DIY

This week’s craft is so easy I am, once again, surprised I never thought of it myself. Then again, I like to over-complicate things, so maybe I shouldn’t expect to come up with ideas with this brand of easy genius.
This craft comes to you from Molly Likes to Draw (mollylikestodraw.blogspot.com) via Craftzine. MLtD’s packing tape transfers are an extremely clever yet devastatingly simple way to punch up a boring…anything (see my name tag).

What you need:

- An image that you’ve printed up — ideally a small image

- Packing tape

- A dish

- Room temperature water

How to make it:

Put the tape over your image. Put the taped-over image in water. Let it sit for two to three minutes (the taped image will curl). Rub the paper off the tape and vie-ol-uh, you have an image on your tape.

Magic three

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2. Kelley Deal replaced her former favorite hobby, spitting in a wishing well, with knitting. You remember Kelley, right? She was in the Breeders with her sister, Kim Deal. Well, Kelley has learned to knit. She learned on the road from some German band dude’s girlfriend. Now she’s poured her talents into the yarn and the needles. “Bags that Rock” (Lark Books, $17.95) is her collection of knitted bags that might not be able to play guitar but rock nonetheless.

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