How-To: Cut-and-Fold Paper Stars
These colorful cut-and-fold paper stars from Mini Eco are the perfect addition to handmade garlands and decorations!
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.
3D Printed Fashion: Breathing Life into New Designs, Form, and Texture
How?
It’s the question that dogs the unceasing creative mind when it dares to speak louder than the stony voice of reality. It happens to us all: An alloy of factors, inspiration, influences and ideas come together in a perfect rendering in your mind, but how do you bring that beautiful invention into the world in a way that upholds and preserves the essence of your idea?
Etched Snow Globe
Using rustic elements like a wood slab and a glass dome, you have the makings of a lovely snow globe. Bring it to the next level by etching the glass yourself, and you have some sweet winter decor or a great holiday gift. Learn how from Apartment Therapy.
Cocktail Recipe: Milk Punch
Is it cocktail o’clock? Make yourself a rich, decadent holiday after-dinner treat with this milk punch recipe!
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I [heart] The Art of Tinkering
We at MAKE love The Tinkering Studio at the Exploratorium in San Francisco, so when we heard that its directors, Karen Wilkinson and Mike Petrich, were going to capture their community of artists and engineers (“Tinkerers”) into the pages of a book called The Art of Tinkering, we couldn’t wait to get our hands on it. And you know what? They have exceeded my very high hopes for what they’d create.
How-To: Felted Bead Necklace
If you’re looking for something warmer than metal to wear around your neck this winter, you might try making some felted jewelry with this tutorial from Dans le Townhouse.
Can’t Find the Right Music Controller? Don’t get Mad, get Livid!
MIDI controllers have long been a staple of electronic music, but there hasn’t been a great way for you to build your own… until now. The Maker Shed has teamed up with Livid Instruments to bring you the Builder DIY lineup of MIDI controller kits. Let the creativity begin!