I’ve been looking for some really good books and resources for DIY Halloween monster makeup and all the signs seem to be pointing towards Dick Smith’s Do-It-Yourself Monster Make-Up Handbook – “Originally printed in 1965 and offered through Famous Monsters of Filmland Magazine, The Dick Smith Do-It-Yourself Monster Make-Up Handbook remains one of the best […]
MAKE Flickr photo pool memeber Trialex posted this little (battery free) USB power LED torch, here’s how to make your own… – WHAT? A rechargeable, battery-free LED torch which gets it’s power from USB and stores it in a capacitor. WHY? I reckon USB stuff is cool. I also reckon LED stuff is cool. I […]
Field & Stream round up 7 ways to start a fire without a match… starting with the ole’ rub sticks… – “Friction-Based Fire Making – Rubbing two sticks together is likely the oldest of all -fire-starting techniques, and also the most difficult. Besides proper technique, you have to choose the right wood for the fireboard […]
Steph shares with us her cool tutorial on how to sew cool circuit board knee patches which she did for her son Ford. Steph says, “All this deconstruction has led to a massive reconstruction project of knee-patching, due to all the time Ford spends on the floor laboring over his electronic hardware. Of all designing […]
This week’s CRAFT podcast pattern is the Tonia Cape from Fitzpatterns where designer Lisa Howdin exclaims,”I can’t believe capes are back. Nor how good they look with skinny jeans!!” The Tonia cape is a great addition for your wardrobe as a perfect Fall cover up. Suggested fabrics you can use are woven wools, tweeds, gabardines […]
Dan, Dale and some of the MAKE/CRAFT team with be at this event in Sebastopol, here’s a bit about it from Dan (pictured here, some photos from Tom and Wendell Anderson’s high speed photo sessions, they’ll be doing these at the event). If you’re in the area, Sebastopol, CA – check it out… “The Particles […]
This is the first “official” week of the CRAFT launch, you can get our new magazine in stores, Amazon, subscribe and the CRAFTZine.com/blog is open 24/7 for all things in the world of CRAFT – here are a few fun posts from this week… Star Wars Crafts Archive, use the felt – Link. A Closer […]
