Etsy Wedding How-Tos
Wishing for a handmade wedding but a bit intimidated on where to begin? Check out Etsy’s wedding section, featuring everything from vendors to how-to project ideas, like this heirloom table runner from Elizabeth Duvivier.
Year: 2012
How-To: Papercraft Enigma Machine
Their wiki page also includes a brief history of paper enigma models that traces the origins of this method back to Alan Turing’s hypothetical “comic strips” model from his 1942 Treatise on the Enigma. To make it, download the PDFs, print them out, cut them out, and apply them to a 75mm diameter cardboard tube.
Tennis Ball Helper Hangs onto Your Things
Not only is this little guy super-cute, but he keeps your personal belongings safe and sound. Construction is dead simple: just two rivets for eyes, and a slice with a utility blade for the mouth. Optional mounting ideas are a single screw or a small plunger.
Heidi Kenney’s Radiolab And This American Life Plush
The NPR-loving nerd in me is flipping out over these in-progress plush pieces from Heidi Kenney. She created them for the Sew Nerdy show at Bear and Bird art gallery in Florida. She is working on two additional NPR folks for the collection … I’m hoping they are Peter Sagal and Carl Kasell … or […]
Hackerspace Happenings for June 6, 2012
Are you a hackerspace member with an event you’d like to publicize? Send it to johnb@makezine.com or tweet me at @johnbaichtal and I’ll post it. Also feel free to subscribe to my hackerspaces Twitter list. Hackerspace Happenings runs weekly(ish). The Power Racing Series Needs Your Help! Hackerspace favorite Power Racing Series needs funding to continue […]
How-To: Woven Circle Patches
I’m in love with these woven circle patches from Chile-based textile designer Karen Barbé. They’re so beautiful, you’ll actually look forward to mending your most well-loved and well-worn clothes! Ready to make your own? Head over to her blog to see the full tutorial. More: How-To: Monster Knee Patches @Craftzine.com blog Crochet Heart Elbow Patches […]
Eureka! — Pop!
The latest installment of Roy Doty’s comic strip, “Eureka,” from the pages of MAKE Volume 30.
