Pack Rat’s never gonna give you up, never gonna let you down, never gonna run around and desert you

I love, love, love Netflix. $4.99 a month and you’re guaranteed mail? Not just any old mail, but movies? What’s not to love. You go to your mailbox and voíla, instant entertainment.  But if you are as obsessed with recycled craft as I am (and chances are if you’re reading this blog, you’re the tinsy bit obsessed), and you are a Netflix member (and if you’re not, I STRONGLY recomend you become one a.s.a.p.), then the perforated red rectangle of paper that must be torn and tossed with each movie drives you nuts. I am always trying to figure out what to do with that darned little piece of paper. Well now, thanks to Netflix Origami I have some great projects to start on. Just what it sounds like, Netflix Origami provides you with a series of origami projects that you can make from those aforementioned red scraps of paper. What’s even better, typical origami requires a perfectly square piece of paper–but the projects on the site have been modified to allow for the rectangle shape of the Netflix cast-off. So instead of junking those bits, make boxes, swans and more and get your full value out of that $4.99.

photos copyright Netflix Origami

Pack Rat says: Away with you please johnny cash fan club

Before we begin, here’s just a side note. Everyday I have to go through the blog’s spam folder and delete all the crap that’s built up over night. Usually I just dump it all without bothering to look too closely, but today I started to read some of these spam posts. Seems that what most spammers are doing these days is cutting up some kind of actual text, and interspersing it with links to their porn sites, or discounted viagra sites. I guess they think that the bits of normal text will fool spam blockers. Well, I started to read some of these today and I don’t know if the word jumble they create is poetry in disguise, or just hilarious, but the above phrase “Away with you please johnny cash fan club,” is just one of the jewels I found. Another favorite was “clean white chinese laundry joker.” I don’t know what a laundry joker is, but I might have to write a story about one now.

In other news, today I recommend a list for your viewing pleasure. Check out a list of Useful Items You Never Knew You Could Print Out from Friedbeef’s Tech blog. This is exactly what it sounds like, a list of things you can print off the eweb. Favorites include the paper ipod covers from iwrap (the site is in German, but you should be able to piece it together), and the sudoku generator.

(iwrap cover copyright iwrap)

Pack Rat is on a Mexican radio

You know we love all things graffiti here at Pack Rat. Public works of anonymous art? That’s right up our ally. Blogger Carina from Feeling Stitchy is branching out into the semi-nafarious realm of graffiti art by taking her embroidered messages out to the public. Not quite comfortable with the idea of leaving behind something permanent (and thereby potentially offensive) Carina “tags”with embroidery stitched on to removable, sticky sheets of paper. She seems to berate herself a bit for not having the courage to do something more permanent, but we here at Pack Rat believe that random acts of creativity are courageous enough in themselves. Stitch on, sister!

(photo courtsey of Carina)

Pack Rat Magazine ‘08: Road to the White House

Hello my little chickadees. Oh. Chickadees. What a funny little coincidence that I should happen to refer to you as a type of bird, when today’s item du jour is the fabulous stationary by Joom which is full of birds. Funny indeed. I’m not really sure why indie crafters are so big on birds. Maybe it’s some kind of symbolism, maybe it’s a throw back to the nature crafts of yore. Beats me. But I love the geometric little guys on these cards, especially when paired with oh-so-mod polka dots and circles. And at $7 for a set of 3, I can afford to mix and match.

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Pack Rat Magazine, always the bride’s maid, never the bride

We’re still a few months out until the wedding season is in full swing, but here’s a fantastic contest that will inspire any crafter, regardless of maritial intentions.  Cheap Chic Weddings has sponsored a contest for the last three years, asking contestants to make a wedding dress out of toilet paper.  The most original design wins $500 and is manufactured (with fabric, of course) by one of the website’s sponsors.  This last year’s winner, Hannah Kim, blew me away! Look at the detailing she did.  How did she not tear everything to shreds, let alone make pleats?  Here are some of the top contenders for you to ohh and ahh over.

1st place

2nd Place

Honorable Mentions