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Tutorial: KFC Bucket upcycle!

By ari - May 30, 2011
Right this is when my family thinks I'm truly insane. Your parents invite you to dinner, they're getting KFC. That's cool, you think, I like the KFC chips. Then when you get there you see all the chicken in a big bucket. And you get super duper excited. "Dad!" you say, "Can I have the bucket?" "Sure," he says, not really phased. He's...

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Comic Book Art

By ari - May 30, 2011
I've got a tutorial mid-written which I'll be putting up tomorrow, but for now I thought I'd show you what I made the other night! [click to make bigger] I picked up the frames for $1 each at the opshop, then took the glass out and spraypainted them all black. I had to polish and clean the glass up with vinegar, managing to...

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Batman Week Submissions!

By ari - May 18, 2011
Here's some cleverness from you guys! First off San from RobotAlienDinosaur emailed me this CUTE batman apron she made! It even has a utility belt on it and look she's wearing a mask to protect her secret identity while she bakes! Jordan emailed me this amazing take on the Harley Quinn costume she made. You can find her here at her Etsy shop!...

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Hello!

By Max California - May 17, 2011
Nope! Did not fall off the face of the earth, just timed Batman Week right before my best friends' wedding! I still have a few more Batman pposts to throw up so I'll work on them this afternoon! We flew to Hobart, Tasmania last week for my friends Emily and Tim's wedding. They have one little son, who I named Bruce Wayne Jnr....

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Batman Week:: Internet Roundup #2

By Max California - May 06, 2011
The sequel for the first roundup! Here's some more batastic DIYs I have found across the web. Remember, links marked with a * are tutorials! 1. Superhero Car reading nook!*, 2. Batman Hooded Tee, 3. Batman masks from milk jugs *, 4. Batman Intarsia Chart, 5. Batman and Robin wall art, 6. Harley Quinn cushion *, 7, Comic Collage wall art, 8. Batman duct tape...

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May The Fourth Be With You

By Max California - May 04, 2011
We interrupt your Batman Week with this special news bulletin - International StarWars Day. L-R: Jemma, Chris, Dana, Max! May the 4th is known as Star Wars Day due to the whole play on words with the usual slogan "May the Force be with you" to being "May the 4th be with you." GET IT? Good. Onto the StarWars Day activities! Would you...

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Batman Week:: Internet Roundup #1

By Max California - May 04, 2011
In my travels searching for your rad batman crafts, I found a whole swag of awesomeness! Here's the first roundup! Don't forget if you've found something I haven't seen yet, leave it in a comment here or shoot me an email! Links marked with a * are tutorials! Click to embiggen! 1. Comic-Book Corseted Waist Belt!*,  2. Superhero Room [from one of my...

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Batman Week Tutorial: Comic Necklaces

By Max California - May 03, 2011
I've been rocking out my Robin necklace since I made it a few days ago. I LOVE IT. It's so big and obnoxious. I also made a few others but I need more chain before I can rock them equally as hard. The Flash one pictured below is pretty fun also! These necklaces are made using just images scanned in from comic books...

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Batman Week Tutorial:: Batman Lego Earrings by Dr. Fumbles-McStupid

By Max California - May 03, 2011
In my travels of finding awesome Batman crafts, I found Dr. Fumbles-McStupid! That is probably the most amazing sentence I have ever typed in my life. Anywho, here she is to show you how to make these neato Lego figurine earrings! Hi, my name is Catherine and pretty much everywhere on the Internet I am known as Dr.FumblesMcStupid (kudos if you know what...

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Batman Week - Reader Submission:: BatBolero by Jenny

By Max California - May 02, 2011
Very excited to show this to you guys! One of my lovely readers, Jenny from Stuttgart in Germany made this AMAZING Batman Bolero! Translated from German is her original post [thanks to Google Translate, it's a bit weird but yeh, You get the gist!]:: Holy Bobbin, Batman! I'm not sure about the correct name of the presented below garment. A cape, it is probably not,...

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Batman Week Tutorial: Nightwing T-Shirt Surgery

By Max California - May 02, 2011
In the Batman Universe, I'm in love with pretty much all of them. Well all the Robins anyway :) One of my favourites is the first Robin, the one most of you would know! Dick Grayson is his real name and he's been Batman's sidekick for a very long time. He's the one who was an acrobat in the circus with his parents...

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Batman Week Tutorial:: The BatSignal Tote Bag by MarySew

By Max California - May 01, 2011
When this hit my inbox last week I almost hyperventilated for several reasons. Apart from the obvious, it's from my darling MarySew, this is the result of the sneek peak vinyl cutting we saw a few days ago! Learn how to make The BatSignal Tote Bag by downloading the pdf here! Seriously, print it out you guys and it will be like having you very...

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