Holiday Project: Stenciled Holiday Cards
Sarah at the Pink of Perfection shows you how to make some cool looking holiday cards with stencils. Link.
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DIY Mini LED Xmas tree
Axeman writes in – “This is my personal solution to the universal problem “How can I have a christmas tree AND three cats in the same house?” – A small tree (a little more than 6 inches high), an omnipresent PIC microcontroller that pseudo-randomly drives 8 high power LEDs, 4 rechargeable AA batteries, a little […]
HOW TO – Make a spinning LED Christmas tree
Max writes – “In this special Christmas edition of Zedomax DIY122, we will show you how to make the geekiest Christmas Tree in the world using LEDs, bathroom pipes, and an embedded cubloc module.” – Photos & How-to.
Nintendo DS Motion Card
I’d wait until they ship, but you can pre-order the DS Motion Card homebrew DS development, source and example code on the site… “The DS Motion Card is a revolutionary motion sensor for the DS and DS Lite handheld gaming systems. It contains a 3-axis accelerometer and a single-axis gyroscope, and plugs into the DS […]
Craftland Recap
We had a great time last week at Craftland in Providence, RI. The great thing about this craft fair is that it lasts all month until Dec 23rd. If only there could be a craft store like this year round. Diana Eng and I arrived at 4:30pm into the large retail space downtown that’s almost […]
Felt Club Recap
Looks like Carla and Mark had a great time at Felt Club XL on Saturday in LA where over 3,000 people came to the event. Carla says, “We had a Craft lounge where people could sit and decorate stockings, and it was packed the whole time with kids as well as lots of adults who […]
Electronic flame flicker
Build instructions and more for building a holiday electronic flame flicker – This device can be used as a lamp dimmer or a flame flicker simulator, and may be switched on and off with the switch on a lamp. The flicker dynamics may be customized for candle, kerosene (or oil) lamp or campfire. Replacing the […]