Amy Sedaris in House & Garden
I love this glimpse into the crafty and kooky decor of Amy Sedaris that’s featured in the December issue of House & Garden. You can get a sneak peek of some of the photos over at design*sponge. Link.
Year: 2007
Faux robot walker
Want to create a robot walking machine for yourself, but don’t want to deal with all of the fussy gyro stabilization and gait-control issues? Here’s how to fake it. (And get your started thinking about NEXT Halloween’s costume.) Build your own steampunk chicken-walker – Link
Eyelet Tutorial
Lisa of U-Handblog shows you how to add an eyelet (grommets) to a handbag in her eyelet tutorial which was used for this red lantern style pouch. Link.
Java-powered pumpkin
The Alchemist created a great Java-powered pumpkin project: The Cluster team is legendary on the MPK Campus for throwing the best Halloween parties [photos]! One of the featured activities is the Pumpkin Carving Contest. This popular event provides the staff with a fun and frivolous outlet for their creative skills. My prize-winning entry last year […]
Making Arduino sing
On uC Hobby, they’re beginning a series on bringing sound to Arduino: This is the first in a series of articles about generating sound with an Arduino. The goals are to generate good quality sound which can be used to play simple tones, stored music, sampled sound, and even act as a MIDI synthesizer. I […]
Embroidered Felt Ornament Tutorial
Sunshine’s Creations has a great tutorial on how to embroider you own felt ornaments by using cookie cutters as shapes. Link.
Shrink Your Trash
Did you know that there is a stew of plastic twice the size of Texas floating in the Pacific? In an attempt to reduce the amount of plastic that I use and throw away, I decided to make shrinky dinks out of used salad containers and document the steps.