I’ve been wanting to try out Spoonflower textile printing for a while, but I’m no expert in surface design. I love this DIY newsprint scarf project they posted on their blog, which uses Photoshop to turn a “useless” family keepsake (old newspaper clipping) into a useful one (silk scarf)!
Redditor jennyleighb’s roommate built a seascape from Lego with a Super Mario Bros. theme. I’m not sure how much the fish appreciate it, but this is definitely the most geek-tastic fish tank I’ve ever seen.
James Bruton of Southampton, UK, wrote in to share his dollar store (or 99p store in the UK!) Arc Reactor — it looks great! Since I’m building an entire Iron Man suit, I decided that I should really build an Arc Reactor prop. This is intended to be like the Arc Reactor in the original […]
Print isn’t dead yet, and I love magazines. I tend to horde them past their release date, so a magazine rack is a must to keep peace in my house. This elegant sling magazine rack tutorial would be a great addition to anyone’s house!
Some days I’m feeling a little bit more punk rock than others. This is one of those days. Not only would a pair of tights like this be fun to wear, I think they would be really satisfying to make. The ripping and tearing is the kind of craft I could get behind today. More: […]
I had a little tent house over my bed as a kid and felt like I could sneak away form the world in my secret hide-away. Create a similar cozy clubhouse over your little one’s bed as Miki did in this great post by Apartment Therapy.
NASA JPL researchers present a 250-mm diameter omni-directional anchor that uses an array of claws with suspension flexures, called microspines, designed to grip rocks on the surfaces of asteroids and comets and to grip the cliff faces and lava tubes of Mars. [via Techland; thanks Bigpaws!]
