By Tara Bellucci

CHI & Partners/Thirteen

It was only a matter of time before crazy shows like The Dillionaire made it to cable — Or is it? These shows are fakes, thought up for ads for New York's PBS affiliate, Thirteen, to highlight the current state of television. We love us some PBS, and we think Thirteen's subway poster campaign is clever, but we also kind of want to watch Knitting Wars... FULL ENTRY

By Tara Bellucci

With the release of Converse's new Boston All-Star today, we're feeling a renewed sense of shopping to benefit our fair city. Here are some of the local makers donating proceeds from product sales to The One Fund. FULL ENTRY

Photo: Melissa Massello/Shoestring

Since 2008, around the time Necklush arrived on the Etsy scene, multi-strand necklaces made from upcycled T-shirts have been all the rage in hipster fashion. The big secret is: these grunge-chic accessories take all of 5-minutes (and little to no crafting skill) to make.

Using thrift store tees from the Goodwill Outlet and Garment District's Buck-a-Pound, we created this little 3-minute video tutorial showing how to make a unique, personalized, and totally eco-friendly necklace in exactly as much time.

Hello, easy (last-minute) Mother's Day present!

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Photo: Melissa Massello

Each year on Mother's Day, kids and spouses the world over decide to spoil Mom early in the morning with a good, old-fashioned, home-cooked breakfast in bed. And then, hearts full, those same moms get out of bed to face their special day…and the kitchen wreck left behind.

Spoil mom completely this Mother's Day with a delicious (100 calorie!) recipe that's not only fail-proof for kids of all ages and spouses of all culinary talent, it requires only the minimal cleanup of two muffin tins and a mixing bowl. (And no messy flour!)

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By Tara Bellucci

Background & flourishes courtesy of Shutterstock.

When you're a DIYer, sometimes Hallmark just doesn't cut it. If you're looking to remove the pre-made cards this Mother's Day, here are our 11 favorite free fonts available for sharing your sweet sentiments with Mom. FULL ENTRY

Photo: Melissa Massello

If your mom is truly your best bud, then there's no better Mother's Day gift than a trendy friendship bracelet (or three), made by you — just for her. In about the same amount of time it will take you to catch up on one of your favorite shows (Mad Men or Game of Thrones, anyone?) you could have a fabulous from-the-heart gift in her favorite colors (or other sentimental hues shared by you two).

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By Tara Bellucci

Urbanic via Pinterest

You love it because they made it, but let's be honest: not all kiddo craft projects are destined for display. Though Mother's Day is often prime time for receiving masterpieces made of macaroni and popsicle sticks, here are 5 Pinterest projects for moms and kids to make together, with nary an elbow in sight.

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Photo: SheKnows

Last year, the week before Cinco de Mayo, I decided it would be cool to try making a popular Pinterest project that had been circulating like wildfire, pinned and repinned by seemingly every user on the visual bookmarking site:

Pinata sugar cookies, originally created by SheKnows.com.

Now, I'm no baker, but I do love to cook and am pretty damn good in the kitchen, thank-you-very-much. Sure, the recipe looked like a lot of work and had a lot of steps, but I thought to myself: "No sweat, I got this."

Nope, I didn't have it. Like, at all.

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In preparation for next weekend's Art of Craft, Cantabrigian crocheters and knitters are raising their needles to whip up flowers, leaves, and birds of all shapes, sizes, and colors. Their hope is that a garden of grandma graffiti will take over Concord Ave.

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By Tara Bellucci

Mom deserves more than a sad supermarket bouquet. Here's your chance to pick her up something original: students and alumni of Massachusetts College of Art and Design are displaying their craft for the school's annual Spring Sale, starting this Sunday and running all week.

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