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Month: June 2011
How to Make Your Own Gin Without a Still
My favorite bartender/mixologist/drink blogger Jefferey Morgenthaler has written a number of excellent articles about making your own cocktail compounds, such as homemade tonic and grenadine. I recently dug up this oldie but goodie on making gin in your kitchen by infusing neutral spirits or vodka with juniper berries and other spices. …what many people don’t […]
Vintage Apron Storage Caddy
Country Home shares this cute use for a pretty apron with lots of pockets – hang it on your wall to store small items you need frequently. I could see this concept working nicely as an “inspiration-capture station.” Imagine storing your notebook, some assorted pencils, and a few envelopes for clippings.
441 Drops of Water, Neatly Arranged by Machine
It’s mesmerizing to watch Pe Lang‘s mechanical artwork in motion, especially this machine that arranges droplets of water on an omniphobic surface. From Triangulation: Falling objects – positioning systems from 2009-2011 is a custom made machine that adds drops of water onto a special textured surface. Each drop forms into an almost perfect sphere through […]
Sports Rack
My dad is a football coach, and I think I found the most perfect Father’s Day DIY gift for him. Get your whistles out because this is a sweet dude craft that will get sports fans all excited. Kate Pruitt at Design Sponge made this rad rack out of old trophies and a piece of […]
How To: Organize Items “Just Passing Through” Your Studio
This is such a practical, simple and brilliant idea. Amy from The Red Chair Blog shows how she built this tower for about $35.00 in materials. The idea is to use it for all those items you need to take somewhere else (like library books), or you need to donate, or you plan to give […]
Bokeh Photography Effect
Matt shows you how to create a cool photographic effect by making shapes out of the out of focus points of light in an image. For more information, check out: http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2011/06/how-to-bokeh-photography-effect.html