HOW TO – Grace Lace Beret
Loop Knits shares a pattern for making this lovely knitted lace slouchy beret. If you’re local to Philadelphia, check out their beret-making classes on October 20 and 27.
Year: 2008
Skull Projects with Noah Scalin (Video)
Noah Scalin of SkullADay.com and the upcoming book, Skulls, joins Martha to show off some of his skull projects from the blog and book. He also crafts with Martha to make a skull potato stamp in these videos from the Martha Stewart Show.
Doctor Atomic an opera about building the first nuke
Last night I saw Doctor Atomic an opera about building the first nuke. I think we’ll see more and more “technology” storied from history hit plays, operas, broadway musicals – they’re filled with interesting characters, struggle, conflict, love and all the things you need for a great story. Doctor Atomic by composer John Adams is […]
Betterbaby Snake proof baby crib, er… cage?
Back in the early 1900’s a company named Caldwell made a snake-proof baby crib, they don’t make them like they used to folks… via BA.
The Biggest DIY Halloween Contest on the Web!
We teamed up with our pals from Instructables for what is the biggest Halloween contest on the web. In honor of the best DIY holiday ever, we’re having a party — and everyone’s invited! Elaborate costumes for the whole family, gadgets that go “zzzZAP!,” gross-looking foods, creepy decorations that turn your house into a forbidding […]
HOW TO – Make an e-paper clock from Esquire magazine
Nice how-to on making an e-paper clock from Esquire magazine from Ian @ Hack a Day… he writes – If you’ve never heard about electronic paper, crawl out from under that rock and read up on the Sony Reader and the Amazon Kindle. E-paper is a flexible display made of color-changing beads that mimic ink-on-paper […]
Yabba Dabba DIY – Homemade Flintstones car
Bill LeMaster, a 44-year-old retired Air Force technician living in Montgomery, Ala., enjoys a great many hobbies, ranging from arts to electronics. He also enjoys his family, his most beloved passion. Although, if you ask his wife, she’d probably say collecting hobbies is his biggest passion. Last Halloween, when he heard his grandkids were dressing […]