As a busy parent, it’s usually easier to buy things than make them at home. With three kids under 8 years old, there have been many times I’ve found myself ordering takeout or running to the store ...

Paige Balcom knows how to make things. In middle school, she was an "inventioneer" who was part of a winning team in the 2010 FIRSTLEGO League World Championship. As a student at the University of New ...

If you love making things and want to earn a little extra money, these are the most profitable crafts to make and sell. Turn your hobby into a side hustle! Selling things you make is a fantastic way ...

It's never too late to make things right—even when cracks form within our relationships with our families, our environment...or the inevitable. This hour, TED speakers offer healing solutions. Guests ...

I was a newly minted second lieutenant in the Army, driving through the Korean countryside with my company commander who I had just met and he turned to me and said: “Lieutenant. I believe there are ...

Measure twice, cut once is excellent advice when building anything, from carpentry to metalworking. While this adage will certainly save a lot of headache, mistakes, and wasted material, it will only ...

Making things — masks, quilts, ceramics, mandalas — was a practical and sometimes political response to the moment. 47 Photos View Slide Show › By Steven Kurutz Necessity is the mother of invention, ...

We have all heard: "Make the easy things easy, and the hard things possible." This quote is inspired by a similar one from Larry Wall, creator of the Perl programming language, in which he was talking ...

We all make mistakes, big and small. Amid our lives, we flounder. We let emotions and/or unconscious baggage dictate our words or actions, and in the process, sometimes cause people we love, care ...