Alli of One Pearl Button created these fun Betsy McCall magnetic paper dolls as a gift for her niece. She used images from the Betsy McCall paper doll web site, and transferred them to thin magnets. By putting them all together in a small tin, she was able to create a toy that’s great for […]
If you’re hosting an intimate New Year’s Eve bash (instead of a wild and crazy party for the masses), these charming dollar store table settings from A Little Hut could be just the ticket.
Interested in learning how to program, or know someone who is? Then you might want to check out Al Sweigart’s free book, Invent Your Own Computer Games with Python. Now in it’s second edition, the Creative Commons-licensed book was written to help anyone, young or old, learn to program in the powerful Python language.
It’s a holiday vacation week at O’Reilly Media, the parent of Craftzine. And in that vein, I’m taking a smidge of a break today from creating DIY’s. Instead I am sharing my first-ever, and perhaps most favorite, project that I wrote while I was still just guest blogging for Craftzine. This forest centerpiece is so […]
My 1 year old daughter Chloe doesn’t like sweets. She refused to take another bite out of her birthday cupcake we got from Miette at her birthday party. I decided for Christmas I was going to make carrot pineapple mini cupcakes by weelicious so that she could have a special treat that was a bit […]
By way of Alden Hart at HacDC comes this amazing computer-controlled analog piano that speaks, *almost* comprehensible English, when a frequency spectrum of a child reading the text of the Proclamation of the European Environmental Criminal Court is transferred to robot fingers that press the piano’s keys. Creepy. Cool. [Thanks, Alden!] Speaking Piano – Now […]
I’m working on a felt electronics control panel. It has two knobs and four pushbuttons. I first needle felt a little cylinder, then bore out a channel in which to fit a standard button or knob. They’re delightfully fuzzy, yet firm to the touch. See more at my Flickr. More: Big Fluff Pi vs. Music-Industrial […]
