How-To: Gnome Lawn Bowling Game
Bowling, garden gnomes, recycling – what’s not to love about this project?
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Recipe: Make Homemade Fruit Leather
By Katie Goodman Fruit Roll-Ups are fun treats, but they’re not exactly something I want my kids eating every day. I recently experimented with making homemade fruit leather. It’s so good! Recipes like this are perfect for when you have lots of less-than-prime fruit on hand that needs to be used up fast. In this […]
Silhouette Dog Portrait Using Illustrator
In the latest CRAFT video, Meg Allan Cole details the construction of a silhouette portrait wall hanging using Adobe Illustrator and a computer-controlled electronic cutter.
Collection of Vintage Sugar Cube Packets
Jay at Public School points us to this amazing collection of vintage sugar cube packets from Flickr user, ussiwojima. It’s incredible to think of so much design going in to such small packaging. If you’re a typography buff like me, prepare to swoon.
CNC Bender Ties Knots in Iron Pipe
This Nissin 3D bender is kind of like a PlayDoh Fun Factory, except it squirts out 1.25″ steel pipe instead of soft non-toxic-but-funny-tasting dough. Looks like much of the magic is in the bending-die head.
Typograhpy String Art
Kyle Read is my new wedding craft hero. He made this typography string art sign for a wedding invitation project, and my inner font geek is totally freaking out. Who knew that a roll of string and a pile of nails could make something so beautiful?
New in the Maker Shed: MudWatt Microbial Fuel Cell Kit
Explore the power of microbes with the MudWatt™ Microbial Fuel Cell (MFC) Kit from the Maker Shed. Simply fill this kit with soil from your backyard (or someone else’s backyard), along with any biological matter you find in your refrigerator. Within days the attached LED light will start to blink using only the power produced by the electricity-generating microbes in your soil!