My parents are getting ready to run a bed and breakfast, so I always think of them when I see things like Instructables user angelpeach838’s pocket towel folding tutorial. It’s definitely too fancy for my house, but if you’ve got houseguests to impress, this could do the trick.
Thingiverse user themauxfaux, who does seem to enjoy his word-play, just posted these plans for a laser-cut bangle that incorporates a hollow passage, complete with air-holes, so you can display your favorite live insect specimens on your wrist.
He calls it “Putrefashion,” which I think is a tactical error. I mean, I understand: I have a hard time resisting a good pun myself, but the whole point here is to keep the critter alive. And if you were to, you know, keep wearing it after it died and started to rot, well…just…ew. Even moreso “ew” than wearing bugs around on your wrist in the first place.
Now, apart from the name, there’s still plenty to criticize here, if I were inclined to do so. But I prefer to focus on the positive, and in spite of all my little quibbles with the design, I say this still counts as a win on the basis of originality alone.
Maya of Maya*Made shares how she made these delightful cuffs from reclaimed leather from a thrift store purchase. I love the shape of the leaves, but as Maya mentions, all kinds of shapes would work in this application and the possibilities are endless!
I’m blown away by Instructables user analogcatastrophe’s design for a custom-fit reversible coat, made from two fleece blankets she thrifted. The project came in under $5! Cute photo trick, too.
We went to the hardware store and came home with lots of PVC bits that we assembled into a barrel and a chamber. Then we waffled for some time about how to hack together an electric ignition system. Our thoughts went immediately to using an automotive spark-plug, but none of us really understood enough about electricity to know how to separate the spark-plug from the car. We were pretty sure you couldn’t just take a spark-plug and wire it up to a car battery and expect results, but beyond that we were clueless. We ended up using a piezoelectric barbecue grill igniter, which gave satisfactory results but often required several “clicks” to actually fire the thing.
Hey! Jen Renee shares how to make two different kinds of fabric flowers with scraps of fabric you already have in your stash. They are seriously simple (think: pinch and stitch) and a great way to adorn all kinds of items.
What’s Ada Lovelace Day? Ada Lovelace Day is an international day of blogging (videologging, podcasting, comic drawing etc.!) to draw attention to the achievements of women in technology and science. Who was Ada? Ada Lovelace was one of the world’s first computer programmers, and one of the first people to see computers as more than […]
