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| Ask CRAFT: Which Adhesive? If you have a question for Ask CRAFT, shoot me an email at becky@craftzine.com, or drop us a note on Twitter! We'd love to answer your crafty questions on any topic: technique, projects, crafty culture, or anything else! Each week the answers are here; include your name, where you're from, and your website or blog if you have one!Kelly writes in: I am wanting to glue some glass beads to a wooden box (sort of like pave diamonds in a ring) and wondered what glue would work best?Well, I'm not sure. But I know who is! Over at MAKE, thistothat.com is a favorite resource for just this problem. It's a website with two dropdown menus, and you pick the materials you're trying to adhere together. It will recommend several types of adhesives and tell you all about them. We love it so much we put it in the reference section in the back of the Maker's Notebook (as well as knitting needle sizes and other crafty quick reference stuff, did you know that?).In the Maker Shed:Pick up The Maker's Notebook ($19.99) for all your big ideas, diagrams, patterns, etc. Exclusive to the Maker Shed: Sticker sheets and a band closure to customize your book.Read this article | Comment on this article blog.craftzine.com |
Sleepy Salvator Sock Monkey The world needs more sock monkeys. There. I said it. There's much to be said about taking something as old and inanimate as a sock and breathing life into it in the crafting process. Slovenia-based Cardboard Castle definitely has a knack for just that. Pictured above is Salvator, one of the crew of "models of sustainability" made from recycled materials. Don't you just want to hug him? Pictured below are Zora, Handsome Stan, and Anabel. Read this article | Comment on this article blog.craftzine.com |
Beaded Monopoly Card From the CRAFT Flickr pool, Peggy Dembicer made this beaded Monopoly Chance card containing 12,300 seed beads.Read this article | Comment on this article blog.craftzine.com |
Colonial cook-off Jan. 10 in Madison (Madison Eagle) MADISON - At 3 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 10, the Museum of Early Trades and Crafts at 9 Main St. invites visitors to join historic food expert and open hearth fire cook interpreter Mercy Ingraham as she explores the various methods Early American’s used to preserve food. us.rd.yahoo.com |
Scouts will find unique programs at Madison museum (Madison Eagle) MADISON - The Museum of Early Trades and Crafts, 9 Main St. at Green Village Road, can help both Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts fulfill many of their badge, petal, arrow and achievement requirements, through the museum’s Boy Scout and Girl Scout programs. us.rd.yahoo.com |