Etsy user Cat Penfold likes to customize her upcycled finds, like this purse, which she appropriately gave the Star Wars treatment! [via Buzzfeed] More: MAKE | Upcycled Game Controller Wallets MAKE | Flashback: Upcycled Beach Bag MAKE | Upcycled Vintage Yardstick Table
In case you missed it, the theme for October is “casting materials,” chosen strategically, of course, to resonate with the mounting excitement about everybody’s favorite maker holiday—Halloween! Whether you’re making wearables or hand-held props, there’s probably a method, material, or technique in our archives that will inspire you to take your costume to the next level.
Over at Teague Labs maker John Mabry has been having a bit of fun creating printable consumer electronics. Named after its elapsed print time, the 13:30 is a pair of working stereo headphones. The idea for these stylish ear goggles centered around the notion of printed prototypes as actual products.
I love all of the clever projects, usually communicated in images only, that are floating around Facebook and G+. This one was spotted on the Whynomics Facebook page.
This week in the MAKE Flickr pool we saw…
Here are some cool things we saw in the CRAFT Flickr Pool this week: Seeds of good hope, by Anastàssia BonjourStitches11, by You had me at bonjour Some Kind of Wonderful, by Drop Dead Quirky test driving my name tag, by okiegirl97 Men’s Go Team Mittens, by katbaro
Artist Jonathan Whitfill created this delightful sculpture of a color wheel from old paperback books displayed on a wall. [via like a field mouse] More: MAKE | Paperback chair MAKE | Old Books Make Room Dividers MAKE | HOW TO – make a paperback book
