My hometown weekly, the Portland Mercury, is sponsoring a new handmade geekcraft project contest (with a nice shoutout to geekcrafts.com, thank you very much!) over at their site this week – email in a photo of your favorite handmade project extraordinaire, and you could win a copy of World of Geekcraft, a POW! ZAP! Magnets … Continue reading Handmade Geekcrafts Contest this week!
My friend Rachel Hobson is a huge space geek — she went to Space Camp as a kid, she listens in to Mission Control chatter and follows NASA on Twitter, and she’s covering the upcoming shuttle launch for MAKE: magazine. Her husband Chris made her a secret, incredible Christmas present this year in their garage: … Continue reading The Handmade Christmas Telescope
Heather Kostal posted her handmade Greedo toothbrush holder to Craftster way back in 2006. But I’ve just discovered it because I’m on kind of a Greedo kick right now. Heather made this for her husband a few years before she even posted it. She used to have access to a kiln, so it is just … Continue reading Greedo the Bounty Hunter Toothbrush Holder
Three3oh just posted this handmade cabinet over on Imgur, made for his niece, because of her favorite movie, Beauty And The Beast. Unfortunately, there’s only a series of pictures, as he was building the cabinet. However, if you’re looking for some fun and funky furniture, inspired by Disney movies, check out Raxfox on Deviant Art. … Continue reading Beauty and the Beast Cabinet
So today’s entry is a little different and comes to us because of a letter in a recent Dear Abby column: The Knitted Knockers Support Foundation. How many of us know someone who’s had, or continues to have, breast cancer? Knitted Knockers are special handmade breast prosthesis for women who have undergone mastectomies or other … Continue reading Knitting and Crocheting for Good
Just a mini gallery to share with you all today: Vincent Van Gogh, in cross stitch form, courtesy of itsmereba from San Antonio, TX. While itsmereba did the cross stitching to create this lil’Dutch master, the pattern comes from Cloudsfactory, of Monteforte Irpino, Italy.