Fans of Diane Gilleland (of Crafty Pod, CraftStylish and more) have enjoyed stories of her mother’s crafty influence in some of Diane’s podcasts and blog posts. I always love listening to or reading about their crafty adventures together, and find their sweet relationship heartwarming. While Diane’s mom, Pam, may have been responsible for inspiring her […]
Here’s a simple project for making a flashlight that sits on top of a 9-volt battery. Less expensive than a flashlight, and quite small and convenient! One LED is best used on top of two AA batteries, but throw a few more LEDs in series and you’re in business.
Here’s the CRAFT 2008 gift guide from CRAFT volume 09 (PDF). If you have your printed copy of CRAFT it’s on page 81, a pull out, and in the digital edition it’s at the end. I also wanted to post up a great article by Rachel Hobson & Diane Gilleland called “Whose Craft Is It, […]
Wee Wonderfuls has an all-new sewing pattern available for sale in the shop, which teaches us how to make this adorable, big-headed fleece monkey.
Here’s a simple solder fume filter/fan made from a plastic CD spool case, aquarium filter material, and some scrounged electronics. Fume Extractor [via the Make: Flickr Pool]
Next Meeting: 25 November 2008 7 PM – 9 PM (ET) ALWAYS FREE! Location: Smith Hall of Art, Room 114 (Map of Block) George Washington University 801 22nd St NW Washington, DC 20037 Schedule for next meeting Alden Hart : Practical Microcontroller LED Designs – lessons and gotchas from prototype to production LED projects are a popular […]
Classes from SparkFun & tutorials… For awhile now, we’ve been offering classes on various topics to friends and family of SparkFun. We are now opening them up to the public! Our first class is December 3rd, 2008 at the SparkFun office and will cover surface mount soldering. This is the first of growing offerings in […]
