yes my peeps, it's time for the winners of

Peeps Show IV

not the 'winner' but i LOVE this one

SEMIFINALIST

Dennis Chong of the District and Carolyn Prince Racich of McLean collaborated on their "Peepocalypse 2010:

Pick of the Peeps: Peeps dioramas serve up a candy-colored take on pop culture

video of the winning peep; EEP

oh my peeps, there's even a peeps iphone/itouch app
wapo's peep show 2010

" diorama, using cotton, spray snow and modeling clay, plus a photo that Chong took of the scene for the background. The in-flight snowballs are made of mini -marshmallows and wire.

ok, i'm making some!

we're having some little kids for easter dinner this year (my niece's boyfriend's kids). i think they'd love to have these lovely felted eggs stuffed with little treasures to bring home.

i'm not going to use real eggs though. i'll use some fake ones i have already. i do have all the supplies, roving and all that is

How To: Felted Eggs for Spring

pic from Posted by Brookelynn 's tutorial for the felted eggs linked above

happy tuesday!

via

craft passion has a GREAT tutorial on

the crocheted loop stitch

Crochet Tutorial: Loop Stitch

there's even a video:

i HATED beets as a child

and i guess i hated them through my young adulthood as well. somewhere along the line though, i grew to love them with a passion. red, golden, makes no never mind. not the canned ones and i don't even know if they sell frozen ones, i'm talking FRESH ones. ones you roast in a bit of olive oil and salt and pepper (and that's just about all they need). i came across the following recipe on

simply recipes and am going to try it just as soon as i go shopping again (i just went friday and alas, i ALMOST bought some beets, but i didn't).


look at this BEAUTIFUL
beet hummus

picture by Elise Bauer from the simply recipes blog linked above

craft has a nicky epstein flower pattern podcast up

very nice! (i do own several of nicky's books and love each and every one. a while ago i knitted up one of her scarves and gave it to my friend (also named) nikki as a wedding scarf (not to wear down the aisle mind you. i was from vogue knitting, anniversary issue (i think it came out a couple of years ago)

CRAFT Pattern: Nicky Epstein's Knitted and Crocheted Flowers

.................
Download the Pattern PDF | Subscribe in iTunes
(Right click to save the PDF to your desktop. See directions on downloading PDFs.).............

photo of nicky epstein book covers from craftzine linked above

photos of the scarf are mine

check out the work of

jess hutchinson

via

hat had to post it!!!

make it sew KNIT number one!
via

from instructable user:

Author:noahw

comes a how to on making a wooly willy table

pic from the instructable of : noahw

i collect my old credit and gift cards

and i'll ask other people for their old gift cards too. i use them for crafting. there are all sorts of things one can make if one uses their imagination.

i just came across this in craftstylish and was quite impressed
it's by kayte terry

How to Make a Mosaic with Your Old Plastic
the photo is by ms terry and it's from the tutorial linked above

knitting AND stop motion (yeah, it's a commercial)

via

oh this is TOOOOOO cool

the know it all bag from by Kalani Craig at knitty

wow wow wow. this is something!

this is truly wonderful

a ruffly paper bag wreath by heather





from dollar store crafts (pic from the tutorial linked above)

if you stop by rachel's

confessions of a crafter

you'll see one hell of a wicked cool cross stitch

now THIS is cool

(especially if someone injected it with vodka too)

from the flickr photostream of silverisdead (creative commons)

cooooooooooooool!!!

i've posted a tutorial or two on how to fuse plastic bags


and here's an etsy video:

Totally Cool and Easy to Make Recycled Plastic Bags Rain Boots

by Paula Alvarado, Buenos Aires

yes, you can make your OWN cool cool cool plastic rain boots from fused plastic bags. pic from the tree hugger link above

via suzee que's flickr photostream

got some GREAT little earrings today

from down to the wire designs

on etsy.


they're so light you hardly know you have them on. customer service was outstanding as well (i value that just as much as the item itself)

so check out his work.....NOW!

this made me smile

it's called the knitted heart BUT it's a cross stitched heart

from kevin hsiu

pic from kevin's gallery linked above

if you stroll on over to

amAMZIng!

you can find out how to make your OWN

crochet alphabet

it's wicked cool, no? (answer is YES it IS wicked cool)

pic from amAMZIng's crochet alphabet tutorial

(via whip up)

i've posted on guerrilla knitting (and crochet) before

just thought it was time to do it again

urban knitting: the world's most inoffensive graffiti

pic: entitled 'tree cozy', this incredible crocheted outfit was made by carol hummel, took 500 hours from start to finish, and stood for 3 years outside cleveland heights city hall until just recently.

and knitta please

an instructable for

cuddly math by

Author:j_l_larson

(pic from the link above by

Author:j_l_larson)

(how cool IS it????????)

if you have the time, energy and talent

matsutake shows you how to make


an incredible easter egg diorama music box (it really IS spectacular!)

pic from matsutake's how to linked above

(via)

i can't tell you how many pairs of tights i have

let's just say MANY

well i have a few that are white. i never thought to tie dye them. i have PURCHASED tie dyed tights. now, i am going to make my own!

a how to, from bust magazine of all places

dyer straights

by Callie Watts

pic from the bust how to linked above

kelsey brooks

Kelsey Brookes Feature from TheCreativeLives on Vimeo.

via

cool!

how to make scratch off cards!


via



here's the whole process on flickr

check out threadbangers roundup

of fingerless mitts (which by the way, i'm in the process of knitting for a friend who's leaving on march 19th)


pic from one of the ones included the roundup: Alittlestranger on instructables shows us how to make these awesome Glittens (fingerless glove-mittens), also from a recycled sweater:

i thought it was hard for ME to make felt. wow

but then again, i don't need a big enough piece to make a yurt



from duo fiberworks (check out the felt boots she made. i am inspired)


Nothing new under the sun

gourds gourds gourds!!!

via craftzine

download the project PDF

yes, i have a crush on ira glass

want

Postcard + Garden = PostCarden

Posted by Rachel Hobson

postgarden

cool!

it's sort of a combo of goodnight moon and star wars. i d/l it!

Goodnight Forest Moon: nerdgasmic kids' book parody

Cory Doctorow

Goodnight Forest Moon

PDF mirror

from blisstree

a lovely little rosebud memory box
by Kathy Zengolewicz

picture from the tutorial link above ( at blisstree )

ok wicked cool

via

design sponge shows us how to

make our OWN air freshener (and doesn't it look WAYYYYYYYYY better than anything you can buy??????????? i'll sure bet it SMELLS better as well)


pic from the tutorial on design sponge linked above

it's a day for wicked cool....this too is (as was the prior video)

Design / Magnetic Rings from Laurent Milon on Vimeo.

Laurent Milon: Magnetic Rings

here's laurent's website

unfortunately, i don't think they're for sale. i think the rings were a project for something to do with school/graduation/diploma/thesis (something)

via craftzine

wicked wicked wicked cool music video

OK Go's Rube Goldberg music video

Mark Frauenfelder

this IS spectacular!

a tin star curtain

and here's a tutorial!!!

pictures are from ansie's blog posts at sol y sombra linked above

found via whip up

tiny orazimi

more here (by Mui-Ling Teh). pics from this link

found via mostly forbidden zone