Here’s a site with PDFs for making custom cardboard boxes for Poker-, Bridge-size and “big deck” playing card boxes. There’s also a link to an app for generating custom-size “tuck box” templates. I have some tarot decks that could use a new home. It’ll be fun to design custom art for them. Making Custom Card […]
Here’s a note from Sean, one of the people who were in the media last year for the Mooninite event, he sent this in… post in the comments with you thoughts! – Hi, I’m Sean Stevens, From the infamous Mooninite Madness of 1-31-07. Unfortunately I’ve been totally buried in work and other things so I […]
Andrea Zuill has been sharing her appliqué and embroidery tips on her blog, Badbirds, as she explains her work process making this gorgeous “White Deer” quilt. (Be sure to check all her entries under the “Quilting” category on her blog for further inspiration and info.) Link.
Jared Tarbell is an artist and programmer who does gorgeous computational art, coded in the Processing language. And not only are the finished pieces amazing (and available for purchase), but you can also “run” the art, see it grown in a pop-up applet. Generative Artifacts – Computation Gallery [Thanks, Patti!] – Link
Erin points us to the 144 Inches of I-Cord blog, which recently featured a three-part series explaining how to do stranded knitting. Very handy! Link.
Here’s a unique circuit for guitar effects builders. It uses readily available SIP sockets to allow easy transistor swapping. Experiment with different values for a personalized sound – and change it up on a whim. You can also recreate a bunch of popular pre-existing fuzz distortions with it: Some of the fuzzes you can make […]
This week we Craft bloggers are sharing with you our favorite blogs (besides Craft and Make, of course!). I caught up with Lenore Edman from Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories to talk about her philosophies on creativity and what she does at EMSL. She runs her blog and small business with her husband, Windell Oskay, where […]
