How-To: Corn Candle Holders
Next time you plan on having corn for dinner, buy an extra ear or two, and use the surplus to make these super fast and easy corn candle holders from Crissy’s Crafts. Perfect for the Thanksgiving season!
Month: November 2011
Letterpress Giving Thanks Cards
I just bought two sets of these letterpress giving thanks cards for my Thanksgiving feast. What a special way to mark down the things you’ve loved about the year! Of course you can do it on any old paper, but there’s something about the beauty of letterpress that lends even more weight to the process.
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How-To: Knee Sock Tights
It seems like kids tights are are always in need of replacement. Between runs, holes, and stains, they tend to make it through about one wear—two if you’re lucky—and then they’re so unsightly that they’re relegated to the bottom of the drawer. It seems like the knees, heals, and toes are always the first to […]
Lasercut Motorized Turntable for 360-degree Object Photography
Another handy laser-cut design from British open-source kit-makers .:oomlout:.. DXF plans are available on Thingiverse, and a QuickTime sample of an object photographed with the turntable here.
Math Monday: String Hyperboloid
A string hyperboloid can be made by running strings between two circles and rotating one relative to the other. Here’s one large enough to stand inside of—it is fourteen feet high—between four-foot diameter circles.
