Gift Singularity: Floating Glow Display
Looking for a very last-minute handmade present? One of our readers, Mark Hache, just made this floating glow display for his wife (and tweeted it), using the instructions from our Weekend Projects series.
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Women Want to Hack!
I recently worked with Dudette, a ladies’ DIY group here in Vancouver and with Liane Morisette of Cold Gold Contact Microphones to set up the first-ever Ladies’ Hacking Night at the Vancouver Hack Space. Liane showed us all how to make fuzz bass pedals, which proved to be a great intro to soldering for many.
DIY Doily Shoes
I am absolutely in love with these shoes right now. They are a great statement piece and just fun to wear. Been getting a lot of compliments on these! Plus, this technique could work for so many things. I kinda want to cover everything in old doilies now… Tapestry Animals Tapestry Bag Inspiration Shoes Subscribe […]
Making Fancy Cheese at Home
Making cheese isn’t anything I ever considered, especially fancy cheese. But recently, I had the pleasure of taking a Beginning Cheese Making class with author and chef Mary Karlin at The Fork, Point Reyes Farmstead Cheese Company’s beautiful on-farm cooking class facility.
Articulated Street Sign Armor Plates
Cool postapocalyptic cosplay from Bellingham, Washington craftsman Ivan Owen. The roadsigns, he assures us, were “obtained through legal means,” and were formed into plates by peening against an anvil, before being affixed to a harness made from belts.
How-To: Shark Purse
I’m the kind of gal who will take a goofy animal-shaped purse over a fancy boutique model any day. If you are too, check out this fun shark purse tutorial that Kara from I Just Might Explode shared on A Beautiful Mess!
Luna Mod Looper with Arduino Mod
It’s almost as if any Make:Project with “mod” in it’s name is begging to be, well, modded! A shining example of this is John Moseley’s mod of the Luna Mod Looper – dare I say his hack is cute!