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HOW TO reduce cable eyesores and wasted packaging at the same time

I’ve haven’t been able download email or pictures for the past two days! I figured out that my external hard drive was full. All the video tutorials I’ve made and pictures I’ve taken have filled it up already! I went to an electronics store and upgraded to a fancy shmancy new one. This resulted in […]

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Nate Berkus challenges me with an upcycling mission

I’m finally getting around to writing about my day on The Nate Berkus show from my point of view. The previous posts about the day were by Reid and Josef. On the show I reminded Nate he had given me one week to work on the challenge. That’s mostly true. Almost all the projects that […]

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HOW TO make medium-sized icosahedral origami accessories

This is the second video in my origami accessories tutorial. In the first video, HOW TO make Sonobe units and octahedral origami accessories, I show you how to make a Sonobe unit and how to construct a twelve unit octahedron. Now, I’ll to show you how to make a thirty unit icosahedron. To complete this […]

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HOW TO make small octahedral origami accessories

I spotted a fun art piece by Ian Trask that consists of various sized balls. He made them by wrapping different materials with colored yarn. That got me thinking of decorative spheres. I’m sure many of you may have seen them in stores or you might even have some in your homes. They could be […]

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26 Projects for leftover Christmas wrapping paper

Are you dreading the inevitable mountain of Christmas wrapping paper that’s fast approaching? Fear not! I’ve got some suggestions to help you put all that paper back to work! This list doesn’t work just for Christmas wrapping paper, but also all sorts of wrapping paper, all year round. Plain wrapping paper Wrapping paper that’s not […]

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The Nate Berkus Show features my art and design inspired DIY

These are not your run-of-the-mill crafts! I’ll tell you how I find inspiration in art and design and take it to a whole nother level. Then I’ll show how you can use that inspiration to make your own cool DIY projects on a dime. Watch me on The Nate Berkus Show, Monday, December 12, 2011. […]