Rust Box Advice
I picked up this lovely old toolbox full of tools at a yard sale recently. Any advice on reviving some of those rusty tools in there? Please add your favorite refinishing/de-rusting tips in the comments.
Month: February 2011
How-To: Vintage Doily Lampshade
With a simple trip to the thrift store for supplies, Maize Hutton shows you how to make this beautiful vintage doily lampshade.
Upcycle Wine Corks into a Bulletin Board
Julie over at Home Made repurposed an old door into a bulletin board using a large stock of wine corks. Open up an extra bottle of wine tonight and you’re one cork closer to making your own! More: Make Wine Cork Stamps Wine cork pincushion and toolholder How-To: Wine cork bath mat
Gallium spoon makes for fun teatime prank
The metal gallium has a low melting point (29.78 °C, according to the material safety data sheet), so a spoon made of it will melt when used to stir a hot beverage. [via Gizmodo]
Trying to Paint with Bob Ross
I thought I’d share this with all the painters out there. I just got back from a Bob Ross Paint Along here in the Mitten and… this is what happened. Yes, I painted a stick figuring yelling, “SEND HELP.” Yes, I dropped out of art school…. Anyone else ever tried to paint along with Mr. […]
How-To: Asymmetrical Stripe Polymer Clay Buttons
Lisa Clarke of Polka Dot Cottage is in the middle of a series of tutorials for making polymer clay buttons. So far, I think these fun asymmetrical stripe buttons are my favorites. If you are new to working with polymer clay, these tutorials are a great way to learn basic techniques.
Gadgeteer Testing Notes
Recently, I had an opportunity to get early access to a new hardware system from Microsoft. Gadgeteer is a way for people to rapidly build devices, program them and then even build enclosures around the projects they make. On Wednesday morning, almost none of my students had ever written a computer program, and by Friday afternoon, every one had the opportunity to write a program that would control output hardware based on the input of sensors that they had built.
