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DIY: Framed Cork Board Jewelry Organizer with Burlap

I wanted to make my wife a jewelry box that was extremely high capacity and didn't take up too much space.  My wife found a great old frame at an antique store and suggested we convert it into a...

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Da Vinci's Degas

I was inspired by seeing Da Vinci's Codex Leicester at the Minneapolis Institute of Art this summer to do a work loosely based off the Vitruvian Man.  My wife is a big fan of Degas' ballerinas, so I...

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Chou

The latest ink drawing: Chou!

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DIY Jewelry: Pearl Necklace

I've made Amy a few different pieces of jewelry over the years, and I'd been wanting to get her a pearl necklace for awhile.  However, a complete pearl necklace is super expensive! So I decided to...

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DIY Jewelry: Captured ('Caged') Bead Chains

This is a fun technique I learned this summer.  I saw a necklace that used this technique at The Bead Monkeyand then found this excellent tutorial video online.  So if you want a video version of...

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Degas Ballerina Pumpkin

Degas inspired ballerinas for Halloween this year. See all the pumpkins here.

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Free Dinosaur Hat Knitting Chart

I've been learning how to knit (poorly) and started designing my own two-tone patterns.  I used worsted weight wool and US 7 round needles.  Cast on is 120; each dinosaur is 30 wide and 25 tall (23...

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DIY Nutcracker Creche or Playset

For Christmas this year I thought it would be fun to make a Nutcracker themed Christmas decoration.  The framing from the stage gives it a sort of Creche-like appearance.  Based off a play set you can...

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DIY Customized Kitchen Spoons: Wood-burning Art

I was given a wood-burning kit a few years ago and this past Christmas used it to make customized wooden spoon presents for friends and family.  The wood burning tool itself is pretty easy to use; just...

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Ballerina Acrylic

Acrylic, 16x20Currently challenging myself to do some figure paintings.  What has become an annual Ballerina piece for Amy. 

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DIY Dining Set Makeover

Re-finishing a table and chairs, or How I learned to hate chairs.AfterWe were recently given a table from the delightful Moira Katson, writer extraordinaire, and decided it would be a great...

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The Campbell Sisters Dancing by Lorenzo Bartolini

My first two-figure painting.  16x20 acrylic.  Complete with traditional unnecessary Tuscan countryside background and Botticellian flowers.This painting is based on Lorenzo Bartolini's statue 'The...

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Wedding Centerpieces: DIY Rustic Terrariums with subtle Nerd Accents (Star...

I was recently asked (allowed, more like) to help make centerpieces for one of my best friend's wedding.  We made simple glass terrariums and accented them with some rustic wood slabs and moss, and LED...

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Dragon Pumpkin

This year's pumpkin carving used a new tool; the 1/4 teaspoon! I used it to ridge edges along the skin and then scraped away at then to make a bit of a curve and give extra dimension.  Overall pretty...

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DIY: Grow your own Pineapple plant

So about 3.5 years ago I was wondering if I could make a new pineapple plant from the top of a pineapple I had bought at the grocery store.  The answer, it turns out, was Yes.  It actually wasn't very...

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DIY Cigar Box Travel Board Game

For Christmas this year I made my brother a travel version of a board game I really like.  I used a balsa wood cigar box from a craft store, and little wooden dowels as pieces.  The board is painted on...

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DIY: Quick and Easy Glowing Window Decorations

Our newest 'Christmas' decoration this year; a glowing nerd symbol!Total time to make: 10 minutes. Total happiness: Immeasurable.Supplies:Cardboard boxDuct tapeMarker or pencilScissorsTissue paper...

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DIY: Pine Cone Hedgehog Ornament

A fun Christmas ornament craft! Full instructions from Dr. Chuck!

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DIY Coffee Harvesting and Roasting

Growing your own coffee is a rather formidable challenge, and, to be honest, not a particularly effective use of time if you live in an apartment.  But if you are like me, and you have a coffee tree,...

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DIY: Cornhole set (bean bag toss) boards and bags

This is my attempt to make a cornhole set using these instructions:https://www.diynetwork.com/how-to/outdoors/structures/how-to-build-a-regulation-cornhole-setI did pretty much this entire project in...

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