Our Craftzine exclusive article “The World of Magpies and Craftsters” by Chrissa Banner is up. Read all about Leah Kramer, co-owner of Magpie (the coolest craft botique in Somerville, MA), founder of Craftster.org and cofounder of the Bazaar Bizarre craft fairs. Link. More: Flickr Photos – Link.
Splityarn has a fun Instructable on making your own custom vinyl pencil case… – “When all the ads on TV start playing the back to school tune, I can’t help but get giddy at the prospect of new school supplies. Mmmm, fresh Laurentien pencil crayons and brand new Bic ultra fine point pens. I used […]
For when you are in the dilemma of what to do with those extra SIM cards, Cat of Cut out + Keep shows you how to turn them into some earrings. Link.
A MAKE reader sent in this interesting idea for a camera, one that actually doesn’t take photos – “Buttons captures a moment at the press of a button. However, the device doesn’t have any optical part. The camera memorizes only the time of the picture and immediately searches the net for other photos that have […]
This Maker Moriash Moreau hooked up a treadmill so he can walk around in the virtual world of Second Life… – “I started my walk at the beginning of the road on the east edge of Abitibi, and followed it roughly westward (give or take some meandering) to Whiskey, a trip of approximately 6.3 kilometers. […]
By Arwen O’Reilly On Saturday, I went to see some of the quilters from Gee’s Bend (see previous post on the exhibit of the quilts) talk at the De Young Museum. There was a huge, eclectic and passionate crowd there, eagerly awaiting the arrival of “the ladies,” as everyone seems to call them. They entered […]
Matt writes – “Just posted the build notes for a simple sub-$20 LED bike light I built inside an audiocassette case. I’ve been riding with this thing for about a month now and loving it more and more.” – Link. Related: Bicycle projects, how-tos and archives – Link. New Bicycle section on MAKE! – Link. […]
