Iwish I was in Swansea tomorrow to join Tim & Rob drinking their way round this custom monopoly board. I made something along these lines while at University, and have done the classic London pub crawl one. There can never be too much monopoly/drinking crossovers, brilliant fun. Good luck boys, send us some pics!
I‘m hopeless at anagrams and even though there’s graphical clues in this motion graphic piece, I can’t decipher these book titles. If you’re able to without looking at the clues, I take my hat off to you.
But the wooden penguin-esque 3D book covers are simply amazing. While you’re there, check out Low Fidelity Car Dream, awesome.
There’s a lot of how-to step by step guides online, for building pretty much anything. But somehow Tampon Crafts has found a gap in the market… sorry. My favourites are the tampon blowgun & tampon toupee pictured.
Asi where do you find this stuff?
Or maybe it’s to keep your hands warm & your beer cold. Either way you’ll look pretty damn cool doing it with one of these hand knitted Beer Cosy.
Love these Felt Cereal Boxes by Snaggs, check out Fix - that looks like a serious breakfast ;) Tonnes more things she’s made on her Flickr, and a few bits & pieces available to buy from her Etsy store.
Loads of interesting stuff to buy at ReForm school. I especially like all the re-purposed stuff like the Recycled Street Sign Platter, Billbird House, Electrolux hoover racecar (not cheap!) and the Skateboard Clutch Purses pictured.
Can’t face another Guinness after a skin full on St. Patrick’s Day? Well stick the left overs in some cupcakes, these beer cupcakes look amazing!
Cheers for the tip Emma.
This is a big grin, head noddingly simple idea that I wish I’d had. Christine & Justin run the site - Wants for Sale, they paint a picture of something they want, sell the painting for that exact price, then buy the thing they want. Anything from a $3 slice of pizza to $500 iPhone. If you have a bit a spare change you may be interested in the painting of $1,000,000 yet to be sold ;)
Via Now in Colour.
Mike Pearson is a project manager here at Poke, I knew he loved (& was very good at) making things, after he knocked up our burping booth last year. But I didn’t realise how deep his eccentric hobbyist building went until he turned up to work the other day with a remote controlled steam powered tank?!?! T’is a thing of bizarre beauty, you can read all about it on his blog Questioneering, see pictures of it on his Flickr, and you’ve got to check out his video of it here ยป
Good work Mike :) Can’t wait to see want’s next!
My missis Nicky finished a new Sock Monster last night, say hello to Jack. I’m loving the mouth on this one :) You can see more things she’s made here.
Awesome prints over at The Little Friends of Printmaking. They’ve even made a print about skull fucking, Impressive. More stock in their Etsy shop.
Lori Nix is a Brooklyn based photographer who shoots big epic scenes of destruction and grandeur in tiny model diorama format. I love the pure amount of effort and work that has gone into building these little scenes just to get that one shot, wonder what she does with the models afterwards?
There’s an interview with her on Cool Hunting, where she explains her craft, also she has a book, Small Dangers.
Via Yewknee.
Watch this amazing top tip! Super simple solution using string, a bolt and a washer to virtually eliminate vertical camera shake and reduce horizontal by a lot too. Obviously not going to be as good as a tripod, but weights nothing and fits in your pocket. I’m definitely going to make one of these for my big walk.
Finally my missus Nicky has got her own blog - Monster Munch!
“Monster-Munch will be bringing to you the delights of the world of SockMonster making, nice Typography, Web things, Doodles, Toys, and generally any bits and bobs that take my fancy.”
It took her about 6 months to decide on a name and about 24 hours to design, build and fill with posts! I’m sure Nicky will be a brilliant blogger, she’s got a great eye for things, so get it in your bookmarks or subscribe to the RSS.
Also you check out Nicky’s FFFFOUND & Flickr.
Incidentally Monster Munch is the name I use for the dog I want, but haven’t got yet.
Cookie & Paul are currently walking the 3000 mile long Continental Divide Trail from Mexico to Canada.
Everything about the walk is on the following pages:
1. You can check on our progress here (or below)
2. You can find out more info about the trip here
3. You can sponsor us here
Tracking our progress right across America is no mean feet. Luckily we've had a good deal of help from the kind folks at Nokia, who supplied us with their latest N82 phone with Sports Tracker. It's what we're using to track our route with GPS, take our pictures and write our posts. Finally it's the tool we use to update the blog, whenever we get reception or a wifi area.
Made in England by Gentlemen is a blog written by Cookie, who generally designs websites, draws cartoons, drinks too much, grows a moustache and browses the web for interesting & amusing stuff. But currently the only thing he's doing is walking northwards towards Canada with his mate Paul, if you're not interested in my holiday pics ;) and were hoping for some visual eye candy, may I suggest you check out my girlfriend's blog: Monster-Munch.
