Mondays suck. Especially if you hate your job. But the day doesn’t have to be a total waste. You can look forward to reading about ReadyMakers who have worked their way into f*&%ing awesome jobs—...
Tie-dye was one thing that was always truly enjoyable as a child (I even tie-dyed a bedspread at one point). I always thought that I would never again be caught dead in tie-dye, but after coming acro...
(2009 winning design by artists Luciano Bortone and Barbara Hendricks) The Laguna Beach Festival of the Arts and Pageant of Masters is already one of the oldest and most prestigious open air art show...
About six months ago, my dad moved the stereo out of our family room. I’ve been home for the summer since May, but it was only two weeks ago that I discovered this empty corner just waiting to ...
In an email, reader Daniel Thomas told us he hoped his story would encourage ReadyMade to continue to share our ideas so readers could enjoy some of the luxuries they put off when money’s tight...
Kelly at Eat Make Read has a real treat in store with these beauties—which I have to assume taste like a little bite sized blueberry pie. Which sounds like heaven since blueberries are one of my abso...
Who: You! What: It’s summer, which means that we in magazine land are looking for projects for our Dec/Jan issue. Why: We know you’re all crafty people making your way through the year an...
With the season of outdoor parties and barbecues in full swing, paper plates are coming out in full force. While convenient, this is not the best for the environment. WASARA combines convenience and ...
If you’ve got the itch to create but can’t make sense of those wordy tutorials, then you should check out DIY Couture’s 12-part sewing series. The sewing guides—one book per g...
Even if you don’t have a new tyke in your life, you could do up this bird mobile from Eighteenth Century Agrarian Business for yourself! Follow along with the tutorial to concoct your very own ...
If you have extra mason jars lying around your house… Try making a this chandelier with instructions from Kara of Kara Paslay Designs. Bursting with light, it has a homey feel to it, making any...
We’ve been making our way through a fridge filled with veggies from our garden, our neighbors garden and our CSA. Which means that we’ve been making meals with them as our base, which is ...
Are you enjoying the wide variety of just-picked fruit this summer and wish you could taste fruit this good all year round? The Washington State Fruit Commission has your answer and their new website...
As someone that always wants a peek behind closed doors, Sarah Dayo’s Glimpse mirror definitely satisfies the less voyeuristic side of that impulse (it reflects you, not other people that can&#...
I LOVE pie. Maybe it’s because we always picked up a few pies at a farm on the way to the Jersey shore during the summer when I was a kid. Maybe it’s because I ate the last of a peach che...
Nautical themed jewelry is popping up everywhere, but my favorite is still the classical sailor knot bracelet. I got my first bracelet after sailing in my one and only regatta at summer camp, and wea...
Did you catch the gardening bug after reading Amy’s post about her first garden? Even though it’s already mid-July, its not too late to start your own garden this year and have homegrown produce this...
The lovely Kelly of Make Grow Gather has an awesome project (with a how to slideshow) on turning tomato cages into pretty lanterns up on the Washington Post’s site right now. I won’t be t...
Sure, it looks a normal monument in Lisbon from this distance. But approach it and you’ll find yourself staring at something a bit more subversive, and you have Brooklyn artist collective Faile...
I’ve posted my fair share of clocks, but I could not pass up sharing this with all of you. This clock made me think of my old choir days, where singing Bill Haley’s ”Rock Around the...
With summer in full swing, so is watermelon season. My mom will not stop talking about a watermelon salad she made, and now I’m craving the stuff! There are a million and one recipes for such a...
Here at ReadyMade we’re all about found objects, which is why I was particularly blown away when I saw yesterday’s post on Erica Domesek’s P.S.- I Made This. The blogger’s sug...
Remnant logs and light bulbs—such a simple idea with such a striking result. Anzfer Farms‘ Fragment series (available on their Etsy page for $50-60 each) consists of several lamps and vases, al...
We are big egg poachers in my house and for a while we were heavily reliant on the swirling technique. But, since you can only do one at a time, there was always a lot of eating in shifts and eating ...
This could be the most charming thing I’ve seen in awhile. London-based artist Akane Takayama visited a number of elementary schools around the city and conducted dog-sculpture-making workshops...
Poppytalk Handmade, a monthly online market for handmade goods from a wide array of emerging designers, has made the the theme this month “Oil Spill Response Market.” Each of the market&#...
South of Brisbane, an unassuming water tower got a new lease on life when a client of Riddel Architecture bought it from the city council on the cheap. After windows were sliced out of the 1-meter-th...
Mid-way through my first summer with a garden—the first one ever in my entire life—I am happily enjoying being able to sneak out into the backyard for dinner add-ins. Here are a few things that IR...
Its always fascinating to see what people come up with to make small spaces habitable, and this design from German Students Kristin Laass and Norman Ebelt would definitely save a ton of space normall...
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