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Join Starfleet: Make Your Own Star Trek TNG Skant Uniform

Join Starfleet: Make Your Own Star Trek TNG Skant Uniform

Star Trek TNG cosplay is always one of my favorites because when it's done well, you know the Starfleet uniform is handmade and fabulous. Sure, you can purchase a Starfleet uniform (like this dress on ThinkGeek), but it's not the same. A true trekkie likes the uniform to be authentic, and I haven't ...
Delicately Embroidered Love Notes & Tweets To Inspire You [10 Pics]

Delicately Embroidered Love Notes & Tweets To Inspire You [10 Pics]

There is something about seeing embroidered text that is always inspiring to me. In our technology world where many of us have forgotten what it's like to write in cursive with a pen on a piece of paper, it's soothing and nostalgic to see words that are meticulously sewn into fabric. It's a skill th ...
DIY Stitched Holiday Cards: A Fun Way To Make Creative Cards

DIY Stitched Holiday Cards: A Fun Way To Make Creative Cards

People who know me well know that I'm not a crafty kind of girl. It's just not my thing. I even send shirts out when the buttons need to be replaced. It's bad. Don't get me wrong, I've tried, really I have. Over time, I've just come to accept that things like sewing and glue mix with me like oil doe ...
Unusual Art: Embroidered Chex Cereal Pieces

Unusual Art: Embroidered Chex Cereal Pieces

Earlier this month, I wrote about some Oreo cookie portraits that were truly incredible. The artist, Judith G. Klausner, did something with those Oreos that you really have to see to believe. Today I'm featuring more of Judith's art, and this is just as wild and crazy as you might expect from her. ...
How To: Cross-Stitch Your Own iPhone Case

How To: Cross-Stitch Your Own iPhone Case

iPhones aren't just for geeks and techy people, they are for everyone. As a matter of fact, if you look at this chart, you'll see that from 2007 when the first iPhone was introduced all the way through the end of last quarter (March 31, 2011), there have been about 108,624,000 iPhones sold. That's a ...
How To: Get Rid Of iPhone Pocket Syndrome

How To: Get Rid Of iPhone Pocket Syndrome

A few decades ago, many people had "Pack-Of-Cigarettes Pocket Syndrome." Remember that? These days, it's "iPhone Pocket Syndrome." I walk around with my iPhone in the back pocket of my jeans all the time. I also chomp gum with my mouth open and hardly ever wear shoes. Okay, maybe not, but since I li ...
Unravel Your Life With This Creatively Morbid Calendar

Unravel Your Life With This Creatively Morbid Calendar

I can't decide if this is creatively cute or truly morbid. So, for the moment, I'll call it creatively morbid. We often read happy and cheery quotes about living life to the fullest and making the most of each day. I see these types of quotes daily on Twitter. However, industrial designer Patr ...
Embroidered Wonder Bread – Food Art

Embroidered Wonder Bread – Food Art

My weird sh*t-ometer went into overdrive with this one. Exactly what would a person have to be smoking to get the idea to embroider bread? I dunno, but the more I look at it, the more I like it. Yep, you read that right. Catherine McEver embroiders bread, Wonder bread to be exact. She uses co ...
Carefully Crafted Sculptures Made From Laundry

Carefully Crafted Sculptures Made From Laundry

Our clothes have a lot of character. Take a look inside someone's closet. It can truly tell a story about that person and their life. When asked where he got the idea for creating sculptures out of second hand clothing, artist Derick Melander said, "When I come across a dress with a hand-sewn r ...
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