Jessica of How About Orange has just launched her latest fabric collection called Outside Oslo in collaboration with Chicago’s The Needle Shop. The line should be in stores near you in May. If you are shop or manufacturer interested in carrying the line, check out The Needle Shop for ordering info.
Check it out! Glee-inspired slushie cupcakes that Tamara (Athens, GA) of Cupcakes by Tamara made for her Glee second season premiere party last fall. The red sanding sugar on top makes it looks just like a cold, sweet slushie. Very clever. She also made Cheerio-Marshmallow-Chocolate lollipops, and … she bought a bright blue Adidas track […]
On the latest Make: Live, we had Dustyn Roberts, our mechanics mentor for the month, give us a tour of her Wind Lantern project, from her book Making Things Move. She’s also has put up the build on Make: Projects. It’s a fun introduction to vertical-axis wind turbines (VAWT), building a diode bridge rectifier circuit, […]
I know what you’re thinking: “Enough with Nutella already!” I keep wondering when I’ll get tired of drooling over various Nutella recipes, and then I see something like these mini Nutella cheesecakes from Bakers Royale and realize … probably not any day soon. It also doesn’t hurt that they “are extremely easy to make.” If […]
Crafty Chica pays homage to Elizabeth Taylor with this tutorial on iLoveToCreate.com on how to create a glittered Liz Taylor silhouette top.
Today we have a special guest post The Re-Emergence of DIY vs Big Organizations by Johnny Lee. The post is here on MAKE in its entirety with permission. It’s an excellent read for makers, innovators, and any company looking to harness the smarts of the tinkerers out there. Johnny Lee is best known for his […]
Here’s a glimpse of the future for you: Mary Huang is working on Continuum computational couture, software that would allow you to turn a sketch into a 3D model and then back again into a flat pattern that can be sewn into a dress. (And her sample dresses are pretty great–the LBD made modern in […]
