Make: Live’s holiday episode features some fun project ideas for this festive time of year! See a skirt light up when you dance, a brass rocking horse ornament,and connect your Christmas decorations to the internet. Above, Ben Light demonstrates his technique for these mini paper stars, which fit onto your Christmas lights to create a strand of festive glowing stars.
Make’s John Baichtal shared this post from The Hacktory about 11 tips any woman involved in the tech world should live by. I like Tip 11 – blog about what you do! That speaks to any community, especially crafters.
To celebrate the release of our latest publication, the Make: Ultimate Kit Guide 2012 (and its companion website), we’re giving away at least one of the cool kits reviewed in the issue each day during the holiday season. Today’s giveaway is for a the Reinventing Edison: Build Your Own Lightbulb Kit (a $59.95 value.)
If you’re looking to top your gifts with something a little more eye catching than a bow and paper tag, check out this lovely tutorial for felt flower gift toppers from Marcie at Mossy. They make a gorgeous substitution for more traditional ribbon embellishments, and they can be reused and re-purposed once the unwrapping is […]
For this year’s Electronics Tools Gift Guide, we asked one of our new project contributors, Steve Hobley, to tell us about some of the more patina’d tools on his workbench. Here’s what he had to say. These aren’t the sexiest tools available, they’re the most honest.
This 1.8″ Color TFT Screen, available in the Maker Shed, is the best way to add a small, colorful, and bright display to any project. It’s capable of displaying full 18-bit color (262,144 shades) on 128×160 pixels.
I have to admit, I wasn’t familiar with smash cakes before I saw this tutorial for making a Dalek smash cake, but now I can’t think of a more perfect kind of cake for a kid’s party. Sarah of PeaPillyBean made the Dalek cake for her son’s Doctor Who themed birthday party and shares how […]
