Sponge Porn

When crafts go bad.

Crappy Taxidermy

Yay, I love taxidermy bad AND good, but Crappy Taxidermy is all about....well, guess.

Don't bug me, it's craft time

Don't blame ME for this one, the Swedish guy posted it first, go yell at him at HIS blog, OK? While you're there maybe you can figure out what's wrong with your snake, too.

Sew Your Way to Chic

1991 Sewing Pattern Envelope for MC Hammer Pants
Originally uploaded by marcoa84

Pick out your man-made fabric, and in a few hours....it's HAMMER TIME!

Pricked

The Museum of Arts & Design in NYC presents their exhibition Pricked: Extreme Embroidery now through March 9, featuring updated versions of handcraft traditions. I read about the exhibit in a great article in the NY Times about Pearl Lam, a Shanghai decorator who commissioned a sofa featuring hand-embroidered images from a gay bondage magazine (that part of the artwork must be on a different part of the sofa than what is shown below). A twin of Ms. Lam's sofa appears in the exhibition.
What a great addition a sofa like that would be in my family room. "Welcome Aunt Tillie....some tea and scones? And won't you sit over here on the divan....?"

Ask Swami

The post about "Rafaj, the Hookah Smoker" made me think of my Ask Swami fortunetelling napkin holder that sits patiently in my dining room, waiting to predict the future for a mere cent. A similar device figures prominently in the Twilight Zone episode "Nick of Time" starring William Shatner.

Those of you strapped for funds but wanting one of these classic fortunetelling machines should click the title link, which will lead you to instructions on how to build a reasonable facsimile. Is this a first, a PCL craft project?