If you like the idea of a creamy mint pie but would rather eat a cupake, here’s a compromise. These chocolate ganache filled cupcakes are topped with an easy mint flavored mousse which you make in a matter of minutes. Anna at Cookie Madness shares her recipe for these yummy-looking grasshopper pie cupcakes — via CRAFT
The carpet, slightly over 5? x 8? in size, was commissioned by the Maharajah of the Indian state of Baroda in 1865.
This splendid carpet has a surface that is entirely embellished, created using an estimated two million natural seed pearls, known as “Basra” pearls originally collected in the waters of the Gulf. The design is picked out in coloured glass beads and the whole richly encrusted and embellished with gold set diamonds and precious stones in their hundreds… Across the centre there are three large round ‘rosettes’ each made of table cut diamonds set in silvered gold. Further smaller diamond rosettes in the border, all of which are embellished with sapphires, rubies and emeralds set in gold.
The carpet was publicly displayed at the Delhi Exhibition in 1902, and at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in 1985. In 2009 it sold at a Sotheby’s auction for $5.5 million — via Neatorama
Police were last night investigating the murder of a British spy whose decomposing body lay for two weeks stuffed inside a large sports holdall in the bath of a smart London flat — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Scientists have discovered a frog the size of a pea, the smallest found in Asia, Africa or Europe, on the Southeast Asian island of Borneo — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Die Regierung will nach Zeitungsberichten die heimliche Videoüberwachung von Arbeitnehmern verbieten. Das Ausspähen von Toiletten, Umkleiden und Schlafräumen soll tabu sein. Personaler dürfen Bewerber zwar googeln, aber nicht auf Facebook ausspähen.
[via Google Translate: The government wants to newspaper reports, the secret surveillance of workers forbid.The obtaining of toilets, changing rooms and bedrooms should be taboo. Googling applicants, although HR may, on Facebook, but not spy.] — via redwolf.newsvine.comResearchers at the U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases have found a class of drugs that could provide treatment for Ebola and Marburg haemorrhagic fever — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Google has unveiled a way for web users in the US to make calls through its Gmail email service — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Supermarket giant Coles should reconsider its decision not to publish its in-store grocery prices online, a leading consumer group says — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Facebook and Twitter users are complaining about their accounts being compromised and then being used to spam friends with suspicious “free iPad offers” — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Need extra seats at your house because you’re the only one of your friends getting Portal 2? Make a companion sitting cube!
After weeks and months of free time, let this Instructable accompany you back into Real Life. Wipe the dust from your desk chair and find out that it does absolutely not fit to the clean and sober atmosphere you want to dispense with your homework. What could be more engaging and mind-stimulating than a multi-purpose Companion Sitting Cube?
Ready for the release of Portal 2 , here is the Instructable to sew and glue your own Companion Cube as a desk stool, gaming taboret or side table.
— via CRAFT
If you’re around and about London, enamoured with invertebrates generally, and have always wondered if knitting and you were meant to be; well, here’s the perfect opportunity to find out. This Friday evening (August 27th), from 6pm to 9:30pm, at London’s Natural History Museum, Stitch London will be on hand at to show the public how to make anatomically plausible sea life (with “probably the easiest knitting pattern ever”). This will be part of the last of the museum’s summer after hours evenings. As well, it sounds like they’re working on something big!
Come and see Stitch London’s incredible knitted giant squid on display in the Central Hall. The giant knitted sea creature is a replica of our famous 8m giant squid specimen, Archie, held in the Museum’s Zoology Spirit Collection. Amazingly, the huge knitted Archie is being created with orange yarn made from recycled plastic bags!
A Polish man living in Germany was unaware he had been shot in the head for five years, because he was drunk when it happened — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Back to school doesn’t have to mean back to school shopping. Instead, DIY! I love fashion trends, but I also hate having to keep up with them if it means spending money. Generally I choose classic-looking clothes and I try to limit my trendiness to a few select accessories. Luckily, one of the hottest scarf designs this season is ridiculously easy and fun to sew. I spent $1.20 on the elastic thread, and in 5 minutes I had stitched up my new favorite scarf out of some jersey I had lying around. I had a blast making it too!
If you are nervous about sewing with elastic, don’t be! It’s so easy. Don’t be concerned about making the lovely gathers, either. There is nothing to fear. This project is the perfect chance to sew crazy freeform swoops without worrying about anything at all — via ç
Nicole Mallalieu clears up any interfacing issues you might have — via Whip Up
Here’s the latest from sculptor and CRAFT friend Moxie– a series called Hungry, for Plush You! LA at Munky King Gallery, Aug/Sep 2010 — via CRAFT
Jan DiCintio of Daisy Jane shares a tasty-looking recipe for these oat-free, grain free trail bars.
Why no grains? The answer is multi-layered, but here’s the basic idea. We work hard and workout harder – we live life fully and need foods that keep us feeling light and spry. Through experimenting with our diet, we observed that grain foods tend to make us feel full, bloated and lethargic. Although we’ve always eaten healthfully, we still felt like there was something else – something we weren’t getting right – that would allow us to harness and maintain regular energy levels rather than sapping them. In addition, I have an intolerance to grains, esp oats, that had worsened markedly this past year. I cut out all grains to see if my symptoms were alleviated, and wow – what a difference! Symptoms gone and tons of energy to boot! We don’t miss it at all!
— via CRAFT
Japanese crochet artist jungjung made these fabulous crochet broccoli and cauliflower heads. They’re part of an exhibition of crochet lace that also includes a carrot with delicate crochet greens. [via 203gow] — via CRAFT
Symbolic links are similar to aliases, in the sense that they are shortcuts that link to a specific file or folder. But symbolic links are often more useful than aliases: For example, if you put an alias in your Dropbox folder, it will sync just the alias file; put a sym link in that folder, and Dropbox will sync the original file that link points to. And aliases won't work in OS X's Unix-based tools, including Terminal; sym links will.
I like Herman Miller furniture. You might remember that from a lecture I attended earlier this year. After getting to know some of the folks at the company this year, you realize (if you hadn’t already) that Herman Miller is a think tank of design lovers and people looking to solve problems. Considering Herman Miller as JUST office furniture means you’re missing the bigger picture. (But when it comes to thinking about Herman Miller as an extra inside the offices of Mad Men
, I’m ok with that!)
Located on the west side of Michigan, Herman Miller has been a Mitten fixture for decades. The campus sprawls across town, housing factories, offices, design centers, testing facilities, and an archive. I was lucky enough to get a tour of all it last month and learn more about what inspires this company. Take a look — via CRAFT
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