Costume Silhouettes by Mary B. Evans, 1890, is a recent addition to the HEARTH ( Home Economics Archive: Research, Tradition and History ) ...

The Victoria & Albert Museum is sharing a collection of embroidery patterns from a book containing South African flower designs by Flor...

Congratulations to Dave, Derek, Dan and John, the brilliant team at Ponoko who have developed Photomake ! A new way to turn your designs int...

Someone associated with Better Homes and Gardens magazine noticed the Halloween patent designs recently mentioned here and sent a note tell...

Antique book images hosted by L'Ecole Vétérinaire de Lyon. My favorite is The illustrated book of poultry by Lewis Wright .

Some interesting downloads from UK magazine Crafts Beautiful . A 3D vase pop up card and folded butterfly template look useful. There is lot...

Candy bag design by John Lavezzorio for Dennison Manufacturing 1953. The anthropomorphic leaves crack me up.

I've had a great time enjoying the sunshine. Lots of hard work and lots of play. I've missed my computer and my friends so let's...

Mayaluna left a comment and now I've found the time to check out her blog. Wow! She is a lot of fun. I was so taken by her newspaper ha...

Now I have seen it all. Not even the plainest objects escape the attention of Junie Moon. Visit for the tutorial . June has made the decisio...

Article by Lois Ericson and Dawn McIntyre on the Threads magazine website.

How long is a span, a hand, or a league? Maddy and Maverick offer a 3 page downloable poster with all the answers. Found via PaperFriendly

I am enthusiastic about trying to make my own things (like galalith plastic) just for the pure fun of it. Make my own rubberbands? Sure, sou...

Ellen Hutson shares the techniques for this project on her blog Simple Dreams . She's so very creative and talks about how she hinged h...

This link caused me to shiver. Those of you who have been reading meggiecat know that I have an intense curiosity about personal and custom ...