YouTube | blip.tv | MP4 | Subscribe in iTunes The Craft ROBO is a machine that lets you cut and score paper with precision and repetition. This is really handy if you’re into scrapbooking or want to make shipping boxes, envelopes or promos for your Etsy shop. Perhaps you want to take it to the… Continue reading
MP4 | Youtube | Blip.tv | Subscribe in iTunes Margaux Kent, aka theblackspotbooks, has always had a love for old things. Her handmade leatherbound books have the feel of beautiful antique manuscripts, like something out of a Medieval library that was used by a monk once upon a time. Her books tell stories while waiting… Continue reading
About a year ago, I started down the road to developing a TV show to explore historic inventions. Tonight my TV pilot, History Hacker, will be on TV! It’s is all about exploring technological history by hacking the inventions of the past. If you can, I’d love it if you can watch it with your… Continue reading
You don’t need a lot of cash to make music. The folks in these videos all made their own instruments and are sharing them with the world through video. Check the related items for some fantastic handmade musical instruments on Etsy. If you know of a great handmade music video or item on Etsy, share… Continue reading
Carolyn, aka AutumnLeavesJewelry, has started putting up videos that share her work and process. In this video, she’s turning the camera on herself and her workbench and walking us through the process of making stamped silver earrings that support a political candidate. She’s just started with video, but her personality shines through. This video is… Continue reading
I was invited to participate for a day in the 5-in-5 Challenge, a competition to complete a creative project every day for five straight days. The 5-in-5 Challenge takes place at the Interactive Telecommunications Program, a Master’s program at New York University. If I could go back in time, I would be seriously tempted to… Continue reading
Ok, we make things and we can make video. It’s time for a collaborative project! What is your most essential or favorite tool? Make a video that shares your most essential or favorite tool. Feel free to do it in whatever style you like! Woodmosaics has already made one about his pedal powered… Continue reading
Woodcarving is very satisfying. Back in the 90s I made puppets out of wood; I would rough them out on the bandsaw and then sit on the porch and whittle the days away. YouTube’s whittler0507 breaks it on down. He’s actually got over 100 videos about woodcarving, which is very impressive! Watch a few and… Continue reading
What is your most essential or favorite tool? Over in the handmade video group, I’m organizing the tool project to answer that question. Each person is going to make a video about his or her most essential or favorite tool. If you make things and you make video, this Tool Project is for you. You’re… Continue reading
Going to the movies is wonderful, but it is a temporary experience. When the movie is done, all you are left with is a ticket stub. However, with flipbooks you can keep the memories forever, or at least until you spill coffee on them. Until that imminent coffee disaster, a flipbook is an object you… Continue reading
This weekend, take some time to escape from the business and stress of your daily grind and make a hammock and lay around in it. MP4 | Blip.tv | Youtube | iTunes | PDF Watch the video and print out this snazzy PDF. Now get to it! You’re going to need a few… Continue reading
The easiest way to edit video is to shoot it in one take. Here on the Etsy Video Awesomeness Team, we call those videos “One-Take-Wonders.” But you can’t always get it in one take, or maybe your take is too long. That’s when you need to learn how to edit. MP4 | Blip.tv | Youtube… Continue reading
The Renegade Craft Fair in Brooklyn was awesome. If you were there, we hope you stopped by to say hi and stick your head through the plywood picture cut-out thingy and snap a photo of yourself as a twin or a unicorn. Etsy Admins were there all weekend giving out lip balm, stickers, temp tattoos… Continue reading
Lotta Jansdotter just came out with a book about printing called Lotta Prints. I caught up with her at her Brooklyn studio and she showed me some tips and tricks for using stencils and yams to make prints! MP4 | Blip.tv | Youtube | Howcast | Subscribe in iTunes Lotta has created a bunch… Continue reading
I love rag rugs. I grew up with a beautiful rag rug carpet that had been made out of a variety of red, brown and black wool rags. I’ve been daydreaming of getting a one just like that, but there just are not that many big rag rugs out there for sale in the world…. Continue reading
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I try to buy organic and sustainable food because it's good for the world, and my health. However, whenever I find myself feeling too high and mighty, some Doritos always seem to help me dial it down a notch. Read more
