I do love an instant-gratification project with a sense of humor. Christen of Twirling Betty acquired some pretty Japanese Washi tape and used it to create a set of refrigerator magnets that look like… tape! The whole project takes minutes to do, and is a great way to recycle any unwanted magnets thrust upon you […]
Berto Aussems of Maastricht, the Netherlands, built a trolling motor powered by a drill. Anyone with a cordless drill can make this trolling motor, just from wood. This is a fun project; making it, in a couple of hours, and to navigate on still waters. OK, you have to buy a propellor, a square drillhead, […]
Jenny from Craft Test Dummies is always coming up with new and creative uses for any craft product that she gets her hands on. Case in point, her How to Cut Polymer Clay with the Cricut tutorial takes electronic cutters out of the realm of paper craft, and shows just how versatile they can be […]
The concept of interactive “smart cubes” has been around for awhile, but the introduction of Sifteo brings the concept to full market realization. The basic idea is to have a set of wirelessly-connected blocks that have embedded MCUs and LCD screens that change image and function in relation to the other blocks around them.
Cupcakes and Cashmere posted this fun, fresh mermaid nails DIY using a sweet shade by Essie and Martha Stewart glitter. This is pretty adorable and might have to make an appearance on my nails this weekend. I am loving the new beauty DIY trend I am seeing all over design blogs right now. Makes looking […]
Growing up, it was always a special treat to use the special set of birthday cake candle holders from my mom’s childhood. They were wee plastic animals that held the candles perfectly, but they were also very fragile. Through the years, several broke and now I’m not even sure where the rest are. I love […]
Over the next month (and beyond) I plan to chronicle my journey of going from Zero to Maker in this column here on MAKE. By rolling up my sleeves and getting my hands dirty, talking with other makers about how they got started, and my willingness to ask “stupid” questions, I hope to learn enough to be dangerous, to take an idea from inception to reality.
