I recently worked with Dudette, a ladies’ DIY group here in Vancouver and with Liane Morisette of Cold Gold Contact Microphones to set up the first-ever Ladies’ Hacking Night at the Vancouver Hack Space. Liane showed us all how to make fuzz bass pedals, which proved to be a great intro to soldering for many.
I am absolutely in love with these shoes right now. They are a great statement piece and just fun to wear. Been getting a lot of compliments on these! Plus, this technique could work for so many things. I kinda want to cover everything in old doilies now… Tapestry Animals Tapestry Bag Inspiration Shoes Subscribe […]
Making cheese isn’t anything I ever considered, especially fancy cheese. But recently, I had the pleasure of taking a Beginning Cheese Making class with author and chef Mary Karlin at The Fork, Point Reyes Farmstead Cheese Company’s beautiful on-farm cooking class facility.
Cool postapocalyptic cosplay from Bellingham, Washington craftsman Ivan Owen. The roadsigns, he assures us, were “obtained through legal means,” and were formed into plates by peening against an anvil, before being affixed to a harness made from belts.
I’m the kind of gal who will take a goofy animal-shaped purse over a fancy boutique model any day. If you are too, check out this fun shark purse tutorial that Kara from I Just Might Explode shared on A Beautiful Mess!
It’s almost as if any Make:Project with “mod” in it’s name is begging to be, well, modded! A shining example of this is John Moseley’s mod of the Luna Mod Looper – dare I say his hack is cute!
Happy Holidays from the Maker Shed Team! Still need to get that perfect gift? It’s not too late! The Maker Shed is shipping until 3PM PST today so you can still get that Ultimate Microcontroller Pack, Arduino, Supercap Racer or anything else in our store sent to your door by tomorrow!
