Hi Crafters! Are you interested in showing off your crafting skills or demonstrating a great how-to project? Please submit your proposal for an exhibit or demonstration at our Maker Faire Austin happening the weekend of October 20-21. Maker Faire is a two-day, family-friendly event that celebrates arts, crafts, engineering, science projects and the Do-It-Yourself (DIY) […]
Martha Stewart Kids is now on newsstands, with some cute ideas for summer parties (my birthday was always lost during the Christmas holidays, so I pined for a fun summer party): “From themed birthday parties, to scrumptious cookie cakes and irresistible goody bags, the Summer 2007 special issue of Good Things for Kids is chock […]
Diane of CraftyPod introduces us to a brand new handmade ‘zine called Scrappy: a crafty zine for scrappy people by Niku Arbabi. The finishing touches are fantastic, love the stitching! Link.
I love Susan Beal’s write up on her adventures with our own Pink Craftie. Looks like they had so much fun! Thanks Susan for being such a great host to her! Link.
REMINDER: Maker Faire will descend on Austin on October 20-21 at the Travis County Fairgrounds. It’s our first full-blown Maker Faire outside of the Bay Area and it’s sure to be a DIY extravaganza of tech, science, art, craft, and family fun. Are you a maker or crafter who would like to show off your […]
There are now two Maker Saturday webcasts that we did live at the Exploratorium in San Francisco, available at explo.tv. The first one was Making Your Own Train Car with Paul Cesewski. Paul builds rides as a member of Cyclecide and he got the idea to build his own train car and ride the abandoned […]
The ybox is a kit for an internet-enabled set top box in an altoids tin. Originally presented as a proof of concept at Yahoo’s hackday, it developed into kits and workshops for 2007’s Maker Faire. While the kits have sold out, Uncommon Projects will be hosting a free workshop for any New Yorkers who want […]
