How-To: Make a Chore Ribbon

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Since Becky reviewed the Silhouette earlier today, I thought I'd share this cool project from The Silhouette Blog. Guest blogger Heather created this lovely "chore ribbon" to help her kids keep track of their household duties.

If you don't have a Silhouette to cut lettering, you could always make something similar with rubber stamp letters or even freezer paper stencils.

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Source: http://blog.craftzine.com/archive/2011/06/how-to_make_a_chore_ribbon.html

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We'll Miss ReadyMade, and We Value Your Opinions!

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Image from The ReadyMade blog

We were all sad to hear the news about ReadyMade Magazine shutting down. Many of us here at CRAFT were loyal readers, and many of us know firsthand what it feels like to go through shutting down a print magazine. Our hearts go our to all of ReadyMade's staff and contributors.

We were lucky - although CRAFT had to stop print publication, we were able to continue with this online version you're reading now. We work hard every day to make it as vibrant and useful as possible by posting great inspiration, exclusive projects and recipes and fun CRAFT videos..

Given the news about ReadyMade, and the number of you who responded to our recent Reader Survey asking us to bring the print version of CRAFT back, I thought this might be a good time to bring up something important.

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The very best way to keep CRAFT thriving is to help us make this magazine into everything you want it to be. That means telling us what you like and don't like. It means being an involved reader.

You're always welcome to leave comments on any article we post here, but we also heard you loud and clear in the Reader Survey - our comment system isn't always as easy to use as you'd like. (Don't worry; plans are afoot to change this!)

Keep in mind, though, that if you're on Facebook, it's always easy to drop a comment on our Facebook page. And below each and every post in this online magazine, you'll see a row of social media buttons like the ones right under this paragraph. We watch these numbers closely for signs of what our readers enjoy most. So, if you like something you see here, all you have to do is click your mouse twice to tell us - and, to help spread the word.

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You can also help us thrive by subscribing to our content, because we watch our subscriber numbers, too! If you like what we do, you can add us to your RSS reader, get our monthly newsletter, or our daily email, or become a fan on Facebook or follow us on Twitter.

Not only that, if you look in the sidebar of our web page, you'll see all our smiling faces and contact information. If you have thoughts on how CRAFT can serve you better, we're here and we're listening. And we want to stick around for a long time. Will you help us do that?

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Source: http://blog.craftzine.com/archive/2011/06/well_miss_readymade.html

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Paper Tree Garlands

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Look how ethereal and sweet these paper tree garlands are that I found over on Bloesom. A collaboration between Monique from studio-mhl and Frank from ijm studio for Inside Design 2010. I want a million of them lining my ceilings, they are just so lovely.

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Source: http://blog.craftzine.com/archive/2011/06/paper_tree_garlands.html

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May Birthday Giveaway: good stuff from Rakka Deer

Today I'm happy to have a bunch of goods from local artist Rakka Deer [1], aka Kris. She's got style and wit, and she's got a huge number of projects going on at any given time. It amazes me. Besides Rakka Deer [2] and her Etsy shop [3] she has 37 Confections [4], Stupid Fucking Awesome [5], Excheckered [6], Pax and Ak [7], Skull Diggery [8], Suspect and Fugitive [9], a Tumblr [10] and Glitter Pissing [11]. She's offering up some good stuff from her shop: a six pack of geek cards [12], a thread painting [13] and a six pack of Inigo Montoya [14] cards featuring a drawing she did of the character over a pile of Hello My Name Is stickers (this still makes me laugh). And while I'm talking about Rakka Deer please allow me to mention this: Recently the town she grew up in was devastated by the tornadoes and flooding along the Mississippi so she's raising money by holding a Bake Sale for the South [15], which is happening at the Cakespy Shop [16] here in Seattle on Saturday, May 14th at 11 a.m. I'll be baking for it (something in jars, but of course). Also on Saturday is the Great American Bake Sale for ?Share Our Strength? at the uptown Metropolitan Market starting at 9:30 a.m. Two bake sales! Seattle is in luck. To win the package of items from Rakka Deer please leave a comment with this website. You've got until Saturday, May 14th at 10 a.m. PST to enter, the fine print [17] applies. If you'd like something to chat about answer this question: What is your favorite thing to make for, or buy at, bake sales? Clearly I enjoy making stuff in jars. Alright, good luck! [1] http://www.etsy.com/shop/rakkadeer [2] http://www.rakkadeer.com [3] http://www.etsy.com/shop/rakkadeer [4] http://37confections.blogspot.com/ [5] http://www.stupidfuckingawesome.com [6] http://excheckered.tumblr.com/ [7] http://paxandak.tumblr.com/ [8] http://skulldiggery.tumblr.com/ [9] http://www.suspectandfugitive.com/ [10] http://rakka.tumblr.com/ [11] http://glitterpissing.blogspot.com/ [12] http://www.etsy.com/listing/63916302/geek-six-pack [13] http://www.stupidfuckingawesome.com/2010/11/thread.html [14] http://www.etsy.com/listing/74016007/inigo-montoya-card [15] http://bakesaleforthesouth.blogspot.com/ [16] http://www.cakespy.bigcartel.com/ [17] http://www.notmartha.org/the-fine-print/

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Turn a Bowl Into a Garden Ornament

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Here's a great "turning lemons into lemonade" story from Stay.See.Make.Do. Stacie was sad to see her favorite Pyrex bowl break after many years of service. So she partially buried the remaining piece in her garden and added some animals. Eventually, the creeping sedum plants she planted nearby will surround this tiny world. How fun!

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Source: http://blog.craftzine.com/archive/2011/06/turn_a_bowl_into_a_garden_orna.html

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How-To: "You Have Just Been Poisoned" Pint Glass

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Sean at MAKE has an awesome new project over on Make: Projects.

Fans of Patrick McGoohan's classic BBC spy series The Prisoner will recognize this gimmick from Episode 15, "The Girl Who Was Death." It's a pint glass with words etched on the bottom (in authentic "Village" font) that appear line-by-line as the liquid is imbibed. My version is the closest reproduction of the original I could achieve.

Related:
How-To: Greater Than Drunk Pint Glasses

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Source: http://blog.craftzine.com/archive/2011/06/how-to_you_have_just_been_pois.html

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Make: Live Episode 11: Photo and Video (preview video)

Join us Wednesday evening for the next episode of Make: Live, our streaming show and tell! Ep11 is all about photography and video. We'll be giving you a behind-the-scenes look at how we put together Make: Live and Matt Griffin from MakerBot will show us how they make their timelapse movies of 3D printers doing their thing, as well as some other cool camera hacks.

Make: Live 11 – Photo and Video
Wednesday June 22nd, 9pm ET/6pm PT
Watch at makezine.com/live or on http://www.ustream.tv/channel/make-live
Please join us in the UStream chat or mark tweets with #makelive to interact live with the show.

We also give away a fabulous prize from Digi-Key to one chat member who can solve our photo challenge.

Subscribe to the MAKE Podcast in iTunes, download the preview video m4v, or watch clips from the show on YouTube.

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Source: http://blog.craftzine.com/archive/2011/06/make_live_episode_11.html

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