Great How-To Links
March 19, 2009Here are the tutorials I’ve been skimming of late:
Craft
Handmade Detroit give us the Yudu How-To, which is poised to be the successor to Gocco. I need one.
Photojojo‘s 12 awesome photography business card ideas remind me that I have a few new sets of cards to make.
Craftynest‘s bamboo veneer flowers + Ikea Lack tables runs through a simple process yielding snazzy results. I have other projects where I intend to use a similar application.
Urban Threads showed me how to make do manly embroidery. The stencil bleaching part of the tutorial is most useful, and I think the little “punk” patch is a mis-matched design element.
My favorite Instructable that I am sure I will never get to: The Paracord Bracelet. Will someone please just make one for me?
Tech
Piclist is teaching me to be an engineer, because I didn’t listen to my father as much as I should have in my youth.
The Make Blog is giving me ideas for how to make my own photobooth and giving me the rundown on jigs, clamps and helping hands.
DealNews will tell you how to make spare cash online.
Plants
Apartment Therapy SF is greening my thumbs with articles on Fun with 4-Inch Succulents and How to Care for an Orchid.
Food and Drink
The Kitchn has been telling me How (and Why!) to Preseason my Meat and How to Make Pasta, as well as planning ahead with how to make golden chocolate Easter eggs.
Jaime Oliver explains something he calls gingerbread.
The SF Chronicle offers a piece on do-it-yourself cocktail ingredients.
Eddie Ross teaches us how to set the table.
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I can make ya one baby, what colors do you want? Let’s go shopping for paracord!!!!
(what is paracord?)
Also, aw, Eddie Ross is the young, gay, Martha Stewart!
I’ve been making those since I was like 10. THANKS SUMMER CAMP!!!
If you really want one buy the stuff and I’ll do it. It’ll take me like half an hour
I glad to see you realize the error of your ways in not listening to me long before now. but it’s nice that you ask for my advice now from time to time.