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By Kelly Faircloth 12/07/12 9:00am

DIY Don'ts

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Only someone on a five-day meth binge can muster this level of attention to detail.

50 Pinterest DIY Projects You Are Definitely Not Doing This Christmas

The holidays are upon us! Time to trim the tree and drink some cocoa. For crafty types, though, this is basically the Olympics. This is the main event, the reason they’ve trained so hard for so long. Pinterest is therefore flooded with impossibly intricate, over-the-top DIY projects.

But other than a few twee over-achievers, no one is actually going to try these. You will be too busy drinking eggnog until you fall over and combing Kmart for last-minute gifts. Read More

By Kelly Faircloth 10/09/12 4:30pm

DIY Don'ts

Oh, dear. (Photo: Etsy)

Petition Objects to Etsy Profiting from Sale of Racist Dolls

It’s tough being a platform, especially one that wants to be open but maintain a certain community identity. In the last six months or so, questions have started to bubble up about whether Etsy can balance its DIY ethos with the demands of scalability. Even so, the DUMBO-based startup has kept intact much of its friendly, show-love-it’s-the-Brooklyn-way aura.

Which is why this Change.org petition (spotted here) against the sale of “Golliwog” dolls on the site is likely to make everyone involved feel a little awkward. Read More