Month: June 2010

Succulent Wedding Bouquets

I’m lucky enough (or rather my wallet is unlucky enough) to live close to Flora Grubb Gardens here in San Francisco, but anyone can take inspiration from the amazing succulent bridal flowers they put together. (Scroll down to the blog below the online shop to see lots of fantastic photos.) I love the unusual combinations, […]

Choosing Wedding Flowers

In this week’s CRAFT Video, Brookelynn and Nat took a trip to the San Francisco flower market, where Brookelynn points out several different great wedding bouquet flowers and gives expert tips on how to pick out the perfect flowers for the bride. Subscribe to the CRAFT Podcast in iTunes, watch it on YouTube, Vimeo, or […]

Painting With Ice Cubes

As a child, I was fascinated by watching and playing with ice cubes as they melted. So I think this is a great idea for a summer activity – painting with ice cubes! To prepare, you put a few drops of food coloring in each slot of a water-filled ice cube tray and freeze. Kate […]

MAKE goes to the Emmys!

MAKE goes to the Emmys!

John Park ready for the Red Carpet. Nice Bond meets MacGyver thing goin’ on there, JEP. We’re all just aflutter with excitement here at Maker Media ’cause tonight is the 37th Annual Daytime Creative Arts and Entertainment Emmy Awards, and Make: television is up for an award! We’re up against Martha Stewart, This Old House, […]

Lullaby for a MakerBot

There’s another first for MakerBot: electronic musician Haeyoung “Bubblfish” Kim wrote this song, supposedly the first original composition written for a MakerBot CupCake! If you’re digging this, check out MakerBot’s list of other musical compositions. If you want to make your own, there is a MIDI to gcode Python script that helps you convert your […]