It’s that time of year again for new backpacks and lunch bags as we head Back to School! Here’s a collection of some great indie finds in this month’s Bazaar. Lunch Kit This nicely designed set has everything you need for stylish lunches on the go: a set of reuseable utensils, five cloth napkins, and […]
I’ve tried my hand at quite a few different methods for circuit building — breadboard, perfboard, custom etching, even some boardless freeform wiring, but somehow, I never got around to using surface-mount parts (until now, that is). Understandably, many balk at the idea of soldering the infamously tiny SMD packages, but once equipped with the […]
You may have seen the distinctive Golden Mean snail car at Maker Faire, on the playa of Burning Man, or on the pages of MAKE Volume 16, and likely you wish you had a drivable snail of your own. Thanks to creator Jon Sarriugarte, you can get to welding, following the 22-step how-to he posted […]
Back to School season is in full swing, and these school lunch mats from Regina of Creative Kismet are a great addition to any kid’s lunchbox. See how to whip up a whole batch over on her blog.
Over at CRAFT, we have a metric crapton of mending tutorials, and not just on sewing, either! In honor of Make and Mend month here on MAKE, I bring you the very best in makery mending from our sister site. If you can’t get enough, we have a whole mending archive ready for you to […]
Sculptor Jason Tennant uses local downed chestnut wood to make beautiful carved sculptures. Go inside his process and studio in this video by Etsy. Before my encounter with Jason, a sculptor and painter, I had a lot of ideas about his work. Meeting him washed these ideas away, and I was left with the raw […]
Jan DiCintio of Daisy Jane shares a tasty-looking recipe for these oat-free, grain free trail bars. Why no grains? The answer is multi-layered, but here’s the basic idea. We work hard and workout harder – we live life fully and need foods that keep us feeling light and spry. Through experimenting with our diet, we […]
