The new season of Project Runway is well under way, and bloggers, Kat of Kat Knits and Susi of Craft Room are following the series by attempting each challenge on dolls. Each week we’ll create an outfit for our model based on that week’s Project Runway challenge. The Challenges will be posted on Friday & […]
For the rest of the month, I’m going on tour with Mitch Altman and Jimmie Rodgers on their Midwest Workshop Tour of Hackerspaces. We’re visiting a number of hackerspaces in the Midwest, where Mitch will be running workshops on how to solder, and spreading knowledge about hackerspaces: The workshops will give anyone and everyone the […]
If you aren’t savvy to the phenomenon that is Club-Mate, it’s a caffeinated tea beverage brewed in Germany that’s been adopted by the hacker scene in that country as their official staying-up-late-and-coding beverage. It’s become so popular that it’s been imported to the U.S. where it fetches prices as high as $10 a bottle. Minneapolis […]
From our friends at UncommonGoods: Do you have what it takes to become the next Thomas Edison or Benjamin Franklin? Are you sitting on a genius design or invention that is sure to be the next big thing? Then we want to hear from you! In honor of National Inventors’ Month, UncommonGoods is issuing a […]
If you ran across the above image on my Flickr page, you may have thought, “That’s it, Collin finally cracked.” On the other hand, you may have been taken aback by witnessing what could only be the birth of a revolutionary new style, about to radically reshape the face of modern mainstream fashion, and ultimately, […]
From our friends at UncommonGoods: Do you have what it takes to become the next Thomas Edison or Benjamin Franklin? Are you sitting on a genius design or invention that is sure to be the next big thing? Then we want to hear from you! In honor of National Inventors’ Month, UncommonGoods is issuing a […]
Alisa Burke shares a quick tutorial for adding embellishments to a simple tee, turning it into a stylish tunic-inspired top. I love her use of lace hem facing and her tips for adding beads without having to hand sew them on.
