Thin strips of dichroic glass make this octopus sparkle in the light! Finely crafted with exquisite detail! you’ve never seen anything this cool in your life! There’s a hundred different ways to display this; hang it around your neck, dashboard mirror, your wall or put it somewhere cool like your fishtank, desktop zen garden or just in a display case — via Etsy
A semi-stylised, realistic looking glass nautilus. The mysterious Nautilus live in the deep ocean and are related to cuttlefish, squid and octopi. Their shell consists of many air filled chambers used for buoyancy; they can have over 90 tentacles and reach sizes of about 10 inches — via Etsy
The latest addition to the octopus accessory list! These glass hairsticks have a fantastic little octopus perched on top with their tentacles clinging tight — via Etsy
Pocket Krakens are very handy symbiotic genetically spliced creatures. Carrying one provides the user with a pocket watchdog
. If anyone but the owner slips a hand into a pocket the wee Kraken will deliver a sound bite with her parrot like beak alerting all to the potential pickpocket. Wear one near your chest as a pendant and the Kraken will nip any mashers or other unpleasant types who attempt to get too near your person without permission — via missmonster
These rings are inspired in real bones and imitate the anatomy of your hand. Wearing them together makes a very intense statement — via Etsy
Yahaira of Bitter Purl shows you how to make continuous bias binding for quilts. She has lots of great photos that really help explain the process. Her final result was 7.5 yards of binding — via CRAFT
Lish @ CRAFT writes:
My crafty Michigan pal Veronica Knight crocheted her very own viking costume, complete with epic beard, for Halloween last year and will be using it as her entry into this weekend’s Motor City Beard and Moustache Championships. Enjoy this achievement in crochet work with me, won’t you?
— via MAKE
Alli of One Pearl Button shares how she transformed a thrifted silk shirt into a stylish top.
When I came across this silk shirt on the dollar rack, I knew immediately that it was coming home with me. The fabric was thick, soft, and beautiful – it was clearly the highest quality silk, and I wanted to wear it everyday. The only problem? Um…it wasn’t quite my style. That’s okay, though, because I know an incredibly simple technique for refashioning an outdated button-up.
— via CRAFT
The fabric from the Space Invaders gingham pillow I blogged the other day is available by the yard from Spoonflower: The classic gingham pattern has been invaded. These white invaders on a black background would look awesome as a shirt or bag for your favourite sleek geek. Or let them invade your home – sew a beanbag for the games room or make wallart to hang in your computer room.
Love your dog? Why not wear his/her nose around your neck. Jewellery designer Jackie Kaufman of Rock My World Inc creates personalised dog nose necklaces using recycled silver and a process called lost-wax casting
. The process is relatively simple: She sends you a kit in the mail, you hold the mold up to your pooches snout for a few seconds, and then you send the mold back to Jackie in a self-addressed envelope. She then creates your one of a kind piece, finished off with your name engraved on the back. In two weeks time, you can have your dog’s nose to wear around your neck!
An engraved nose print necklace will cost from $109.99 to $174.99, depending on the size. If you don’t like the nose print idea Jackie also creates personalised paw print necklaces. As for me, I can’t decide if this really cute or creepy — via Pawesome
Perfection in pixels! Instructables user csiebe designed the pattern for this Fiery Phoenix quilt using Excel — via CRAFT
Check out this free Atlas Shrug
knitting pattern from Yarn Market by Sandi Prosser. I may not love Ayn Rand, but I do love the geometric windows created by this segmented design, knit sideways from cuff to cuff — via CRAFT
Craftster user, frenchonion, created these awesome candy coated high heel shoes using rainbow nonpareils and lots of glue and sealer — via CRAFT
Meet our SWAKtopus Nova
! She’s Pink mixed with metallic gold with antique gold polymer clay. She is hand made sanded and polished for a smooth finish. Each leg is jointed to the body with metal eye rings and jump rings and each leg is accented with a tiny, colour coordinating Swarovski crystal. The hardware is reinforced with glue making it sturdy for versatile positioning.
She is approx. 5″ tall from head to the longest tentacle & 7″ wide at the widest when flat. This is a very sturdy, heavy piece — via Etsy
Research suggests that 500 billion to 1 trillion plastic bags are consumed worldwide each year. The city of San Francisco has banned plastic bags in large markets and pharmacies for a few years now. Most of the time I carry my foldable tote in my handbag so I usually never have to have a plastic bag in my hand. But what about the plastic bags you may have lying around in a drawer or garage?
Back at Maker Faire Austin back in the fall of 2007, I had a chance to film Cristen Andrews from cristencrochet.blogspot.com for a CRAFT Video where she showed me all the fun things she made from crocheting plastic bags, how to create the plastic bag yarn, and how to start crocheting.
Here’s her tutorial with step-by-step photos on how to create your plastic bag yarn — via CRAFT
I’m not usually in to perfection, but I am in to helpful sewing tips and this short tutorial on sewing perfect corners from Eerika of Rag Pets looks to be highly useful. You’ll also love reading about her elementary school textiles class, complete with a sewing machine driver’s license
. Awesome — via CRAFT
Make your own voluptuous No. 4: an octopus with powerful, undulating legs!
Using worsted weight yarn and a G hook, the finished product will be about 3″ tall, with legs that can engulf prey up to 9″ in diameter — via Etsy
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