Some of the most fun food ideas are the most simple ones, as is true in the case of these awesome candy skewers from Kim Werker. As she describes, they are “the simplest, most time-consuming, impressive dessert EVER.” A few months ago my friend Michal came to a party with the most eye-catching, impressive dessert […]
A weekly roundup of craft fairs and a call for vendors.
Compressed is Kim Pimmel‘s “series of choreographed time-lapse shorts that explore the beauty of the forces of nature that surround us.” The above movie is #1. Ferrous printer toner particles floating on the surface of water are attracted by a magnet and align to the invisible magnetic field around them. The patterns and motions that […]
A commenter on last week’s electric bike round-up pointed me to this drool-inducing 2008 build from one “Doctorbass,” of Quebec. I am especially impressed by the custom-built battery pack.
Madeira cake is a light cake that you can make well in advance of a picnic or tea party. It has a wonderful texture, and a rich flavor that is hard to beat.
Tomorrow (Thursday) will be the debut of iLoveToCreate‘s new live online craft show called Let’s Create Live. From 9am-11am PST crafters from anywhere around the world can visit www.ustream.tv/channel/ilovetocreate and join the live, virtual party that will include craft tutorials, prize giveaways, tips and techniques and more. The six award-winning celebrity designers are Traci Bautista […]
Friedrich Kirchner has made a digital puppeteering tool for use with his open source animation tool Moviesandbox which allows you to interface an Arduino with homemade soft circuit puppets to create live digital puppet shows. This video shows some simple sock puppets outfitted with Hannah Perner-Wilson’s neoprene bend sensors controlling a couple of on-screen fish actors through an […]
