iPod Cozy Tutorial
Julie Ree has a great tutorial on how she makes her iPod cozies complete with elastic band. There are lots of great photos and Julie breaks down the sizes you’ll need depending on what iPod version you have. Link.
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.
HOW TO – Make a Clock from a Book Cover
From mdhaworth via Instructables, here’s a super easy project on how to turn a book cover into a clock. Link.
Refashion a Men’s Shirt into a Cute Cap Sleeve Top
Kath at Whip Up points to a super refashioning project by Paperdaisies on Crafster.org on how to make a cute button down cap sleeve shirt from an old men’s shirt. [ via ] Link.
Midi Concertina
Check out this midi concertina made with a pic microcontroller. I researched concertina building — but only for a couple of hours. It took just that long to see that such a project (valves, reeds, bellows…) is WAY beyond my ambition. Then in one of those “sychronicity” epiphanies, a lot of things at once suggested […]
Blackboard Idea Globe
Make a cool chalk blackboard out of an old school globe.
Cigar Box Camera
Paul Beard‘s made up a cool cigar box pinhole camera. A brief overview of the cigar box pinhole camera I built yesterday and today. Built around a 4×5 film holder. Focal length of about 30mm, pinhole of indeterminate size, f/stop 100-150, I think. So reasonably fast — 1-2 second exposures in Sunny 16 conditions. Lessons […]
Steam Candle
Check out this little steam candle that spins… someone could adapt the rodent powered nightlight and make it run on steam! Link