Want to win a trip to Maker Faire? IEEE Spectrum has a fantastic contest – Do you have a terrific electronics project you’ve built at home? If so, we want to hear from you. IEEE Spectrum and Make magazines are joining forces to call attention to the coolest and cleverest do-it-yourself projects. If you’ve conceived […]
Amy Pearl says, “Amy wants you to get crafty. The challenge: make food come alive with googly eyes!” To join in on the Amy Sedaris Craft Challenge: add googly eyes to any item of food, then send in a photo of your creation. Amy will announce her favorite entry on WNYC.org’s Leonard Lopate Show on […]
Hillary Lang of Wee Wonderfuls has her Winter Stitchettes in her shop now. There are 4 cute cuddly patterns: Parker’s Purchases, Cuddled Up Charlie, Izzie on Ice and Finn’s Friend. Each comes with an instruction sheet and iron on transfers of the designs. Link.
Khadija of BARAKAH LIFE Handmade has a tutorial on how to make beautiful marbled paper from melted wax. [ via ] Link. Related: The Paper Marbling Kit from Chronicle Books – Link.
We’ve seen all the record vinyl crafts such as bowls, bags, or clocks but not this one! Treehugger’s found an iPod case made with old 45’s records, lined with cork and recycled felt with a clear protective plexiglass window. Link.
Moonstitches has a photo-tutorial on how to make these easy and fun book covers. Love the wooden button accent! Link.
Duane Wessels, one of the authors of Make Projects: Small Form Factor PCs, was quoted in a piece about the recent DNS server attacks: The motive for the attacks was unclear, said Duane Wessels, a researcher at the Cooperative Association for Internet Data Analysis at the San Diego Supercomputing Center. “Maybe to show off or […]
