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I always enjoy projects/tips that involve turning scrap material into something pleasing. In this case: Wee Mouse Tin House:
The PDF pattern is now available in the shop. (It’s also now available here for download.) This makes a great little portable friend to have in your purse or backpack. It’s made with scraps you probably have laying (lying?) around.
I’ve taken all the guesswork out of the sizing for you and also included lots of my tricks and tips to make construction very easy. So don’t be afraid of tiny! You can do it. Lots of diagrams to explain each step, as usual. Y’all know how I love me some diagrams.
(via mmmcrafts: Wee Mouse Tin House pattern available!)
Via Craft.
Awwwww! I totally want to make something like this now.
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Turning a jawbreaker into a shot glass on a lathe.
Unfortunately, the only lathe I have access to is the hackspace’s Myford metal lathe, and I don’t think everyone would be particularly pleased if I started getting sugar dust all over it.
But, damn, imagine this jawbreaker shot glass with a ridiculous sweet and tasty shot inside. NOM.
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Makies - individualised dolls created in London on a 3D printer.
From their site:
We’re using 3D printing techniques to make the action doll, each one unique to its owner. Imagine a printer: now imagine it uses powdered plastic instead of ink on paper. Now imagine that a fine laser melts the finely powdered plastic into a shape: that’s the type of 3D printing we’re using. It means that those tiny, delicate changes that you make to the face shape are reproducible exactly, and it also means that the surface is matte, and slighly porous, a bit like unfired porcelain.
Perfect for holding makeup, interestingly.
Sadly, they don’t have all the clothing selections I picked for Darcy, my first attempt.
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How to make your own nail polish by Lindsay at Delighted Momma.
Also works for lipgloss, which is awesome.
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Now available, the 5-13 Shawl, a lace shawl pattern written by me.
It was designed to be a project you could take on the go, without worrying about keeping track of a complicated lace chart.
This particular example was knitted in Noro Silk Garden, but it can be knitted in any yarn with any needle size to fit whatever you need.
Also available on Ravelry.
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While this gorgeous Pyrex pattern chart from Hancock’s House Of Happy is designed for cross-stitch, it’d make for some sweet knitting as well.
Just imagine a Pyrex fair-isle sweater vest. Mmmmm.
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This tutorial on Weaving a Basket with Crochet Thread is ridiculous and amazing at the same time.
SO TINY. And even with the teeny-tiny size, surprisingly easy.
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Laser cut seaweed for sushi
While I bet this would stink up the laser cutter something fierce, the ability to cut such delicate and intricate designs into something you’re just going to eat is amazing and awesome.
(Source: thefoxisblack.com, via tikipanda)
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Make a Glue Gun Bandolier, an excerpt from Criminal Crafts: Outlaw Projects For Scoundrels and Armchair Detectives, as seen on CRAFT’s blog.
While I’ve never needed quite that much glue, I can’t deny the temptation…
