As we get our presents ready to wrap, I love going to John Boak’s web site, Wrap Art where he comes up with the most ingenious ways to use trash to wrap gifts. This tree wrapping above is made up large paper from a marketing flyer, a green web wine bottle sleeve, red metallic shopping […]
My sister-in-law hosted a baby shower this weekend and the hostesses made these Rice Krispie treats on a stick dipped in white chocolate. With some baby-themed ribbon and SweetTarts, the souvenir was complete. What kind of handmade gifts do you include at events like baby and wedding showers?
For our second project in the Make It Last Build Series, we’re constructing a robotic plant. This week, we’ll build a papercraft flower to sit on top of the metal stalk that we built last week. Combined with the plant brain and metal stalk, that we have constructed in the previous weeks, we’ve got all […]
Here’s a neat panorama of my craft studio, taken by Nathan Rosenquist. He snapped at least 30 photos from the center of the room and then used some image stitching software to assemble the image. Check it out full size on my Flickr.
Software, meet hardware. The Netduino Plus from the Maker Shed is an open source electronics platform using the .NET Micro Framework. The board features a 32-bit microcontroller and a rich development environment, making it a perfect solution for engineers and hobbyists alike. The Netduino Plus includes all hardware features of regular Netduino along with MicroSD […]
As the temperatures dip down, warm up your ears with these four cute versions of ear warmers from Delia Creates that are featured over on Prudent Baby.
John Kestner made Tableau, a piece currently on display at the Saint Étienne International Design Biennale: Remember when we made a connection by handing someone a photo? As our social circle spreads across a wider geographic area, we look for ways to share experiences. Technology has reconnected us to some extent, but we fiddle with […]
