1:1 Lego viola
Displayed at this year’s Brickfair conference in DC, this lovely viola is the work of AFOL Cindy English. [Photo by Joe Meno of Brickjournal.]
Month: August 2010
How-To: Stretchy Button Headband
If your button stash is overflowing a bit, here’s a fun, simple project that will help thin it out a bit. Ashley at Little Miss Momma shares how to make this stretchy button headband with a bit of elastic, some thread and a handful of buttons.
How-To: Glowing balloons change color to show air quality
Honestly, they had me at “glowing balloons.” I’ve got a box on a shelf in my closet that houses my past, failed, experiments to make floating, glowing party balloons. The group at Carnegie Mellon that produced this Instructable makes it work by using weather balloons which are bigger and can provide more buoyancy. That the LEDs they use are tri-color versions that change to reflect the ambient air quality is just icing on the cake. [via Boing Boing]
Weekly Make: Projects round-up
Makers are getting involved, taking to heart our call to help build this new Make: Projects wiki, and the results are great. We’re building up a nice library of projects, technique, and primer articles; they come from projects we do ourselves, from the magazine, and from the greater maker community. Thanks to everyone who’s checked […]
Laser cut time travel emblem
Todd writes in – Longtime reader. Just wanted to pass along a little project I just had made. I have always loved this design from supposed Time Traveler John Titor (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Titor). I used Etsy’s Alchemy service to have it laser cut out of wood. I think it turned out wonderfully. Even if the story was […]
CRAFT Pattern: Denim Beret
A circle cut from an old pair of jeans has been ornately embellished with a variety of ribbons and brass buttons to create this super cool denim beret! This beret is just one of dozens of projects in Nancy Minsky’s book, Denim Revolution. Make this beret from an old pair of jeans this weekend. Download […]
Modded Out Credentials from Maker Faire Detroit
At Maker Faire Detroit, each maker was given a credential to sport. They had a place to write your name, and served to let everyone know you were part of the event. If you have ever met a maker, you know that we are the sort who will modify anything and everything we can get […]
