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How-To: Amigurimi Graduation Teddy Bear

Do you have any graduates in your life this year? Here’s an adorable gift, designed by Stephanie at All About Ami. You can grab her free pattern, and then follow her step-by-step tutorial. She even has a little how-to for making the graduation tassel! More: Chinese New Year Amigurumi Doll Pattern How-To: Amigurumi Link, from […]

Lego Orrery

MAKE blog regular Guy Himber built this orrery for an online Lego competition… so sweet. I always wanted to build something like this ever since I saw a giant fantasy orrery in the movie Dark Crystal. As it has been on my builder’s ‘wish list’ for a while I figured the Iron Builder Competition was […]

Garden Pool in MAKE Volume 26

Garden Pool in MAKE Volume 26

Dennis and Danielle McClung bought a foreclosed home in Mesa, Ariz. Rather than filling the empty pool in the backyard with water or concrete, they turned it into a greenhouse which they call Garden Pool. Read all about this and many other inspiring human creations in the handsome and highly collectible MAKE magazine! This particular […]

Inspiring Videos from Maker Faire on FORA.tv

If you’ve never been to Maker Faire, then you can at least get a taste of some of what goes on there at FORA.tv’s Maker Faire channel. Videos of the Center Stage presentations from the 2011 Bay Area event are now available there. Here are some of my favorites: Adam Savage (above, of Mythbusters fame) […]