I loved (and still love) the sparkly German advent calendars my grandmother sent me each year growing up, but I would probably have loved this clever book advent calendar even more! It couldn’t be simpler, and while there’s some initial cost buying the used holiday books, you’re set for years to come! My mom used […]
“The researchers analyzed 18 canned tomato products from various markets with NMR and found that the instrument could estimate most of the tastes assessed by the human taste testers.”
These felted wool wrist warmers from Molly at Purl Bee look so cozy and warm that I almost welcome the coming colder weather. They’re also surprisingly quick and simple to sew—they take only about 20 minutes to put together without the embroidery—so they’d make great handmade holiday gifts!
What could sound easier than to make a regular construction from four paper equilateral triangles? One possible construction is the regular tetrahedron, which is pretty easy. Here is a different construction from four equilateral triangles. Each triangle is linked with the other three, like two links of a chain.
By Claire Joyce-Johnson Each December, my husband and I host a cookie exchange. We invite as many people as we can squeeze into our home to bring over a batch of their favorite holiday cookies to swap. The party is always a big hit, but it can be chaos trying to get everyone to label […]
Peter William Wagner bounces across the fairgrounds at Maker Faire Bay Area 2011, delighting everyone whose path he crosses. The big purple eccentric-axled bike has two inflated all-terrain wheels that can also function as flotation for the aquatic parts of the annual Kinetic Grand Championship in and around Arcada, California, where this “whim-cycle” has appeared for the last six years. Even Peter’s baby granddaughter enjoys the ride.
While I generally lead a pretty healthy life, I’m firmly a dessert first kind of girl, and these peppermint whoopie pies from Jen at Tatertots & Jello have my mouth absolutely watering! Head on over to her site for a double dose of holiday goodness: you’ll get both this delicious looking recipe and a Santa […]
