Food Blog of the Week: Fresh 365

post from Daily DIY on 18 March 2010 12:00:17 PM. © Daily DIY

I’m not a big meat eater and when I’m thinking of what to buy at the store or make myself for dinner, it simply doesn’t occur to me to cook meat. Last night I made this broccoli cheddar soup and I was in heaven. (I made breaded chicken[...]

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All URL Shorteners are Not Equal; Pick a Speedy
and Reliable One [URL Hacking]

post from Daily DIY on 18 March 2010 11:30:00 AM. © Daily DIY

URL shorteners are great for minimizing URLs in a Twitter message or keeping links clean in an email, but as convenient as they are they do introduce an extra point of failure. WatchMouse, a monitoring organization, highlights the best.A Dutch[...]

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All URL Shorteners Are Not Equal; Pick a Speedy
and Reliable One [URL Hacking]

post from Daily DIY on 18 March 2010 11:30:00 AM. © Daily DIY

URL shorteners are great for minimizing URLs in a Twitter message or keeping links clean in an email, but as convenient as they are they do introduce an extra point of failure. WatchMouse, a monitoring organization, highlights the best.A Dutch[...]

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Cardboard Record Sleeve Doubles as Record Player
[Record Player]

post from Daily DIY on 18 March 2010 11:19:46 AM. © Daily DIY

This is pure genius: Audio engineering company GGRP Sound sent a 45rpm record in a corrugated cardboard sleeve that doubles as a record player. You can put it together one single step.Once is in position, you can play and scratch using a pencil. Clever.[...]

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corners of my home

post from SouleMama on 18 March 2010 09:15:00 AM. © SouleMama

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How to make a Steampunk style socket set bracelet

post from Craftside on 18 March 2010 08:50:00 AM. © Craftside

Making something out of something completely unrelated is positively a blast! Steampunk-Style Jewelry really gets your creative juices flowing for turning industrial and mechanical stuff into jewelry.

I love sets and groups of things and after flipping through Steampunk-Style Jewelry I got to thinking about one of my favorite sets of things-socket sets- and after confirming that they were hollow I thought they would make cool industrial beads. I went to the 99 cents store and got a set. After playing around with them I realized if I got 2 sets I would have enough to make a full bracelet with the smooth cylinder shaped ones. The smaller ones have an odd shape that didn't work for this particular bracelet but I will definitely work them into another piece. So I had to go back for a second set...another whopping 99 more cents, well with tax I was up to $2.20.

It took a length of small chain about 30 inches long for my wrist (pretty small).

I linked the loop end of my clasp to the fold end of the chain with 2 jump rings because this is a pretty heavy piece.

Then I threaded each end of the chain through each socket from opposite sides.

I started with the smallest working to the largest and then back down to the smallest.

Then I linked the clasp to the ends of the chain with 2 jump rings.

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Steampunk-Style Jewelry
Victorian, Fantasy, and Mechanical Necklaces, Bracelets, and Earrings
By
Jean Campbell

This how-to jewelry-making book features the work of an array of invited jewelry designers influenced by the growing Steampunk trend. In Steampunk circles, jewelry-makers are often master metalsmiths who combine found objects with fine metals to create elaborate pieces. In Steampunk-Style Jewelry, the projects focus on "no fire" techniques -- like simple stringing, wirework, hammering, stamping, gluing, stitching, and off-loom beadwork -- so that even a beginner can create pieces in the style.

Each project provides a complete materials and tools list, step-by-step instructions, and clear illustrations. Steampunk-Style Jewelry offers a broad overview of a growing design trend that is part of the literary, industrial design, fashion, and popular culture scene. You will learn about the art movement through the many photographic sidebars that explore the many aspects of the trend.

Jean Campbell is a freelance craft editor and author. She is the founding editor of Interweave?s Beadwork magazine and has written and edited more than 40 books, most recently including CPi?s Beadwork Inspired by Art: Impressionist Jewelry and Accessories and Beadwork Inspired by Art: Art Nouveau Jewelry and Accessories. Other recent books include The New Beader's Companion, Getting Started Stringing Beads, Beaded Weddings, The Art of Beaded Beads, Beadwork Creates Jewelry, and Beading with Crystals. Jean has a widely followed weekly blog on Interweave?s Beading Daily, and has appeared on the DIY Jewelry Making show, The Shay Pendray Show, and PBS' Beads, Baubles, and Jewels where she gives how-to instructions, provides inspiration, and offers crafting advice.

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Projects How-To's Soda Can Robot How To

post from Cut Out + Keep on 18 March 2010 08:47:17 AM. © Cut Out + Keep

yours doesn't have to look sad

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Projects How-To's Fun Felt Curtain

Hang me out to dry!

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Projects How-To's Peanut Butter Oatmeal
Cookies

Just 4 ingredients~EZ , FAST & SO YUMMY!

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Projects Creations Leather Utility Belt

a nifty alternative to a purse when you need your hands free (like for dancing!)

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