In the 19th century, men at sea brought intricate shell souvenirs home to loved ones. Today Lynda Susan Hennigan is revitalizing the art with finely crafted shellworks of her own.
Sweater totes make a great gift or donation to a community fund-raiser. Use the carryalls for light shopping, as a second handbag, or to stash a knitting project.
Although rolled candles are by far the easiest to make, they create lasting impressions. Paraffin wax is available in sheets, but cross-hatched beeswax is much easier to work with and adds a distinctive flair.
Lovely on their own or as a companion to sand candles, these small lights celebrate the beach and the summer. Collect only good-sized empty shells, or save the shells from your next clambake or oyster fest.
Embed flowers onto a candle by affixing dried flowers to the surface, then over-dipping in clear wax. This technique works especially well with interestingly shaped leaves and flat blooms.
These wonderful, woodsy candles may test your carpentry skills, but they are well worth the effort. Beech and birch, both white and red, all work well and the effect, when you light these candles, is enchanting.
Tea tins are ideal for making these simple but effective container candles. However, you can also use olive oil jugs, sardine cans, or any other tin imaginable to make beautiful and colorful displays!
Teri Edwards and Serena Thompson, a.k.a. the Farm Chicks, specialize in giving new stuff vintage appeal. Here, three projects that make colorful yo-yos the main focus.
At his Brooklyn shop, Steven Tatar offers a new generation of stylish shoppers the chance to wear graphic knitwear that was produced in one of America’s most prolific mills from the 1940s to the ’70s.
Pretty papers and ribbons make holiday gift-giving festive! Build your own paper rack and include it in a wrapping station, just in time for the holidays!
The bag is knitted in stripes, then the bottom is sewn up and the bag is felted. Create knitted handles before felting or sew on plastic ones made from plastic tubing.
Have an obsession with beautiful ribbons, buttons, beads, and other trimmings? So do the shop owners featured here. Their passion for these tiny treasures inspires them to collect and share with like-minded customers.
For nearly 25 years now, potter Joan Platt has been fashioning in her studio in Palisades, N.Y., elegant ceramic tableware that honors her reverence for simple forms.
Dr. Bruce Douglas is never buttoned up when it comes to talking about the vast collection of vintage buttonhooks. He and his wife, Jan, have been collecting them for 33 years
