Looking for a quick gift to whip up or just a way to cozy up your candles? Check out this tutorial from Wise Craft that uses basic IKEA drink ware as the base for an inexpensive and decorative gift that’s simple and fun to make. Related: How-To: Knit Candle Holder String
Read through PenfoldPlant’s guide to building a large snow sculpture, namely this snow hand, so you’re prepared to get out there and be creative when the next blizzard hits!
Here’s an interesting approach to getting that Sam Flynn look from the new Tron movie using LEDs, a white shirt, and some opaque leather from Instructables user sheetmetalalchemist. More: Tron Bag with EL Wire – CRAFT Video
Heather points us to this cool pocket quilt from LiEr of ikatbag. She created 26 pocket how-tos, and incorporated them into this beautiful quilt. It’s a great resource, and lots of fun to admire!
And we’re back with our twenty-sixth installment of Your Comments. Here are our favorites from the past week, from Make: Online, our Facebook page, and Twitter. Pete Prodoehl wrote in to share his version of the DIY iPad Stylus: Great video… I made my own, with just a few modifications… build info is here Desiring […]
I agree with longtime MAKE pal Alan Dove that this modernist fish tank is just “crying out for a re-make.” Also, anyone curious about building their own fish tanks should check out this tutorial over at Cichlid-forum.com. [Thanks, Alan!] More: Infinity-pool fish tank Lego fish tank Fish swim around the house, in a custom aquarium […]
If you’re one of the lucky folks to have received a Google Cr-48 notebook computer running Chrome OS, you might find it interesting that the same hardware can also run Mac OS X. Though it doesn’t have hardware accelerated graphics and the track pad is a little glitchy, it does seen like it could be a fun rainy day project.
