Make your own paper by recycling newspaper or old paper. Embellish them with pressed flower petals or add some color with crushed grass. From this, you’ll be able to create all kinds of neat craft projects like handmade journals or cards. Just in time for handmade holiday gifts. Thanks Rick! Link.
Our guide to the coolest kits to make and give.
IBM’s Thomas Zimmerman and the “thrill of the make.”
Combining live performance with old film gets Julie Meitz back to her roots.
Mark writes “Here’s how to convert old obsolete 1950’s era Polaroid 110a cameras into semi-proffesional, full manual, large format work horses. The site describes the process of converting these cheap old cameras to accept easily available modern pack film. There are lo-fi methods and is mainly directed toward poor starving photographers or college students who can not afford a Litman 45 single.” Link.
Detailed story of making a creepy Halloween-themed jello and pudding dessert in an acquarium. Made from all sorts of gummy worms, gummy salamanders, candy eye balls, licorice and lips – along with 19 packs of Jello. It’s so gross looking, I want to make this. Link.
Rick writes “A great ‘how to’ making steam engines, (although most are run on compressed air). All you need to know from simple single cylinder models to V twins and more. A neat project in time for the holiday season – What a great present.” Link.
