The Disorganized Crafter Blog - page 5 of 7

Considering that he’s only been at it a year, it’s amazing the work he’s done. (via)

Nothing but hard work, artistic sensibility, a light touch and pure skill, eh? Franc Grom carves eggs into art with a hand drill. I wonder how many omelets he eats? (via)

Posting of a craft made using images of the Beatles provokes an interesting discussion about copyright as applied to craft and fair use.

http://blog.craftzine.com/archive/2007/12/yellow_submarine_shower_curtai.html

At the same time that big business is spreading fear, uncertainty and doubt (plus suing their customers), the grass-roots are fighting back by supporting creator’s rights and generating new content and software that they then make available for you to use, with your rights and theirs explicitly stated.

http://www.creativecommons.org/ http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/

Remember, you cannot copyright an idea, only the expression of an idea. http://law.freeadvice.com/intellectual_property/copyright_law/copyright_idea.htm

Epilog and Instructables are awarding a Zing Laser to the most popular instructable entered into the Epilog Challenge. Entries must have “green” (eco-friendly) aspect.

Entry Deadline: Apr 19, 2009

How to instructions for how to make a heart shaped pompom. http://zakkalife.blogspot.com/2009/01/craft-project-heart-shaped-pom-poms.html

It’s yarn topiary! What a cool idea (via Craftzine).