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Stunning 1860's-Style Portraits of the Stars at Sundance
Esquire photographer Victoria Will set up a tintype camera and developing production to capture these incredible 1860-70s-era portraits of the actors in attendance there. I - like the rest of the...
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Hey, ManMakers - These Scissors Cost $2.20... and Can Cut Through a Penny
A wise word to crafters, artists, and makers of all kinds: I just learned about trauma scissors, which are inexpensive as can be, and will cut through all sorts of materials: fabric, metal, leather,...
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How to: Make a Custom Leather Tool Roll
Make one for yourself. Make one for your buddy. Make one for everyone you know. Caila came up with this super simple tutorial for making a custom tool roll to house whatever tools the task requires:...
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Quick and Easy Winter Project: How to Make a Wine Cork Trivet
The wine cork trivet is a DIY staple, putting perfectly good materials to clever reuse. Alyssa and Carla came up with this smart twist. Instead of placing the corks on their side, they glued them...
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Free Downloads: Tons of Vintage Illustrations from the British Library
I just stumbled across a link to the British Library's Flickr page, which has over a million (seemingly) copyright free images and illustrations available for browsing and download. The topics...
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How to: Fold a Pocket Square
First rule of men's style: the fit. But the second? The details. They're the thing that take you from looking like a guy who doesn't not know how to dress to, well, you. And a pocket square is the...
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Blow My Mindsday: January 29, 2014
Each Wednesday, I post some of my favorite can't-miss links, images, and otherwise mindblowing goodies from across the web."Sea is for Cookie"... The internet is amazing. See more at Laughing Squid....
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How to: Make Overnight Oats for a Healthy, Ready-To-Go Breakfast
We hope you've stuck to your new year commitments to 1) eat breakfast and 2) make sure it's a nutritious one. My favorite this month: this recipe to make overnight chai steel-cut oats.The cool thing...
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Be a Good Man: Live Your Day According to Benjamin Franklin's Schedule for...
Before cloud-based calendars and syncing to-do apps, Benjamin Franklin created his own schedule to stay productive, and continue to seek improvement in all areas of his life. In his 1791 autobiography,...
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How to: Give New Life to an Old Cutting Board
Fact: Wooden cutting boards get yucky...banged up, stained, rough, gouged, and with over exposure to water, the wood fibers get all fluffy and feather. But, it's still wood, and with a little effort,...
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The Gap: A Typographic Interpretation of the Creative Process
You're likely to see this all over the craft and design blogosphere over the next few days, but I loved it too much not to share. Photographer and artist Daniel Sax was stumbled across this 2012...
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How to: Roast Your Own Coffee Beans at Home
The enjoyment of coffee is a spectrum. There are those times when a crummy mug from the diner hits the spot, and those days when hanging out at warm wooden tables with your laptop and a barista crafted...
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How to: Make Amazing Homemade Cheese Sauce for Fries and Nachos
I wish I hated Velveeta. I really do. I mean, I hardly ever eat it but, man, when I do... See, I have lots of really good memories from childhood. Growing up, we didn't consume it often, so when we...
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Weekend Project: Make Your Own Headphone Organizer
Ahh...the pocket earbud tangle nest. You've seen it, you hate it, and you promise yourself not to do it again next. We say, this weekend, do something about it. And unless your gonna put it it under...
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The Versatile Suit: How to Wear Each Piece Separately with Style
A suit, as we've come to know it for the last century or so, is simply a sum of its parts: a jacket, pants, sometimes a vest. And while traditional advice has said a sport coat is a better fit with...
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How to Clean Old Paintbrushes
We've all got 'em...in the garage, in the basement, on a piece of newspaper on your work table behind you even though you finished that project two weeks ago and already promised yourself you'd clean...
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The Typography of Kubrick's "2001: A Space Odyssey"
"Typeset in the Future" is a new blog by Dave Addey that's "dedicated to fonts in sci-fi." For his inaugural post, he sets about dissecting the type in (what Chris thinks is) the greatest science...
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How to: Make DIY Whiskey Flavored Toothpicks
My grandfather was a toothpick guy. Like, he had a seven-or-eight-a-day habit. When he died and we helped my grandmother do a clean sweep of the house, my aunt found more than one hundred individual...
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Blow My Mindsday: February 5, 2014
Each Wednesday, I post some of my favorite can't-miss links, images, and otherwise mindblowing goodies from across the web. Portland-based illustrator Richard Perez has created "Coen Cast," a...
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How To: Turn an Old Tire into a Rustic Ottoman
When you think about it, a tire is a perfect place to rest your feet. It's round, plenty sturdy, and soft enough to easy accept hardware while being rigid enough to maintain it.So, Handimania figured...
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