How-To: Kitschy Valentine Wreath
Heidi of My Paper Crane created this tutorial for a fun, very kitschy Valentine’s Day wreath. I love all the red and white! What kind of goodies would you put in a wreath like this?
Month: January 2012
DIY Web Chat Takes on 2012 Goals
Need help creating or making a plan to keep your Big, Hairy, Audacious Goal for 2012? Well, then, mark your calendar for this Thursday, Feb. 2, from 8-9 p.m. EST for the next installment in the DIY Web Chat series. Brought to you by the DIY Business Association, the team will have experts on hand […]
How-To: Amigurumi Dragon
When Stephanie Lau of All About Ami decided to crochet a dragon in time for the Chinese New Year, she searched for “cute dragon” on the Internet and found this adorable image: After a slightly difficult search, she finally tracked down the artist as Kim Roundtree of Oborocharms. Stephanie and her “hubby” Ryan did a […]
Electro Wire Stripper
As soon as I saw this, I thought, “why didn’t I think of that!?” Thingiverse user Brian Beebe designed an Electro Wire Stripper, a wire stripper that indicates when you’ve cut through the insulation. As soon as each blade comes into contact with the wire, it closes the circuit to turn on the LED, letting […]
Handmade Giant Flowers
Green Wedding Shoes is a wedding blog, but this tutorial for making DIY XL flowers is so pretty it can be used for all sorts of occasions. Photobooth backdrop or props, a big boquet on a table, several clustered and mounted on a wall. How would you use them?
MIT brings Google App Inventor Back As Open-Source Project
Google and MIT are pleased to announce the initial free and open-source release from Google of the App Inventor source code at http://code.google.com/p/app-inventor-releases/.
How-To: PC Fan Stir Plate
Liam made this cool DIY variable speed stir plate for creating yeast starter for his homebrewed beer. To control the speed of the magnetic stirrer, he used an ATmega328 with the Arduino bootloader connected to a PC case fan. Liam even made use of the LEDs that you can sometimes find on fancy fans to […]