If you are like me, you have friends and sisters expecting little bundles of joy. The babies always make out like bandits with tons of cute clothes and adorable toys, but I want to be able to pamper and spoil the moms-to-be this holiday season. So here are some great ideas for those expecting moms. […]
This is the third installment of my series on building Rick and Karen Pollack’s MakerGear Mosaic 3D printer. This part covers assembly of the robot’s “X-axis” linear actuator system, and has proven to be the easiest part of the build so far: the linear rail, idler pulley shaft, rail stops, and stepper motor are simply bolted onto the plywood frame. Easy!
How lovely and simple is this layered doily skirt from Lisa of Goodknits? I took the base off my tree and threaded the metal tube through a few of the doilies and voila! A pretty lace tree skirt. No sewing, no gluing, no cutting, no nothing. It took me less than a minute to put […]
P.S. I Made This offers a great, easy chunky bracelet tutorial that will bring your wrists to next-level-cuteness for all of those holiday parties you are planning on attending.
Bunnie had a fantastic overview of some of the issues with Amendment 1092 to the Defense Authorization Act of 2012…
I posted a while back about an adorable letterpress robot card from Satsuma Press, drawn by owner Lynn’s son Liam. It proved so popular that she now has adorable screen-printed Liam’s Robot T-shirts for kids. These would be perfect for the geeky tots in your life–I know I have a few! (All proceeds go to […]
Plans are under way to start the first of five farms at Los Angeles high schools. Filmmaker Mark MacInnis, whose feature length documentary Urban Roots chronicles the thriving urban agricultural scene in Detroit, is spearheading the project. MacInnis says the first school farm will be located at James A. Garfield High School in East Los Angeles.
