Archive | September, 2011

Giant Cheese Popover-Pancake (Eggy, Chewy, Crispy, swell!) + a Sweet Lemon-scented Version

sending virtual flowers and b’day cakes

paint your shelf edges….pink!

high-design plumen bulb review: it casts an ugly light!

citizen architect samuel mockbee

a poster made of nails and string…

stacked-book display cases and other great ideas via scott newkirk

quilts as memory-keepers

modernist makeshift chairs, afghanistan

stylish d-i-y fabric disguises for ugly furniture

the role of magic in the creative process

french fries made easy (recipe)

signs on walls: ‘how to work better’

‘i had cancer’ = social networking with a purpose

d-i-y shipping pallet plate rack?

reminder: a wrong choice can take you to the right place

our d-i-y leather pulls, reinterpreted

how prayer flags inspired a fabric woven with sound

thanks and wow! (friends w benefits)

‘what every girl/person needs’ via miranda july

copy this: fab bertoia hanging shelf

vision break: a dress that makes music…

copy this: the ‘broken geometry of berber designs

career change: mark givre reinvents the book business (and his life)

‘whose line is it anyway?’: brilliant improv online, anytime, free

our ‘handcrafted modern’ giveaway winner

“candy wrapper-style” chain weavings for d-i-y projects

patti smith’s lesson in improvising, via sam shephard

last chance to enter: ‘handcrafted modern’ giveaway

details of minimalist’s life: jeffrey miller

repaired stuff as back-up resource

a question-driven, learning-centered life

role model: lucien freud, 82, painting

friends with benefits

d-i-y cardboard stool/table

enter our ‘handcrafted modern’ giveaway

‘what to focus on’, reminder via marc johns

batali’s beautiful ‘fuck you’: a tale of 9/11

free book giveaway: handcrafted modern

postcardly: send a real postcard via email

reality check: somalia (and how to help)

found instruments and seaweed scarves, via fast forward

sweat the small stuff! (easy ways to be an eco warrior)

minimalist business cards (why not blank ones?)

‘the improvised life’ is one of ‘100 voices that matter’

inside björk’s house (we’re back!)