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| How-To: Color Dried Pasta For Crafting Apparently, today is National Macaroni Day. I had no idea, but I'm glad that Cindy at Skip to My Lou knew and that she posted this fun tutorial for coloring dried pasta to use in crafts. I used to love stringing up dried pasta necklaces as a kid, but our method of smothering them in poster or tempera paint were never very successful. This method seems much more likely to provide bright, lasting results. Read the Full Story » | More on CRAFT » | blog.craftzine.com |
âKids in the Park' program offers crafts and games Some children aren't into sports, and thus Williston Parks and Recreation has a summer program for the youth who are more into making crafts and playing games. willistonherald.com |
A Quick Look at the Morton's Salt Girl I love seeing how logos evolve over time, especially when they're as iconic and illustrative as the Morton's Umbrella Girl. On par with the bare-cheeked Coppertone girl (1953), this little lassie has been a favorite for Halloween costumes, tattoos, and craft projects for decades. She got her start in 1914, and proceeded to update her image every 10 years on average -- "Whenever we start to show our age, we do a little face lifting. Isn't that just like a woman?" reads a line from a 1968 advertisement. Uh, right, Mr. Morton.I will say that the company has done a great job of preserving its logo history. You can see a wonderful collection of vintage advertisements and products, and read more about the Umbrella Girl evolution on their website. And I simply must add my own personal bid to the Morton Salt company: start selling "collector" canisters with the older logos (above)! Mugs are cool, but the real deal is even better. More classic logo goodness at Neatorama. When it rains, it pours.Read the Full Story » | More on CRAFT » | Comments » | Read more articles in Design | Digg this! blog.craftzine.com |
Industrial Agriculture Plush Plush toy maven and CRAFT friend Lauren Venell writes: I recently made this "Cash Cow" plush for the Plush You LA show at Munky King. It's divided into the hidden costs of factory farming that we all pay, such as pollution clean-up, treating food-borne illness, and direct government subsidies to livestock companies. Lauren also pointed me to the "hybrid corn" plushies by Etsy user GoBuggy, like this Holstein-patterned hand-stitched delight.Reminds me of the Plush Irradiated Sirloin project tutorial I wrote for MAKE Volume 11. In fact, I think Lauren and I met and became friends specifically because we both make plush meat.Read the Full Story » | More on CRAFT » | Comments » | Read more articles in Plush | Digg this! blog.craftzine.com |
Biochem Cookies Make: Online guest author Tito Jankowski found these gel electrophoresis cookies from last year on Not So Humble Pie. Using your purple icing, pipe a square outline on each of the cookies and allowed it to set. Given the consistency of your icing should take at least 10 minutes, probably longer. Then thin the remaining purple icing with a little bit of water and flood each of the squares. Before the purple icing has set, use the pink icing to pipe in the little lines to create the markers.Allow the cookies to dry overnight.Read the Full Story » | More on CRAFT » | Comments » | Read more articles in Geek Crafts | Digg this! blog.craftzine.com |