DIY Shoe Bling
Today on Corinne’s Craft Closet, I show you how to bling out a pair of old high heel shoes. No need to pay an arm and a leg for them at the shoe store! OMG SHOES!
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Post-It Note Space Invaders Roundup
The Flickr blog posted a great roundup of favorite Post-It Note-created Space Invaders in the workplace. I love the top photo from Flickr member Peter Norby and the response from the office building across the street (below), posted by Kevin Collins. Related: Office Supply Model Making
Typewriter Assemblage: Jeremy Mayer
Jeremy Mayer’s typewriter assemblages are sculptural pieces made purely from typewriter parts. In a process he calls “reassemblage,” Mayer fits the pieces together into likenesses of living creatures using no welds, glue, solder, or external parts. He talks about and shows his work at Maker Faire Bay Area 2011.
Typewriter Assemblage: Jeremy Mayer
Jeremy Mayer’s typewriter assemblages are sculptural pieces made purely from typewriter parts. In a process he calls “reassemblage”, Mayer fits the pieces together into likenesses of living creatures using no welds, glue, solder, or external parts. He taks about and shoe his work at Maker Faire Bay Area 2011.
Jumbo 7-Segment Display from Glue Sticks, LEDs
More cool original content from Hack a Day, this time by Kevin Dady. He writes: “I was recently commissioned to make a device which uses a pretty large number display, and I went out shopping. The seven segment we liked best was still quite pricey, and would not fit our enclosure correctly anyway…”
How-To: Colored Pencil Jewelry Set
Continuing my jewelry made out of unexpected materials kick, I definitely need to share this colored pencil jewelry tutorial that Kate from Mini Eco created for Design Mom. Wouldn’t these make fabulous gifts for the artsy kid or teacher in your life?
In the Maker Shed: Mini Fume Extractor Kit
Everyone that solders is familiar with “solder smoke.” Most people just blow it away when it gets annoying or angle themselves away from it as they work. Try as you might, you are still going to inhale some of the fumes. That’s why you need the Mini Fume Extractor Kit from the Maker Shed.