How-To: Braided Leather Bracelet
The illusion in this leather bracelet from Melissa of I Still Love You is really cool and fun. See how it’s done over on her blog. [via Danielle Maveal on Pinterest]
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Pocket Biometric Cootie Detector
MAKE subscriber Rob Miles of Tacoma, WA, made a cootie detector for his kids out of an ATtiny45 with a paper clip for the biometric sensor. Kids love games of exclusion. “You’re a zombie!”, “You’ve got cooties!”, “You can’t come in my room because….”. I must hear this 500 times a week around the house. […]
E.T. Rings
Shannon Larratt cast some ET rings from a mold made from a plastic toy. His fiance’s engagement ring is from Deadringer, so he wanted to stick with the theme and make E.T.’s head another adornment. He’s tried casting in pewter as well as a plastic with suspended nickel powder.
Tips For Staying Organized
I always appreciate getting a peek into how other folks stay organized to see what tips might apply to my own daily routines. Moorea of Moorea-Seal has a nice guest post over on One Pearl Button summarizing how she stays on top of her blogging, jewelry-making and personal goals. Related: How-To: Organize Yourself to Get […]
Plastic from Fish Scales
Erik de Laurens recently graduated from the Royal College of Art. As part of his graduate exhibition, Erik presented his project The Fish Feast. He was experimenting with uses for fish scales (of which the commercial fishing industry discards tons annually) and discovered he could create a useful plasticby forming the cleaned scales under heat and pressure.
Car Seat Camera Mount
Need some front seat interior footage and are wondering how you’re going to mount that 5D Mark II you borrowed from your day job? Grab some scrap wood and follow Boris Georgiev’s quick and dirty tutorial on assembling your very own DIY car seat camera mount.
Snazzy Wood iPhone Case with Matching Stand
If you’re not into the whole stainless steel and glass look of your iPhone 4, you can encase your cold sharp handset in this warm soft wooden case from Etsy user kencheng88. Available in maple and rosewood, each case comes with a matching stand.