Elsie from A Beautiful Mess picked up a plain brown briefcase at a thrift shop, and decided to give it a good old fashioned makeover. In her D.I.Y. Lace Briefcase tutorial, she takes an item that usually evokes visions of stuffy suits and boring meetings, and transforms it into something that’s stylish, functional, and feminine. […]
Ever since the release of the Redpark Cable for iOS and Brian Jepson’s Make: Project, this bundle has been scarce. We just received a shipment of parts so the Redpark Breakout Pack for Arduino and iOS is currently back in the Maker Shed! For those that missed it, this cable along with the P4 RS232 adapter lets you talk to microcontrollers and sensors with your iOS powered device without jail breaking!
I’m a bit obsessed with painting my nails (I blame Brookelynn and her beautiful manicures that show up in all her projects), but I’ve yet to make the move into nail art. This cross-stitch manicure from The Daily Nail might just change that. [via Jess B on Pinterest]
Ben Grosser’s painting machine is an open source CNC that he adapted to create paintings. This machine uses artificial intelligence to paint its own body of work and to make its own decisions. While doing so, it listens to its environment and considers what it hears as input into the painting process. In the absence […]
An intrepid culinary adventurer, named Kari Schuster, created this “Meta-Pizza.” It occurred to me that up until now I had been limiting myself to pizza only in its natural state. It was obvious what I had to do next — find as many pizza-flavored items as I could and turn them into a pizza.[Editor’s note: […]
Astounding needlework by space wonk Jen Scheer, aka @flyingjenny, now up for auction on eBay.
I’ve been on a bit of a Dr. Who kick lately, watching old episodes in preparation for the new season that’s starting soon. Of course, that leads to stalking Dr. Who crafts out on the interwebs, and I stumbled on this amazing Weeping Angel costume from crafty_tardis. It’s from a few years ago, but is […]
