It’s not too early to start planning and making Christmas crafts, and here’s a fun felt project from Laura of Bugs and Fishes that would make a great kick-off craft for the season. She’s provided templates and instructions for making these cute felt Christmas ornaments, inspired by vintage Christmas baubles. I never turn down an […]
Halloween is on its way crafters! I fracken love this time of year. For this episode of Corinne’s Craft Closet, I share with you my favorite DIY Halloween resources. xoxo c
More great Halloween ideas: http://craftzine.com
RoundUps:
http://www.halloweenmonsterlist.info/
http://www.etsy.com/blog/en/2010/etsy-halloween-2010-diy-ideas/
http://archive.blisstree.com/live/50-do-it-yourself-halloween-ideas/
http://craftgossip.com/blog/tag/halloween/
http://makeprojects.com/Topic/Halloween
http://www.instructables.com/halloween/
http://www.cutoutandkeep.net/projects/search?q=halloween&x=0&y=0
http://annies-eats.net/2010/10/29/halloween-ideas-last-minute-round-up/
http://kblog.lunchboxbunch.com/2010/10/vegan-halloween-round-up.html
Projects:
Dead Mau5: http://www.instructables.com/id/Make-Your-Own-Deadmau5-Head/
Marie: http://makeprojects.com/Project/Headless-Marie-Antoinette-Costume/209/1
http://www.instructables.com/id/Creepy-Formerly-Decapitated-Necklace/
Tiara: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-TcagMn29pg
Make-up:
Fairy: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fAYRUVDBOTk
Black Swan: http://youtu.be/SZwaKDaSgqY
Avatar: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5x2Vv3tvLY
Mad Hatter: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rnpKKtzRHlY&feature=relmfu
Last minute costume ideas:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nzNmDOTShKU
Andrew Salomone uses a hacked knitting machine from the 80s to “print” digital images into knitted garments. At World Maker Faire New York 2011, Andrew demonstrates the knitting machine and shows off its creations including a sweater with Bill Cosby’s face.
http://andrewsalomone.com
http://blog.craftzine.com/archive/2011/09/machine_knitting_a_cosby_sweat.html
music by i am jen
Shrink your Arduino down to a single 8-pin ATtiny chip. Matt shows you how, based on a tutorial from MIT Media Lab’s High-Low Tech Group.
If you have a simple Arduino project that uses only a few pins, you might be able to shrink it down to a single 8-pin ATtiny chip. In this video, Matt Richardson shows you how, based on a tutorial from MIT Media Lab’s High-Low Tech Group. The best part is you can use the same Arduino code and development environment that you’re already used to.
More information about this how-to is available at: http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2011/10/how-to-shrinkify-your-arduino-projects.html
Check out this cheap and easy way to create a durable stuff sack for hiking or camping out of a Tyvek mailer, a length of paracord, and some dental floss.
On September 30, Derek Deville’s Qu8k (pronounced “Quake”) rocket blasted off from the Black Rock Desert in Nevada, screaming to an altitude of 121,000′ It was returned safely to earth and fully recovered (three miles from the launch site).
