ThreadHeads: Prom Refashions (Video)
It’s Prom season at ThreadHeads where you’ll learn how to take an old 80’s dress and make it chic for 2008. For guys, make a simple bow tie out of an old scarf.
Year: 2008
Jello Shamrocks
Zakka Life is seeing green with her recipe on how to make Jello Shamrocks. Link.
Painted Fabric Silhouettes
Anna Maria Horner went on Martha to make these adorable painted fabric silhouettes. A great way to make some quick and pretty wall art. [ via ] Link.
The March Sampler
The March sampler arrived with a lot of sweet silkscreen and letterpress treats. Time to start writing letters and cards to all my friends. Here are some of my favorites: Decorated pushpins by Marajane Creations – Link. Ribbon embracelets by Kooshis – Link. Assorted note cards by Noodleroll – Link. The Location Collection letterpress cards […]
HOW TO – Make an Elephant Pincushion
This elephant pincushion on Cut Out + Keep is pretty big for just pins. Luckily it will look great by your sewing machine with or without the pins. Link.
HOW TO – Mechanical hit-counter using serial/no MCU
Aah, traffic to your site never sounded so satisfyingly physical before – Bob sent us info on his physical hit counter which uses no microcontroller or complex parts, just an RS232 connection, a few electronic components and s little software. (well of course there is that clicking counter unit as well) Still, a fresh approach […]
Paint roller POV
Carlos sent us this interesting take on persistence of vision tech. This “low tech – POV spinning display” uses an arduino, paint roller, and the contact braids from a toy slot car. Clever design – those contacts act as an effective timer/trigger, simplifying the manual animation(aka – waving) process. – Link Related: Menorah-POV – Link […]