The creator of this Amazing Giant Squid says it is over 6 feet tall and that it is completely hand sewn. The creator also says the very big squid "has a secret mouth for storing whatever it is you store in huge squids." We agree. This squid is both amazing and giant.
Frank Ford and Make shows you how to use a plastic CD spindle and a PVC pipe to make a lost screw finder. The screw finder hooks up to a shop vac so you can insert it in hard to reach places and suck up any lost screws. Take a look:
This instruction video from Howcast teaches you how to make a werewolf costume. This video shows you how to make a werewolf mask. The ingredient list is long but the result looks good. You will need someone to help you make this. The second video in the series can be found here. If you wanted to save time you could make the Werewolf legs and arms described in the second video and wear them with a store bought mask.
Your child could be a slice of Domino's pizza for Halloween. You will need iron-on transfer paper to make these work. Obviously, this is a way to get you to transform your child into a walking billboard for Domino's pizza, but it is kind of clever. You can find the instructions and downloadable Domino's pizza toppings here.
FinderMaker has provided a Mushroom Shelf Tutorial. The tutorial teaches you how to make a cool little mushroom shelf, like the ones pictured above. You first have to find your shelf - a mushroom that "appears shelf-like and feels solid and woody." Then you have to dry it, trim and mount it. It's not a quick process but the end result is a unique mushroom shelf of your very own.
Megan Nicolay, the author of Generation T: Beyond Fashion: 120 New Ways to Transform a T-Shirt, explains how to turn a t-shirt into a pillow in this video. No sewing is involved. You need a t-shirt, sharp scissors, a chalk marker and a mixing bowl. Take a look:
Kelly Pyke shows you how to make an hour glass using two plastic bottles, sand and duct tape. Kelly Pyke suggets using fine-grain sand for the best results. If you clean the bottles or purchased more interesting looking bottles and used something other than ductape your makeshift hour glass might look a little better than this one.
Legoland in California recently opened its doors to new applicants. For people who love to build with Lego bricks this is pretty much a dream job. The company needed only six model builders but there were 150 applicants. Things got pretty emotional at the tryouts. Take a look:
Express Night Out has a story that says wallpaper has come back into fashion.
Indeed, wallpaper - which first became popular in the 15th century among decor-mad Europeans who couldn't afford tapestries - has experienced a hipster revolution in the last decade. Target and Anthropologie started trafficking in the stuff. Trad companies such as Graham & Brown partnered with cutting-edge designers including Marcel Wanders to roll out wild patterns such as dusty red Celtic knots; newer houses such as Denmark's Ferm Living produce witty, pretty papers including the black-and-white "Fashion," with its silhouettes of catwalk babes. "People take toiles and update them or do florals in unexpected ways," says Aimee Lagos of Ferm's U.S. Web site (Fermlivingshop.us).
The way interior pros and DIYers use wallpaper has changed, too. While it's still chic to cover a small space (e.g., a powder room) with wall-to-wall damask or stripes, just papering a smidge of real estate comes across as modern and surprising. "It's important to break up your wallpaper," says D.C. interior design Joseph Ireland. "Doing paper in two adjoining rooms would be a mistake."
The helpful article also listed places you can buy wallpaper including Anthropologie, Target and Wallpapers To Go. There's another article about the sudden rise of wallpaper from dodgy to chic here in the Commcercial Appeal.
You can see a video about some of the latest trends in wallpaper here.
Russian microminiaturist Vladimir Aniskinn makes art so tiny you need a microscope to see it. You can see some of his tiny pieces here on his website. Vladimir Aniskinn says you have to learn how to make movements between heartbeats in order to work effectively under a microscope. Take a look:
This amazing hat was posted on craftster.org. It looks like the shark leaped out of the water and attacked the boy. The teeth are made of fleece.
I made this hat for my son - he wanted a mean shark. I saw the dead fish hat pattern and loved the idea - I just varied the pattern quite a lot to make different looking species. And felted it so it looks like it jumped out of the water and landed on his head...
I basically cast 90 stitches onto a size 9 circular needle and winged it from there. I used Patons wool and it felted great.
Franc Grom hand-drills thousands of holes into the shells of eggs to create his unique and fragile designs. The intricate work can take Franc Grom months for an egg that has tens of thousands of eggs. Reuters says his work is getting international recognition.
