How-To: Mint Wreath
Mint is a (delicious, fragrant) weed. If you’ve got too much of it in your garden, check out muddysuzi’s tutorial for a mint wreath. I would worry about wilting, but maybe it wouldn’t be a problem on the outside of a chilly door.
Month: November 2010
Motion-sensing bathroom noisemaker
Hack Factory member Mike Hord built a motion-sensing widget for a local pizzeria’s restrooms — for the purpose of annoying them while they “rest”. Recently I was approached by an architecture/design firm to help with an electronic install at a client site. The client had requested a system that interacts with users in the bathroom- […]
How-To: Fabric Bags For Gift Wrapping
As you get your holiday gifts ready to give, why not whip up a batch of these simple fabric bags to use in place of paper gift bags and gift wrap? The folks at Bolt share a couple of different sewing tutorials for bags, as well as a list of ideas for other ways to […]
Food fashion by Ted Sabarese
Food for thought clothes! Stunning creations by Ted Sabaese, I’m loving the waffle pants. [via inspire me now]
TIn Foil Face
PT @ Make: Online spotted this tin foil face by Dominic Wilcox in the UK. Nice self portrait!
How-To: Pom Pom Pillow
The color and texture freak in me is swooning over this pom pom pillow from Susan of Living With Punks. See how to make your own over on her blog. [via The Swell Life]
Spoon organ!
The user can play musical tunes simply by touching a row of spoons sitting on a table, with a fork added in for good measure. A microcontroller is used to detect changes in capacitance caused by a finger pressing against the metal, which are then sent to a computer using the MIDI protocol.