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| Easy Mermaid Tail Costume When I was a little girl, I spent hours dreaming I was a mermaid. Every time I got near a pool or pond, I practiced swimming like one, and Splash was by far my favorite movie.So imagine how lucky I thought my niece was when my sister-in-law sewed up a dozen mermaid tails for her birthday party this year! Now, Selena is as close to Superwoman as anyone I know (she's a design professor at the University of New South Wales, runs Griffin Kiteboarding with her husband, and has two amazing--and amazingly active--kids), so I wasn't surprised. I was surprised when she showed me how easy it was to make up a pattern and sew the tail (although making a dozen is a different story). It's easy to customize if your little boy doesn't want to be a merman, or your little girl prefers dinosaurs, and would make the perfect last-minute Halloween costume. It uses fabric remnants, and even I was able to sew one up in about an hour. Here's how. Read this article | Comment on this article blog.craftzine.com |
Stop-Motion Video of Book Printing And Binding Process The more than 300 photographs that combine to make this stunning stop-motion video from januarypress are mesmerizing. They depict the production of printing a book on a Vandercook press and detail the binding of the books. I've always been a letterpress junkie (you can read about my incredible experience printing with my friend, Sarah, at the Pacific Northwest College of Art last spring) and watching this video made me fall in love with the process even more. I was also enamored with the process of binding the books, especially the sewing portion. Enjoy! [via NOTCOT]Read this article | Comment on this article blog.craftzine.com |
Reminder: Hoboken City Hall Holiday Crafts Fair (El Nuevo) Courtesy of Atelier Iona Loyola A model shows off a shawl by Atelier Iona Loyola, one of the vendors coming to this year's Hoboken Holiday Craft Fair. us.rd.yahoo.com |
Resolving to have a better year (The Sudbury Star) New Year's Eve, parents, grandparents and children gathered at the 'Big Snowflake' to make crafts, learn some science, watch Circus Jonathan play with fire and experience the balloon drop at 5 p.m. -- a full seven hours before the giant apple would fall in New York City.[...] us.rd.yahoo.com |
Toddler Story Time at the Rowlett Public Library (The Rowlett Lakeshore Times) Join the Rowlett Public Library for songs, action rhymes, finger plays, stories, crafts, and parachute play. The magic words, "Please" and "Thank You" are encouraged as the children learn to listen, take turns, share and clean up. us.rd.yahoo.com |