What do you use to light small objects you’re trying to photograph? MAKE contributing editor and author of the bestselling Make: Electronics book Charles Platt found that electronic flash is overkill and photo lights are too bulky and hot, so he built an array of miniature LED photo lights and shared the how-to with us in MAKE Volume 34.
Capreek over on Curbly is my aesthetic spirit animal and her latest DIY is no exception. I am loving her modern dip-dyed dog leashes that are begging to be attached to my mutts. I am not too proud to make a matching necklace for myself btws. Maybe I should be, but I’m just not.
Whether your kid is a Harriet the Spy lover or a wannabe writer, it doesn’t get much better—or more essential—than a locked diary.
Interested in food hacking? You might want to attend this summer’s OHM2013 hacking camp in the Netherlands. The Food Hacking Base is a series of workshops on experimenting with food. [W]e will be making Matelade, a marmelade based on yerba mate, a herb for a tea-like beverage. Other projects include vegan hacking and probiotic beverages […]
25-year-old Minnesota native Amber Rousse made this gorgeous quilled map of the world, over a period of six months. She started out by drawing the map on thin cardboard. Then she tackled the land first, accounting for mountains by making taller quilled pieces. When the land was finished, she made large, gorgeous sweeping swirls of green to represent the ocean, and then filled in the rest.
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These hand-sewn paper seed packets are charming, inexpensive, and easy to make. You can choose flowers you love, and every time your guests see them growing in their garden, they will think of your beautiful wedding.
