Make: television Executive Producer Richard Hudson, Maker Workshop segment host John Edgar Park, and MAKE Editor and Publisher Dale Dougherty, proving that they can clean up well. Note Dale, the rebel, sans bow tie. Shocking! John Park and his wife Erin Kelly Park (who’s contributed to MAKE). Nice dress, Erin! Okay… ah… technically, we didn’t […]
I love crafting around with looms and this project by Whitney at The Purl Bee on how to make a woven flower necklace uses Clover’s cute Hana Ami Flower Loom.This looks like a great little project to pick up for fun, portable summer crafting.
Chris Blazick of Pasadena, CA, wrote in to share his wedding ring, which he had engraved with a binary message. I wanted to write in to share the tale of my wedding ring. It’s a traditional band with a square pattern embedded in it. The squares represent binary. The words of the Claddagh are encoded: […]
Lisa of U*Handbag shares her tips and insight for picking the right sewing machine needle and understanding how to make sense of needle packaging.
Last night I worked until dark with a team of women creating a flower arch for Leandra’s wedding. While I can’t spoil the surprise and post early photos of the final results, I thought I would share some shots of the materials and the process. The structure of the arch are boughs of bamboo, and […]
Sonya Nimri shows how she made a wooden wedding sign for her friend Phoebe’s woodsy lakeside wedding. I love how Sonya made use of all the natural elements from the property. Don’t miss Sonya’s recent wedding projects on CRAFT which includes this how-to on table number plates and creating a leave seating card display.
Collin Schulz of the Twin Cities wrote in with a fun project he’s working on: a DTMF shield. This one is for the phreakers of the past. A simple Arduino shield to decode DTMF tones using an audio input. It can easily be hooked up to a cell phone or radio. The shield uses an […]
