By Arwen O’Reilly Craft-Tea Tea Cozy http://www.etsy.com/view_item.php?listing_id=401177 I’m a sucker for puns, so DoBeClean’s clever tea cozy caught my eye. It puts the “tea” in Crafty:-) I also love the bright colors and softness of the cozy; that’s one that would be a pleasure to have around. When she’s not knitting or entering contests, she […]
Spark Fun Electronics has a pretty neat “Simon” like game (source and schematic included) all for $24.95 – “Looking for an application for the button pads, we ultimately settled on re-creating this classic. It blinks. It makes a lot of noise. And it’s guaranteed to suck you away from doing any real work. This is […]
Thimble also contributes to Whip Up and has posted up a collection of great organizers you can make. Pictured left is Shim + Son’s patchwork wall pocket and right is an armchair pincushion and sewing caddy. Link.
Remember the homemade Pong watch we posted up a few weeks ago? John, the Maker, has a build log of some of design challenges, parts decisions and other “show your work” type content to check out. If you ever wondered what it would take to build a super cool watch that plays pong, here’s a […]
By Arwen O’Reilly While Nat, Goli and Katie were crafting it up last weekend in Chicago at the Renegade Craft Fair, Marie Kare of the Sampler fame, Sarah Milstein (an O’Reilly Media editor and Friend o’ Craft) and I checked out San Francisco’s Expo for the Artist and Musician. A homegrown affair, it nevertheless was […]
Here’s how to control a LED matrix using a parallel port (source and schematic included) – Link.
Spluch writes in with some really inspiring furniture, made from bicycle parts – “Bike Furniture Design manufactures furniture from recycled bicycles parts as well as components from other transportation industries. Since the original bike, Bike Furniture Designs have grown to include a wide-ranging collection of high-quality tables, bar stools, loveseats, and more chairs. What an […]
