i really can't understand 90% of what he said

BUT this is one wicked cool yarn spinner as well as the works it produces


Thomas Traxler, Autonomous spinning wheel from robertanderson on Vimeo.


found via makezine

from all fiber arts

which is a site you should be visiting ALL of the time

comes this lichen died felted slipper pattern (made out of seven garter stitch squares)

photos from all fiber arts

i can't say it enough THIS is a great resource for knitting, yarns, weaving, basket making, dying, spinning, textiles, oh EVERYTHING under the sun

oh wow

Exclusive Interview: Ana Serrano

Cartonlandia by Ana Serrano (62x48x54 inches)
picture from the website of reuben miller


please please please click the link above to see the ENTIRE sculpture. it's AMAZING

i can't stop staring at this

read all of the comments too. they're delightful!

Place setting by a five-year-old girl

posted by Mark Frauenfelder,
My five-year-old daughter asked to set the table a couple of night ago. Here's how she set her place.


my thoughts? well three is my favorite number. it's perfectly zen. i think the kid is japanese

new gnarls barkley

video (by walter robot)

it made me smile

found via boing boing

it's NOT too early to start

the holidays are RIGHT around the corner. i've always loved the idea of advent calendars. i found one today (tutorial) that looks easy AND is out of the ordinary. it's from jenny at allsorts (pic is from there as well)

it's her advent calendar pockets tutorial

i found this video over at

magpie and cake (love the name and i love bjork AND hedgehogs too!)
craft rock friday with bjork (well THEY posted it on a friday)

laughing purple goldfish designs shows us how to make a

beaded wire knit bracelet (laughing purple goldfish photo)


it's almost the holidays - get out your wire, beads and knitting needles and GET busy

caves

giant crystal: (photos by Javier Trueba / Madrid Scientific Films, image via)

Ice Cave in Matanuska Glacier, Alaska - photo by George F. Mobley, National Geographic

stop by dark roasted blend to see spectacular
caves around the world

dr seuss would really

really really LOVE this

(and so do i)

a wall that plays music when it rains

Photos by

Vincent
The funnel wall at the Kunsthofpassage in Neustadt.

because this is something

i would want (and i'd cry if someone made this for lil' ol' me) i'm posting it

how wonderful. a custom board game

from plavalaguna (her pics too)

............Here's a project I've been working on for quite some time now. And it's finally ready for everyone to see. It's a gift for my fiance so I had to wait for his birthday to come to post it. <3
It's called "huggable".
The tiles are made of clay, they are baked, hand carved, painted and varnished on. all 100 of them! phew.
the board is felt. the docks are thin wood things i stole from an old wardrobe someone threw away....

i hope her fiance knows how lucky he is!!!

everyone knows

you cannot have enough felt flower tutorials

from april at felt o rama (her pics too)

buildings

are pretty cool

the basket building - Image via: addicted Eyes

the hole house - Image via: melinnis

mindhouse - Image via: angelocesare

please check them ALL out at village of joy - 50 strange buildings

(found via bifurcated rivets)

stop on over to

see some bike love


(at instructables) pics from

Author:mydogellen

i am so smiling!

from folding trees (pic from there as well) a pink turtle and a penguin pal

and here's the tutorial

evil mad scientist laboratories

always makes me smile

as do legos

now combine them

(pics from evil mad scientist

simple coolness

found via makezine

i like this

in an odd kind of way.

found via boing boing

you are never alone when you have casiotone for the painfully alone

let's look at what

resurrection fern is up too! (pic from resurrection fern)

just LOOK at the haycorns she's gone and made! and as we all know that's what tiggers like the best!

go ahead and make a TON of her crochet acorns (and some cool little felted pumpkin bowls too)

in all seriousness i DO have to say she has one of THE BEST craft blogs out there. her photographs are beyond the pale. her work is well out of the ordinary without being freakish. it is awe inspiring

the current temp is 32 degrees

i know it's 2:07 am, but i sure could go for a bowl of pumpkin tortilla soup oh the goodness!

picture from apartment therapy the kitchn

oh the soup is VEGAN!

(found via craftzine)

i LOVE art

Peripetics by ZEITGUISED from NotForPaper on Vimeo.

i think my favorite is the plane with smoke. nice!

zeitguised: peripetics.

(found via bifurcated rivets)

just LOOK at this woman's work

theresa honeywell

simply cool

(all pics from theresa's site

(found via dark roasted blend)

ya gotta have heart

some cool shite found via

makezine

check out all the nifty knits

at dark roasted blend's strange knits

beet pic: (image credit: ngau83)

cord pic: (creation by Nguyen Le, via)
bunny pic: (images credit: Gelitin, via)

tobiah p. mundt

i saw the above video at craftzine

i've seen tobiah's work other places. it's not only fascinating but it's wonderful too. it's right up my creepy alley. she's da bomb!

her site is under the licorice tree (she has a couple of tutorials up too! check them out)

the photo is tobiah's too

her etsy shop - licoricetree