Year: 2010

In the Makers Market:  Build Your Own Cover Books

In the Makers Market: Build Your Own Cover Books

This funky book is made from two 5″ (16 X 16 dot in geek speak) square green LEGO® base plates. The paper is 70 lb. 100% recycled white paper suitable for writing or drawing. There are 10 signatures with 8 pages a signature for a total of 80 pages (or 160 if you count front and back sides.) Also included are 20 flat LEGO® pieces (the pieces may differ from the picture) AND a LEGO® separator so you can create the cover of your choice! This is the FUN part – go minimalist with the plain cover or add some color…All of my books and albums are made by hand in my home-based studio. So my creations will last I use acid free paper, cloth, and glue.

Toolbox: Take a seat!

Toolbox: Take a seat!

In the Make: Online Toolbox, we focus mainly on tools that fly under the radar of more conventional tool coverage: in-depth tool-making projects, strange or specialty tools unique to a trade or craft that can be useful elsewhere, tools and techniques you may not know about, but once you do, and incorporate them into your […]

Flashback: Computer Cursive

How cool would it be if every time you tippety tapped on your keyboard, the font that resulted was your very own unique handwriting? Pretty cool, if you ask me. If you haven’t heard of Fonifier yet, read on to see how you can create your own handwriting font for under $10. This week’s Flashback […]