Felted Mason Jar

Ksenia reports that Philly hipsters have brought the Mason Jar back to the streets, them and the Amish, so why not?  A tutorial on felted mason jar insulating cover from Wee Folk Arts.

Mechanical Turk Art

Yesterday’s Pitt Law talk by JZ — Jonathan Zittrain — opened up the art possibilities of Mechanical Turker Nation.  All those brains working for so cheaply, there has got to be a major way to stream that into something beautiful and powerful.

There are a few crowdsourced art projects out there already.  The Ten Thousand Cent One Hundred Dollar Bill:

The Sheep Market:

And my favorite, The Faces of Mechanical Turk:

The Electric Light Umbrella

Now that I realize that clothing can be lit up, electrified, powered into a new dimension, I’ve got to find some affordable sewing projects that I might actually use, glowing and all.  Somehow, a lit umbrella seems just garish enough, maybe I wouldn’t mind walking the streets of Pittsburgh attached to it.  Though still the combination of rain and electricity, attached to me by a metal rod, it makes me wonder.  But still, I love the look of this Instructables undertaking.

Electric Umbrella – More DIY How To Projects

To Do: Ribbon and Washers Necklace

I love household goods going incognito as jewelry, especially when they’re as discrete and cheap as this ribbon-and-washers necklace from the designer Annie Albers.  I am going to scout around the house later today for more objects I can string up and wear.

For now, this will have to suffice.  Urban Outfitters is selling kits to make them, but I found a great tutorial from The Small Object that provides specifics on the how-to.

To Do: Vinyl Record Bracelets

Since all of the 12 record players in my vicinity are officially deceased, maybe it is time to melt and wear all the LPs.  Or just take a few Gordon Lightfoots out of circulation, I’m sure no one will notice.  Though even just typing that makes me scared for my personal safety lest someone see me defiling a Gordon Lightfoot album, parading around with its mangled carcass on my arm, or laughing to myself about its inglorious oven end.  Maybe I’ll go for the Art Garfunkel albums instead, his fans are probably less prone to destruction.

A tutorial over at Craftster has instructions to bake some bracelets, it will happen!

To Do: Collage Board

I want to make some of these, but I’m not sure which pattern to go with: there’s this one from Totally Her, or this one on Sew Mama Sew, or from FreshVintage, or of course Apartment Therapy Chicago.

To Do List: The Mutant Baby

This is not a Halloween specific craft.  It would go with any holiday, or any day of the year, really.  Baby mutants, so excellent and so necessary! Click here for the full blown Instructable instructions!

Happy Mutant 3-Armed Baby Costume – More DIY How To Projects