I love seasonal flavorings, candy corns, pumpkins, cranberry, and the flavor that ends the year… peppermint. This recipe from Carolyn of Homework: Today’s Assignment: Be Inspired, lets you hold on to the Christmas flavor a little longer by making peppermint sugar cubes out of your old candy canes. More: Homemade Chocolate-Dipped Marshmallows (sprinkled with crushed […]
Visual effects artist Karl Stiefvater takes us through the steps he used to build a 3D model of his home (SketchUp and its handy “Photo Match” function), apply the textures (Maya), and produce the X3D file Shapeways requires for full-color 3D printing (MeshLab). He also covers such useful, decidedly non-virtual details as how to seal the model to prevent the color from bleeding, how to treat the water to prevent algae growth, and how to assemble the snowglobe kit itself.
By Tiffany Threadgould If this year’s resolution is to buy less and reuse more, try out this project to give your calendar a recycled twist. Find an old CD jewel case and some scrap paper to put your months on display. You can even cut up last year’s calendar and reuse the pages this year. […]
I know you may be thinking it’s a little too early to be talking Valentine’s Day around here, but there’s nothing wrong with wanting to get a little head start on your handmade projects for the big day. Cathe Holden of Just Something I Made designed this cute little print and fold airmail paper airplane […]
Start your new year with a project inspired by Aileen of Creating Clever. Create your own manifesto that can hang in your living room and remind you of your goals.
Electric light feels very different from candle light. Even the best electric lights seem frozen in place, or blink and move awkwardly.
I decided this year that I wanted to do something with candles again – something safely outdoors, far from the children and the house, but something beautiful. That brought me back to ice lanterns, something I’d talked about doing years ago.
Brighten up your New Years party with a little glitz in the form of sequinned applique stir sticks, from Somewhere Splendid.
