On today’s BBtv, Xeni talks with Marc Owens about his Avatar Machine, a camera rig that turns you into a gaming avatar in the real world. Howstuffworks details how the Avatar Machine is built, which as Owen says in the interview, is basically a camera tripod mounted on your back. Avatar Machine – Marc Owens’ […]
Joana Vasconcelos is a Portuguese artist who creates crochet covers, patterning existing objects. I think it really takes the mind of a sculptor to be able to crochet in such intricate three-dimensional detail. Via Craftystylish.
Here’s an easy breakfast treat you can whip up this weekend–you can even give them a crafty touch by using colorful sanding sugar, which I think looks like glitter! Sparkle Scones Ingredients: • 1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour • 4 teaspoons baking powder • 1/4 cup white sugar • 1/8 teaspoon salt • 5 tablespoons […]
Here are some of my favorite posts from the CRAFT blog this week: HOW TO – Make a Mini S’mores Grill HOW TO – Make an Origami Mobile Plantable Cards Custom Laser Engraved Moleskine Notebooks Hansigurumi Juvenile Sea Nettle – CRAFT Pattern Podcast
Action figure modder Silloff, who’s work we’ve blogged about before, has an amazing collection of Star Wars figures re-envisioned within a steampunk universe. Steam Punk Star Wars [via]
Thompson Family Life provides step-by-step instructions for making your own gorgeous fabric and paper silhouette plaques from your fave family photos. Related: • Recycled Wallpaper Wildlife Silhouette Kits • HOW TO – Make Silhouette Necklaces • Photo Silhouette Portraits
Here’s a crafty solution to noisy hard disks: suspend it with elastic! Jason @ HACKS tipped us off to this silencing technique. From Silent PC Review: As the pictures show, the drive is essentially suspended on the stretched elastic. The resilience of the elastic stops all vibrations from passing from the drive to the case […]
