I love no-frills plywood furniture. Admittedly, some of these look about as comfortable as a burlap sack full of rocks, but still, big points for minimalism and DIY aesthetics. They’re for sale, by designers ROLU, but geez, if you’re gonna own something that looks like you made it yourself you might as well have the pleasure, and the pride, of actually having made it yourself. Good for inspiration, though. [via Core77]
While on vacation in France last month, I finally had a chance to finish up a fun crafty novel, Waking Up in the Land of Glitter by Crafty Chica‘s Kathy Cano-Murillo. This book is the star crafter’s first foray into novel writing and let me tell you, this book is good!Waking Up in the Land […]
I won’t be at World Maker Faire this weekend since I’ll be home in Detroit, but I’ll definitely be at the annual American Sewing Expo in Novi, Mich. Have you ever gone before? It’s definitely a great event to check out.
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By Brookelynn Morris LED hula hoops are so beautiful to watch, and creating a custom hoop is a satisfying challenge. Twenty-one LEDs are used in this hoop; 6 are flashing LEDs that cycle through the colors of the rainbow. Each light is combined with a resistor and then wired together in a classic and simple […]
Matteo from Ithaca, NY, repurposed an obsolete computer to serve a clock. He calls it steampunk but it looks more like it survived a wicked house fire… This Macintosh Classic II (circa 1990) has a new life as a shelf-top clock. Running MacOS 7 at 16mhz on 4mb ram and a 20mb hard drive, it […]
World Maker Faire New York is this weekend, and we’ve put together a full schedule for of awesome demos for both days at the CRAFT booth. Each day this week, we’ll profile one of the folks who will be presenting. Be sure to mark your schedule and head to the CRAFT booth for all the […]
