Wanna shoot fireballs from the palm of your hand? Of course you do. When Joel Johnson set out to fashion his own fireball shooter, he was intent on making one with a minimum of parts that was small enough to be concealed in his hand. He shared his “Orpheus Shooter” build with us back in […]
Calling all Skylanders fans! Head over to Home Crafts Blog for a free Chompy crochet pattern.
Check out this DIY lamp tutorial showing how to re-cover a lampshade with fabric. This is a great green project because you can salvage those old lamps you want to re-vamp instead of pitching them. Bird and Branch Redesign author, Jessamie Vincent, admitted it was a bit tricky. I imagine every single shade is different, but this is a great basic how-to showing you how to get started.
I always enjoy seeing the different things people do to decorate Easter eggs. Super Mario Bros.-themed eggs. Why not? My only question is, where is Peach? These lovely eggs were decorated by Instructables user lmnopeas. More: Angry Birds Easter Eggs Naturally Dyed Easter Eggs
Eric Pan, the founder and CEO of Seeed Technology and co-founder of Chaihuo makerspace, describes himself an Open Source Hardware Facilitato. Not surprising, then, that he’s the person behind the first Maker Faire in China, this Saturday’s Shenzhen Mini Maker Faire.
Artist Jeremy LeClair, of Various Artists Records, had these beautiful glass resonating phonograph horns made for him by glass artist Joe Forestall and now he can acoustically play to two different parts of a record at the same time!
If you’ve been wanting to try wet felting, here’s a simple starter project from Fiona at Living Crafts that’s perfect for spring. I love the idea of having the little chick tucked in to his egg, and being able to pop out. Adorable! More: How-To: Chicken Egg Family @Craftzine.com blog How-To: Fuzzy Knit Chicks And […]
