Spins & Needles is a craft and DJ night, now celebrating their three year anniversary. If you’re in Toronto or Ottawa, you’re in luck! Both events will donate some proceeds to local charitable causes, and they’re bound to be two nights of crafty fun. Tonight in Toronto, March 28 in Ottawa, don’t forget!
Robot Magazine has an excellent piece on their website about machining sheet metal parts for robots (obviously applicable elsewhere) using a Sherline Mill. Basics of making custom robot brackets and skeletal parts
Craftster user Torrance fell in love with the “Skull Isle” hat pattern from Debbie Stoller’s Son of Stitch’n’Bitch, so she adapted the pattern to make this awesome pink-and-black pouch. Skull Isle Pouch
Kindle may not be exactly the killer e-book app we were hoping for, but it makes a lovely sugary confection. Mr. Bezos got such a geeky snortle out of it that he put it on the front page of Amazon. To eat a piece, you have to pay for each slice that you want, and […]
Kristen at Plush You talks with Anna of Mochimochi Land and has a free giveaway for a $15 gift certificate which you can use to buy some of her cute knitting patterns. Deadline for entry is March 31st.
Mike Disher makes custom acrylic turntables – About 5 years ago I decided to try my hand at building a custom turntable. Turntables and mechanical watch and clock movements fascinate me. I view them as functional pieces of kinetic art. I based my turntable design on the legendary Rega P3, and I created a new, […]
Oh we aren’t done with PEEPS yet! For those of you who are sad you didn’t win the free book giveaway for PEEPS®! Recipes and Crafts to Make with Your Favorite Marshmallow Treat by Charity Ferreira, Peter at the Chronicle Books Blog has posted up a recipe from the book to make this yummy PEEPS […]
