Quick and easy on the wallet. Nice one Orange You Lucky!
Here’s my little do it yourself project. I got this very inexpensive IKEA paper lampshade and I painted fun flowers all over it with gouache paint! Fun, fast, cheap and nobody has one. I might get kids to do one next time. Even if it doesn’t work out - I’m out a cleaning job and a few dollars. No big deal for this much fun!
Great idea!
waldorf inspired - These natural soft cloth blocks are great for juggling, stacking, sliding, kneading [from etsy seller little seedlings]
purple aliens juggling set [by etsy seller noisypitta] a juggling set with a twist! Instead of normal bean bags, it’s a set of funny little one-eyed, three-legged aliens that you can toss around to your heart’s content.
A knitted blanket for the home is so versatile - can add colour and texture to your decor, comfort and warmth for your loved ones. Make is a couch throw, a baby rug, an afghan, a lap blanket.
Here are some fabulous online patterns.
Pinwheel blanket [pattern link] [whipup link how-to] [image from persinable on flickr via ravelry]
Lizard ridge afghan [pattern link - knitty.com]
Moderne baby blanket from mason and dixon [online pdf link] [image from homemade original flickr via ravelry]
Tiramisu Baby Blanket [online pattern from Alicia Paulson]
Whip Up is now taking article and tutorial submissions.
We are looking for tutorials and submissions that fit within our feel - read our Manifesto for more information.
We are looking for thematic articles and tutorials to fit within the months themes - see monthly themes below - but also timely articles outside of these themes will be considered such as exhibition and pattern reviews, craft memes, fun, frivolous and extreme ideas, etc that cannot wait and do not fit within the theme.
Submissions now being accepted for January, February and March 2008
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To learn more about how to submit an article read the submission guidelines here
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Handmade Gift Competition voting is now open…
Article Arts and crafts: The woof and the warp of the web in “The Telegraph” on the weekend - whipup.net was mentioned among other great craft sites. [Thank you Phillipa Turnbull from Crewelwork (video of how to master Long and Short "soft shading", or painting with the needle) who found Whipup via this article and sent in a link to her wonderful crewel site]
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Letter: from Kate
I’ve been enjoying the toys and games month, as I make a lot of toys. There have been some really great ideas! I thought you might like this free online tutorial for making sock monkeys, it’s really detailed and makes it super easy. I’ve never really been that into sock monkeys I have to say, but once you start making them…. they have this amazingly satisfying squishy feel about them and kids find them really cuddly! And they are really posable so you can do lots of fun things with them. I’ve had friends say to me ‘ I hope you’re making my son a sock monkey for his birthday?’ and then run off with him as soon as the kid has unwrapped the present!
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