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Yipe! more rain, wind and sunshine, good ol' nature just doesn't stop. After some 20 plus years of neglect (aside from the most pragmatically brutal trimming) the garden we inherited with our newish property has flourished after the first decent winter-spring and summer rains in close to 15 years. My old hometown has been part of a drought affected area for that whole time, lakes that I swam in as a kid, ceased to exist.
Hank and Hunt - HOME - HOW TO MAKE ANIMATED DIY IMAGES
Hello! Today I thought I'd share a little trick of mine for diys. How do I make those little animated GIFS of my DIY projects? It is really easy, let me show you how. The first thing you need to do is set up for the shoot.
Matériaux pour les Arts
Masked Marvelous on October 27, 2016July 20, 2016 - Tickets are available now for the Masked Marvelous Cocktail Party on October 27, 2016, hosted by BD Wong. Purchase tickets before August 12 to take advantage of a $25 early bird discount. For more information on our Benefit Committee and MFTA … The post Masked Marvelous on October 27, 2016 appeared first on Materials for the Arts....Continue Reading July Third Thursday: Create Monumental Sculptures with Jean ShinJuly 5, 2016 - Monumental Sculptures: Jean Shin July 21, 2016 6:30 – 8:30 p.m. Come see how Artist In Residence Jean Shin has been using leather, broken jewelry, zippers and more to create her fantastically intricate art pieces.
25 Effective and Vintage Retro Web Designs
Vintage and retro designs add a sense of nostalgia to your website. Effectively incorporated, a vintage look can create a connection between a visitor’s memories of and longing for “the good old days†and your business. Fortunately, the previous decade’s design and theme palette offers a variety of concepts that can be used in almost all businesses today. Yesterday’s themes coupled with today’s more sophisticated image enhancement capabilities make for a hard-hitting nostalgic interface. Just choosing the right picture can take your design years back and make all the difference in recreating a bygone era.
DIY - Lebenslustiger.com
I made three embroidery projects for the new german craft book called "Stitch It Yourself" by Knaur Kreativ. One of them is this cool wallhanging embroidered with extra chunky yarn. I crocheted the "fabric" from fabric yarn (I used Re-Cotton) to get a nice sturdy surface with a loose enough wave to put the thick yarn thru with just my fingers.
ReadyMade
Cool Copper Projects Warm metallic hues are easy to love but often pricey. When you create the look... Easy Doily Bowl Craft a decorative bowl from a doily picked up from a flea market, antique...
Japanese craft books
Well, I did it. I survived another long school summer holiday. My ears and my nerves are battered and shattered but I survived. Just. Anybody else find being a parent hard sometimes ?
Investigating the Grade - Materials for the Arts
The Center for Urban Pedagogy (CUP) reused materials from the warehouse for for “Making the Grade“, one of their Urban Investigations with New York City public high school students. Students from Lyons Community School in Brooklyn and CUP teaching artist Leigh Davis worked together to examine the restaurant grading system in the city. Program Assistant Pema Domingo-Barker explains, “Urban Investigations are project-based curricula that enable high school students to explore fundamental questions about how the city works, using collaborative research and design. Reusing supplies from the MFTA warehouse, students created diagrams of the restaurant grading system.
A Chic, Unique and Oh So Creative Rainbow Wedding {Part 2}
Hello lovely readers, Did you see Part 1 of this stunning wedding yesterday? It was an amazing extravaganza of colourful bridesmaids and bouquets, stylish groomsmen and Kami’s gorgeous lace dress and blue suede shoes combo.
Macrame - friendship-bracelets.net/macrame
The most central in macrame is of course the knots. I will list some of the most common knots I know. The square knot The square knot is the most basic knot used in macrame. Chinese crown knot A decorative knot.
Make Your Own Sidewalk Chalk!
Heather from Poppy Haus is with is with us today with a great recipe for sidewalk chalk. I love the idea of children making their own art supplies. Yes, spring is in the air…
The Etsy Phenomenon
With 400,000 active sellers, 4.2 million members and a steady increase in sales, Etsy now generates nearly 20 million dollars in Gross Merchandise Sales per month. There are almost 7000 pages dedicated to the sale of art. Collages, drawings, illustration, photography, prints, sculptures, fiber art, mixed media and paintings; the art category is (and has been for a long time) in the top five categories of items listed and sold on the website. Not all of it is good, even less of it is great but as you sift through the pages you will discover that somewhere between the good, the bad and the ugly lies a truly unique and wonderfully executed piece of art. What defines the wonderful is up to you and if you can’t be bothered looking through the thousands and thousands of entries, then let someone else do it for you. There are blogs that document the best art on Etsy, listing up to one hundred of the better artists, such as a thing of beauty and Etsy Art.
DIY Gadgets - Page 4
by Julie One of the scariest health epidemics of my generation was HIV. I remember quite clearly its emergence on the scene, the graphic news footage of those first infected, people slowly dying from something so misunderstood and scary. It doesn’t seem to be big news anymore, but it’s still killing people all over the world. Well, OraSure, the company that brought us the first healthcare administered oral specimen HIV test available all the way back in 1994, have now developed OraQuick, a simple at-home test that allows people to test themselves in the privacy of their own homes for the virus that causes AIDS. Imagine, an FDA approved, over-the-counter HIV test that requires only a simple mouth swab and 20-40 minutes of your time.
{DIY} Fishtail Bracelet - Typical House Cat
These DIY fishtail bracelets were a product of my impatience. I ordered a bunch of Chinese knotting cord to make this necklace and the cord arrived a couple of days before the rest of the supplies I needed. I immediately became obsessed with it, making all sort of macramé and friendship bracelets. If you’ve been following DIY blogs then you’ve seen plenty of macramé lately but hopefully, this is the first time you are seeing the fishtail or herringbone weave.
