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Cake Embroidery With Sprinkles

As soon as I saw this picture over on Pinterest, I immediately recognized the pattern as one of Carina’s. Instead of floss stitches on fabric, though, this design was executed using sprinkles on the frosting of a cake. Stephanie of Clockwork Lemon used one of Carina’s embroidery patterns as inspiration for the delicate placement of […]

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Beaker Zippered Pouch

Every once in a while, I see a craft that makes my inner 10-year-old squeal, “Ooh, that’s COOL!” and this reverse appliquéd zippered beaker pouch from Cation Designs is definitely speaking to my younger science geek self! My favorite part of the post: though the pouch isn’t really meant to hold actual beakers, she still […]

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New in the Maker Shed: TTL Serial JPEG Camera with NTSC Video

New in the Maker Shed: TTL Serial JPEG Camera with NTSC Video

This new camera, now available in the Maker Shed, can be a great addition to your project. It was designed to be used in security systems and does two main things – it outputs NTSC video and can take snapshots of that video and transmit them over the TTL serial link. You can snap pictures at 640×480, 320×240 or 160×120 and they are pre-compressed into JPEG images which makes them nice, small and easy to store on an SD card.

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