Just looking at the fishbowl dessert cocktail that Meg from Not Martha shared on the ModCloth blog makes me long for a lounge chair, a beach umbrella, and a choice spot right next to the pool. If I sip one on my fire escape, do you think Brooklyn will suddenly feel a little more like […]
Everybody and their sister is jazzed about the Hunger Games movie release, but I don’t know anyone who’s quite as excited as our own Rachel. She and her daughter read the books together in anticipation of the movie, then they made these awesome mother-and-daughter freezer paper stenciled Mockingjay t-shirts to wear to the show! We […]
I love the simplicity and beauty of Robert Howsare’s record player-based drawing apparatus. Be sure to watch the video of it in action; you’ll find it quite mesmerizing to see the device generate its Spirograph-like patterns. According to Wired, Robert made the device out of second-hand turntables, a few slats of wood, screws, and a sharpie held in place with a clothes pin.
A few weeks ago, Makezine ran a feature on Adam Ellsworth and Bryan Duxbury’s delightful Cube Lamp. The write-up did a wonderful job of exploring how entrepreneurs and makers meet at makerspaces and create businesses. Having myself worked out of TechShop in San Francisco, where a permanent Cube Lamp has hung over the entrance to […]
If you want to learn the latest in DIY wearable tech, fashioning technology, soft circuits and eTextiles, make sure to check out Lynne Bruning’s web site. The videos offer tips and how-to techniques to get you going.
In today’s crafty Make: Video, Corinne Leigh shows you how to create a simple hand-bound book for making art in, using as a scrapbook, a journal, whatever.
I am DIGGING all of the colorblock rope baskets I am seeing and appreciate Design Sponge’s DIY tutorial so I don’t have to spend an arm and a leg on one. A great design piece and a totally practical container for craft supplies!
