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I noticed the other day on Twitter that my local pie shop, Mission Pie, announced that they’d made their last shaker lemon pie for the season. I’ve been a little bit addicted to it, so this was a serious blow! That sent me onto the web to find the perfect shaker lemon pie recipe, and […]
Boris Smus, a student at Carnegie Mellon, built this elegantly simple robot that uses a smartphone to interpret commands from Twitter. A few projects around the internet use an Android phone to control the Lego Mindstorms NXT brick. Most involve an ugly hack in which the phone communicates with a computer over WiFi, and the […]
I’ve been collecting used books for making craft projects for ages. But I never knew I could make them into stone! These rocks made from the pulp of recycled books by Lisa Kokin are great. They look almost like real sedimentary stones.
Yes, that is a giant chocolate chip cookie with a brownie inside of it. Yes, you need to make these … now. Bakerella shows you how.
We get a lot of makers applying to sell art lamps in Makers Market, but Erik Smith’s are definitely on the high end when it comes to aesthetics and on the low end when it comes to prices. If you’re a collector, or in the market for a handmade lamp for yourself or as a gift, check out Erik’s shop. Or better yet, make one of your own! Or, even better, if you’ve already made one, post a link and show it off in the comments. If I get enough responses, I’ll do a reader-made art lamp round-up sometime next week.
Just in time for the holiday weekend, Brookelynn @ CRAFT shows us how to spruce up an old charcoal grill with special BBQ paint: The humble BBQ is an essential part of summertime fun. All season long they can be found at block parties, tailgating, camp-outs, and down by the river. A good BBQ will […]
I love this brilliantly-named DIY version of expensive, store-bought frappuccinos from Kristin at Craft Leftovers.
