Wheatgrass Easter Egg Centerpiece
This is a really cute and kid-friendly craft to do this Spring to bring the outdoors in.
Year: 2011
Cable Dyeing
Sean Ragan over at Make posted about his Cable Dyeing project on Make: Projects, and since I’m elbow-deep in egg dye these days, it caught my eye! Turns out many cables are sheathed with PVC, and will take the same oil-based stains as PVC pipe. If you want a purple cord, for instance, you can […]
Making a Trapeze Bar
My friend Mike is making a trapeze bar, cool stuff – Recently, while watching me splice a thimble for the 2nd time, a friend of mine made the observation that a trapeze bar is made entirely of work… and a little bit of rope. Indeed. Sewing the covers on is even worse. I put off […]
Downloadable Easter Owl Goodie Bags And Bookmarks
These owl goodie bags and bookmarks from Shivani of My Owl Barn and Lynn of Jinjerup are so adorable. I love how the bookmarks have their own special little pocket on the side of the bag so they can be tucked away for gifting.
ArcAttack’s Musical Tools and Appliances
Joe DiPrima of ArcAttack! sent us a link to this video of their MIDI-orchestrated tools and appliance jam. We asked Joe to provide some more details of the build. Here’s what he sent us. Thanks, Joe! The completed 8-relay control board The main controller is basically just a MIDI-controlled powerstrip. We originally built it with […]
Dalek Cupcakes And Dr. Who Food & Craft Roundup
Tomorrow is the season premiere of Dr. Who, and if you’re hosting a watching party be sure to check out these cool chocolate and peanut butter Dalek cupcakes from Stephanie of Jedi Science. I really wanted a good Dalek Cupcake for the party. I’d seen lots of versions on the internet, but none of which […]
Skull Resewn From Old Baseball
Great find over on Recyclart, from Carey Dougan, aka Flickr user lovedc. Somebody needs to put a curse on it and put it up for sale on a dusty corner shelf in some out-of-the-way antique shop.