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.
There are only a couple days left till the deadline of Feb 5th to sign up for the leftover craft item swap at Swap-Bot. Here’s your chance to get rid of things in your craft drawer that you have given up on. The best part? You get matched up in the computer program with someone else (maybe even me!) and you’ll be sure to get some nice “new to you” crafty goodies. Link.
A company in the UK is taking vintage Mini automobiles and turning them into a desk. The desk retails for about £2500 which converts to about $4,422. For more information: ministatements@btinternet.com Gives new meaning to the morning commute! Link.
Cape and Ray write – “Most people only utilize the Video input on the front of their TV’s for video game systems. Even if you use the inputs on the back you are still limited to probably three inputs total. This switch box allows you to plug in four RCA devices at once using only one input on your TV. A turn knob allows you to toggle between the four devices easily without unplugging devices.” Link.
Refik writes – “Here’s a DIY project that shows you how to connect a LCD display to your electronic device, in this case a microcontroller was used!” Link.
Staying poised at the fertile edge of chaos, while the clock ticks.
Great step by step project on Instructables on how to make a felted bag. There are great photos on the entire process. Mix it up with leftover yarn from past projects. Definitely a fun quick weekend project. Link.
Cool manual from 70’s spotted on Retro Thing! “Here’s a link to a classic 16-page design manual for model rockets. It covers how solid rockets work along with basic design, and construction. Includes a couple of pages about multi-stage and large scale designs, too.” [