Tape Measure Bracelet
By Janice Taylor, artist and author of “Our Lady of Weight Loss”
If you’ve got a tape measure lying around the house and the thought of wrapping it around your waist, hips or thighs is just too overwhelming, why not make a groovy, funky, fun bracelet out of it?! I wear mine [...]

Diets and support meetings didn’t work for Janice Taylor. So when she heard a wise voice in her head, she listened to it and turned her obsession with food into an art form. She began making delicious foods the focus of her art instead of her dinner plate. Today she [...]

Tutorial by Laura Buzard that will help you become a better designer and make color selections with ease.

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Before Laura Buzard created her own line of Laura Bee Designs handbags and opened a fabulous store and working studio in Seattle, Washington, she was crafty woman with a dream. Now she’s a successful business owner specializing in custom designs made from fabrics customers select from her stash.
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This week the CraftSanity podcast visits the home studio of Grand Rapids, Michigan glass artist Nancy Puffer. She’s a 49-year-old stay-at-home mom turned artist who makes the vibrant beads she uses to make fantastic one-of-a-kind jewelry. Tune in to hear how she fell in love with lampwork and how it’s changed her life.
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Believe the hype. CRAFT magazine will rock your craft room.
First, they brought us MAKE, the quarterly DIY magazine for people who can’t stop tinkering around with the technology in their lives. Now the creative minds at O’Reilly Media, Inc. have answered our crafty call with a sister, publication called CRAFT that’s all about “transforming traditional [...]

Learn how to make a cell phone charm in this tutorial Natalie wrote for the MAKE blog. A similar project appears in the premier issue of CRAFT.
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