Make It: Tree Swing
Design Love Fest shows us how to make a sweet tasseled swing that is perfect to lounge on this summer.
DIY Projects
DIY Watermelon Pinata
This is an adorable watermelon DIY by Oh Happy Day! What a fun summer party project.
DIY Geometric Beads
Mini Eco kills it in the modern geometric game and these sweet faceted gem beads are no exception. I want to make a million of these and wear them in every color.
DIY Macrame Hanging Planter
Refinery 29 is an epic site for all things fashion, home decor, and thankfully DIY! Their latest video explores the very fun macrame moment that is happening right now and I am excited about it.
How To Make a Marriage Equality Cake
Today is a beautiful and historic day for those of us who support the human rights movement. If you want to celebrate the Supreme Court’s decision to end DOMA Buzzfeed shows us how to bake a Marriage Equality cake for this beautiful step forward. Did I mention it’s red velvet? IT IS.
Make a Glass Nixie-Like Display with LEDs
You know those nixie tube displays? Well, 14-year-old Spanish maker pinomelean made an edge-lit glass nixie that consists of ten etched glass plates stacked atop each other, with SMT LEDs lighting them up individually — similar to this display we blogged last year.
Soldering Surface Mount LEDs on a Through-Hole PCB
EMSL customer Peter T. painstakingly soldered surface-mount LEDs (tinier than a grain of rice) onto the through-hole PCB of a Peggy matrix. Peter soldered 625 separate LEDs onto the board with the help of a jig, and Peggy worked perfectly with the surface-mount LEDs.