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About a year ago I was asked to join an annual Asian-American craft show in the area called Koi Krafters. I don't consider myself a "crafter" but I was intrigued at the idea. The organizers of the craft show asked me to come up with some apparel for Asian-American men, since the majority of their …
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After riding in my sister-in-law's Mazda all weekend, I was reminded of this amazing ad. Bet it makes you consider getting a Mazda... and visiting Hiroshima. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R5b-vTh9qYE
I started a new hobby: chalkboarding.
I decided to do a quick coaster project following my Instagram coaster project and my cutting board project. I combined the pyrography pen and transfer paper from the cutting boards and the wooden squares from the coasters to make a pyrography coaster. I love re-purposing leftover materials! You will need: 4.5" hobby wood squares a …
A while ago I saw this post on Instagram Coasters from my favorite manly blog. I loved the idea of using your own Instagram photos on wood! I have so many Instagram photos that I'd like to display OFFLINE, and this was the perfect way to do it. So, I teamed up with Tina from …
For Christmas I like to make gifts for friends if I can. It lets me get creative and it adds a bit of a personal touch to Christmas presents. Last year I attempted homemade sparkling cider (some turned out well but others fermented a bit too much), so this year my wife and I aimed …
At our wedding, our amazing photographer (Christine Farah) told us that she "chases light" on her shoots. She was always finding these amazing shots where the sun would light up our faces and the scenery around us, producing a phenomenal photograph. Light is a photographer's best friend. Better light means better pictures. Light reveals things to …
Ran across this video on Manmade.com a while back. It's an interesting perspective from the creator of Radiolab Jad Abumrad on gut-churning that all creatives need to hear! Jad provides some great words of affirmation to those who constantly pioneer new paths and come up with new ideas. Love his perspective. Check it out! http://vimeo.com/58119161
Found this quiz through Man-Made. It's fun, and accurate (at least for me). It said I was like William Morris from the Arts & Crafts Movement. Haha. What are you? http://www2.open.ac.uk/openlearn/design_nutshell/splash.html Here's William Morris. I'm a hairy guy, but I'm not sure I can get even my beard to grow that long.
While I'm on sabbatical I get some time to catch up on some projects I've been planning for a while. One of them is a framed hanging jewelry box for my wife (inspired by one her sister has). I drew up some plans for it on the long plane ride back from our honeymoon and …
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