Great idea of the day: Turn regular twigs into whimsical dancing sticks for your garden
David and Marji are the brilliant minds behind Ashbee Design and my new favorite things ever: these magical red dancing sticks made from little more than string, a single screw eye, and sticks you can collect from your backyard.
How to make your own shiny leaf art in 45 minutes or less
You know what you can make with $30 of art supplies and a few leaves from a park or your yard? AMAZING WONDERFUL LEAF ART to love forever and ever.
What are your favorite natural art supplies for babies?
I’d love to start working on painting projects with my daughter, but I’m a little stumped. Ideally I’d be able to either buy or make natural and/or food-based paint, but I’m not sure where to start.
Make skull art with bookcases
This is the work of James Hopkins’, who is a sculptor. I realize this is a piece of his art work, but it inspires me to go play around with my bookshelves to see what sort of subtle icons I could invoke…
Star Trek and Star Wars sent up in stained glass
Homies, meet AidanT, stained glasser of your nerdy fantasies. He makes not JUST Trekkie windows, but also beautiful homages to other beloved sci-fi properties. Wait until you see a very special Doctor Who allusion…
Save food from the fridge
Not that long ago, humans knew what to do to lengthen the shelf lives of our produce, but now? Everything kinda gets tossed in the fridge. (Admit it: you’ve refrigerated onions before. Uh-huh. I know it!) Is there a better way we could store food?
True Adventures in Better Homes and Gardens
Photographer Nadine Boughton mashes up ’50s men’s adventure magazines with ’50s Better Homes and Gardens to make thrilling scenes of animal attacks and daring escapades. I am so jealous I didn’t have this idea first.
Embrace word-nerdery: 6 ways to Scrabble it up at home
Scrabblers are hardcore. Celebrate the game that takes skill, smarts, and strategy with these ways people’ve used Scrabble as a decor theme — from fridge magnets to an incredible backyard game.