Fabric Crown
I am loving this adorable fabric crown tutorial on Spoonflower by Anda Corrie of Etsy. So cute for every day fun and doubles as part of a Where the Wild Things costume for Halloween. Fun o’clock all around!
Craft & Design
From traditional crafts to modern crafts, we’re covering news and interesting projects to educate you and keep you inspired. Design trends and pop culture related projects are here to inspire.
Pure Data Running on the Raspberry Pi
There’s been a flurry of discussion on the Pure Data developer lists about how to tweak the sound synthesis program to run well on the Raspberry Pi. Shawn Greenlee got his Pi working and has a video up on Vimeo showing some patches running. It looks like he’s using an inexpensive USB sound card for […]
Gigantic Speaker, Back to the Future Style
At the start of Back to the Future, we find Marty in Doc’s lab, standing in front of a six foot tall speaker with a guitar in his hands. One strum on the strings sends him flying back into a bookshelf, emerging covered in debris. This scene was the boyhood inspiration for two University of Wisconsin students and their attempt to recreate that speaker.
How-To: Mini Gourd Candles
Turn real gourds into a festive centerpiece with this mini gourd candle tutorial from Claire at She Knows Living! Each candle is made from a carved-out gourd, so you still get that fall look you crave while giving the pumpkins another purpose! If you’d rather use plastic pumpkins (so they last longer), just be sure […]
Bird-Mounted Cameras
Remember the documentary Winged Migration? The filmmakers were able to get all those great shots of migrating geese by acclimating them to the presence of an ultralight plane at an early age. The birds thought the plane was part of their flock. Now filmmaker John Downer has taken avian photography to the next level: mounting […]
How-To: Start a New Ball of Yarn in a Knitting or Crochet Project
Learn a quick and easy method for joining a new ball of yarn to an in-progress knitting or crochet project on today’s Craftsy Fix-It Friday!
Halloween Ghost Light Garland
Pamela of PBJ Stories has a new twist on Halloween garland – colorful ghost lights. In her post she shows you how to dye fabric to add to a string of lights for a fun, bright garland this Halloween season.