Smarts and Crafts

Today's craft project was a tomato pincushion, from an old issue of Martha Stewart. I had to take it apart halfway through and put more ...

I need to take a break from constantly working on the computer so I'm setting myself up for some crafting this week. Since I'm deter...

We've loved the work and spirit of Charles and Ray Eames for many years now. A truly inspirational "Renaissance Couple", ever...

As someone who is constantly collecting magazine clippings, newspaper articles, postcards, business cards and other bits of paper, I've ...

We were watching an episode of Anthony Bourdain's "No Reservations" a few weeks ago, and in this particular episode he was to...

We have been knee deep in all kinds of technical mumbo jumbo this past week, trying to learn new design programs, figure out some more advan...

I just got back from a fun weekend of hanging out with parents and crafting. I visited my loom (which made the cross-country trip relatively...

The other day we were walking home from somewhere or another, and we came across the most beautiful and bizarre tree we had ever seen. It wa...

Since we moved, I've had to give people my new contact info every so often, and have usually ended up writing it on a scrap of paper or ...

If I were from Germany but living in the States, I would LOVE Lehr's German Specialties! Heck, I love this store and I'm not even fr...

Man, I love a diorama. I don't care if it's a 4th-grader's Play-Doh replica of the Alamo or a herd of gazelles traipsing through...

I am about to start working on a huge crochet project (100 cupcakes!) that is guaranteed to keep me busy all summer, and before I do, I thou...

OK. I am in the process of making a recipe for dinner that involves toasted coconut. Admittedly, this is my first time cooking with shredded...

Last night we went to the Castro for a 25th Anniversary screening of one of our favorite movies of all time "Raiders of the Lost Ark...

The current obsession with adorable spotted toadstools and mushrooms is now spreading to the world of street art, as proven by these 2 examp...

I was recently forced to replace my beloved cellphone, and with the particular model I chose I was having a hard time finding a ringtone tha...

I spent this morning perusing my favorite crafty blogs, and from there I started clicking around on some of the links from those blogs, whic...

We love fairs! There's just nothing like a warm summer evening spent chomping down corndogs, chili-cheese fries, cotton candy, and pink ...