Make: Hou July meeting is tomorrow
Joe Gourlay writes in to remind us that the next Make: Houston meeting is tomorrow, July 1st
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A Typographic Save the Date
It’s the last day of our DIY Wedding month, and tomorrow we move into Photography & Design. This little piece from Leandra’s wedding is the perfect crossover. Obie and Leandra have an epic love story, that just had to be told. So with clever storytelling and the use of Suitcase Fusion (a veritable library of […]
Etched Brass Lamp
John Baichtal @ Make: Online found this gorgeous etched brass LED lamp by Japanese artist Keisuke Matsushita. If you’re not into harmful etching chemicals, another way to remake this could be with heavy paper and a laser cutter. More photos after the jump!
How-To: Oven-Baked S’Mores
Summer is serious s’more season around here, and I love seeing different ways to make them when a campfire isn’t handy. Alisa Burke shares a simple way to make homemade s’mores in a matter of minutes. Related: S’mores Milkshakes
Hot-wire cut styrofoam chair
The Wip Chair, by Khodi Feiz, is a chair cut from a single piece of polystyrene foam. Basically the design was modeled in the computer, and something like a giant hot wire cutter carved out the form. The chair was mass produced and used in an installation at the Dutch embassy in Berlin in June 2006, called NL-Lounge.
This Week in Craft Fairs
The weekly craft fair post! This weekend is 4th of July, so I think a lot of the craft fairs are pushed to the following weekend. Please add any events you know of to our online calendar, and if you have a call for vendors you’d like me to list in this post, please . […]
How-To: Create a Luscious Bridal Bouquet
My lovely friend Leandra was willing to let me create anything I wanted for her bridal bouquet this weekend. Her only requirement was that I used “all the colors in the rainbow.” So I went to the San Francisco Flower Mart, and picked out everything that called to me. The morning of her wedding, I […]