How-To: Solid Perfume with Essential Oils
Create your own signature scent with this solid perfume tutorial that Irina Adam from Phoenix Botanicals shared on Etsy Weddings. These pretty perfume tins would make great gifts or party favors!
Month: October 2012
Arduino Taipan
I had been browsing the Asciimation site on a tip from epic NZ maker Simon Jansen when I came across this charming port of the classic Apple II game Taipan. Jansen managed to cram a couple of Arduinos, some batteries, a custom keypad, and a screen into a hollowed-out first edition bound copy of the book.
Breadboard Workshop PDFs
This year at World Maker Faire, we put together a Breadboarding Workshop to act as a companion to our popular Learn to Solder activity. For a test run, it was a great success. We taught over 80 people how to use a breadboard and to build a fun blinky light circuit on the board. Here are the PDFs from the workshop.
Season 3 of Large Dangerous Rocket Ships to Premiere
For the third year running, SCIENCE takes viewers inside the high-flying, fuel injected competition of LARGE DANGEROUS ROCKET SHIPS, or LDRS (as it’s known to insiders) brings together junkyard geniuses who love the thrill of danger and have a knack for all things explosive for one of the nation’s largest competitive rocket launching events. Audiences […]
DIY Table Number Jar Lights
I love these jar lights, found on Brooklyn Bride by Brittany Watson Jepsen, that act as table numbers for a wedding or dinner party. Numbers are used here, but what about initials to give to friends as gifts? Lots of possibilities.
Pimm’s Cup Recipe
I somehow missed the Pimm’s Cup trend of recent years, but a friend introduced me to this lovely summery drink a few months ago and I am a convert. A British classic, it consists of the gin-based liqueur known as Pimm’s No. 1, and either ginger beer or sparkling lemonade with a changing roster of […]
Robot Costumes
The robot Halloween costume. It’s classic, right? It’s one of those costumes you can make at the last minute, and still look great — some cardboard boxes and whatever random junk glued on as knobs, levers, and screens. Spray paint the whole thing silver, and you’re done! Illustrator Elena Nazzaro transformed her three kids into […]
