Glitter has always been my absolute favorite. I love anything that sparkles, gleams, or shines! The way that glitter captures the light intensifies color and that was the inspiration for these “tone on tone” headbands. They are great accessories that are both sophisticated and sparkly! ILoveToCreate.com sent me a stunning rainbow of glitters, and using […]
I must admit I’m starting to get a little fatigued with the plethora of Kickstarter projects, some of which seem to be thinly disguised grabs for cash without offering anything back to the donor. However, one area that I think still has a lot of energy is the idea of patrons buying into an art […]
Kate at Design Sponge shows you how to make a balsa wood mini tree – perfect for small living spaces. Kate writes: I scrapped several–okay, many–variations on miniature tree designs. Too many of them involved tools that not everyone has room to own or otherwise were unable to support ornaments. I settled with balsa wood […]
MAKE contributor David Simpson wrote to tell us about a workshop he’s going to be doing at the Spy Museum next month: We all love spy gear, from the wacky Maxwell Smart rotary-dial shoephone to the grab bag of goodies Bond always so nonchalantly snares from Q. Thank you, MAKE, for Volume 16, the “Spy […]
The folks at Little Bird Electronics have a nice tutorial about how and why to use the analog reference input on a microcontroller to improve analog voltage measurements.
Last year I picked up a few of Heidi Kenney’s special Christmas ornaments while in Chicago and instantly added them to handmade ornament collection. I was very excited to see this year’s offering, a sweet plush elf. Maybe this little guy might look nice on your tree, too?
I remember seeing the old footage of Star Wars sound designer and foley artist Ben Burtt, banging on a steel radio tower guy wire with a crescent wrench to record blaster-sounds, from a TV documentary when I was like five years old. Which is one of the reasons I thoroughly enjoyed this video interview with him, in spite of the fact that it’s part of a puff video for Lucasfilm’s new book about Star Wars sound effects. Click the embedded player to be taken straight to Ben’s interview at 1:05. [via Gizmodo]
