HOW TO – Firefly LED Stained Glass Pendant
Instructables user clamoring made this fantastic LED firefly pendant using both stained glass and electronics techniques, plus a great tutorial for putting it all together – Link.
Year: 2008
Touch activated LED valentine
From the MAKE Flickr pool So cool. Member Nlian etched and soldered this unique Valentine’s greeting using SMD components. Copper always adds a bit of class. –Link Make a touch-activated, pulsating LED heart Valentine’s card on DiyLife –Link Related: HOW TO – Make a pulsating hubby detector –Link
“Piniature” Kalimba
Kalimba hacker Yapruder, whose work we’ve blogged about before, continues to push the thumb piano envelope with this teeny-weeny number made with sewing needle tines and a shard of plastic-chrome from a car accident (“Makes sound but very difficult to hold.”). Piniature Kalimba scale shot [Thanks, Patti!] – Link Related: Altoid tin pocket thumb piano […]
Water mortar
From the MAKE Flickr pool Another thing I wish I had when I was a kid. CMorris writes: This water mortar is made from PVC using a variation on Kaden’s drill press lathe technique from “Eccentric Cubicle.” The finished product launches over a quart of water per shot! Just make sure you soak your enemy […]
Proboscian Sippy Mask
Not only does this “sippy mask” by Jennifer Maestre look incredibly wacky, you can also watch your beverage travel up the drinking tube…plus it glows under a blacklight! I’m not sure what occasion might call for such a mask, but it sure is cool. Link. Related: Jennifer Maestre Sculpture – Link.
Martha Stewart Embroidered Portrait
Last summer I fell in love with an embroidered portrait of Martha Stewart I spied around Flickr and on the Adorn magazine blog. It was created by one of my favorite crafters, Erika Kern of My Imaginary Boyfriend. I finally got a chance to see it in person at the November 2007 edition of Felt […]
Etched glass LED door
Think of it as a 21st century take on ’70s van art, for your dining room. Modding my apartment. (Making a new door) [via] – Link
