How-To: Dye Paper Doilies
These delicate paper doilies take on a yummy new feel when dyed with food coloring. Molly of Charlotte’s Fancy shares how she did it, along with some tips to make the process go smoothly. [via @sweetbeets ]
Year: 2010
Last chance to win a MakerBot 3D printer!
Don’t forget, tonight at 11:59 PDT is the deadline for entering the MAKE/MakerBot CupCake CNC kit giveaway! Design an object and upload it to Thingiverse, then post a link to it at the giveaway landing page. One lucky entrant will receive a Deluxe CupCake kit, and several others will receive some nifty gear as well!
Sneak Peek: Lost at Sea in NYC
I got to pop in to gallery hanahou in NYC yesterday to get a sneak peek of the setup of Lost at Sea, a fiber art show opening this Thursday. Curator Kristen Rask was busily working to find the perfect place for each artist’s creations, stopping every now and then to swoon over the loveliness […]
MakerBot CupCake Transformer is 1000X awesome
Up until I saw this entry I felt a little bad about not having time to draw up my MakerBot contest entry in Blender… but after seeing industrial designer Joel Miller’s entry, well, I still wish I had entered but any illusions about winning are long gone. Wow! Brilliant job. What’s cooler than transformers? A […]
How-To: Vintage Book Wedding Ring Holder
When I got married almost 11 years ago, we had a very traditional wedding – right down to the fancy pillow on which our wedding rings were carried to the altar. The pillow itself wasn’t so bad, but it certainly wasn’t as cool as this ring carrying option from Britini of Paper n Stitch. She […]
Cable ties with leaves
Unfortunately just a concept design, at this point, as far as I can tell. Leaf tie, from Lufdesign. [via NOTCOT]
Mercury arc valve rectifiers are beautiful
The thing to have when every other mad scientist on your block is already rocking a Jacob’s ladder.
Sure, you have to ignore the fact that it’s loud, clunky, and chock-full of poisonous metal, but geez…just look at it. [Thanks, Billy Baque!]