By Jessica Wilson If you’ve ever gotten lost on the internet looking for holiday ideas, you know that there are a million ways to make an Advent calendar. Here’s my take on the great Advent make — it’s handmade, it’s customizable, and it’s very pretty. There are even a number of ways you can display […]
This amazing artwork, by Jason de Caires Taylor, has been making the viral socmedia rounds. Taylor casts life-size cement sculptures of people, animals, furniture, and then submerges them off the coast of South America. Hauntingly beautiful. Imagine scuba diving and coming upon a guy typing at a desk. Awesome. [Thanks, Fran!] Drowning Beautiful
Here are some gifts for the knitter or crocheter on your list. Make Make yarn This Make Make yarn from Japan is beautiful – I love the subtle color changes, all staying in the same color family. Trust me, if you have a knitter or crocheter on your gift list, giving them some gorgeous yarn […]
I built one of these years ago from plans I saw in Slocum and Botterman’s New Book of Puzzles, and still delight in playing with it, so I was pleased as–geez, I can’t say “pleased as punch” and still respect myself in the morning, so I’ll just leave it at “really pleased”–to see this new tutorial from Instructables user Phil B about how it’s done. From the outside, the puzzle is deceptively simple: You can guess from Phil’s description that you’ve got to spin it, to win it, but there’s a devious twist. The book I saw it in had a picture of a clear plastic version that showed off how the mechanism worked, but that makes it rather too easy to figure out; the best way to appreciate Yoshigahara’s design is to build one for yourself, then give it to somebody else to puzzle over.
As part of a Google DemoSlam contest, NYC resistor recently held a Tasty QR code contest.
This peanut soup recipe that Lisa from Lil Fish Studios shares looks like a yummy, interesting dinner that would be perfect for cold winter nights.
Ottawa maker Nigel Vezeau built an adorable kiddy trike for his daughter: When my first daughter was two and a half, she started showing interest in things with wheels. I was keen to get her started on a bicycle, but realized she didn’t have to coordination to balance and learn to pedal at the same […]
