Felted Fruit
More of Brookelynn Morris’ felted fruit bonanza can be seen on the CRAFT flickr pool. Brookelynn’s felted fruit tutorial graces the cover of our new issue, CRAFT:02. More tips for creating felted fruit can also be found online. Link.
Month: January 2007
HOW TO – Dimensional photography on the cheap
Phil writes – “Dimensional (3D) photography is a simple process, at least in theory. You provide a separate image of the same scene for each eye, slightly out of phase. Of course to do it right, it takes a good amount of photographic skill, an understanding of the psychological and mathematical principles involved, and some […]
DIY $100 window seat
Shollen writes – “I’ve recently been faced with a large, empty apartment, a budget, and about a week to make it feel like a home. Furnishing via Craig’s List had always been my plan, but with two living rooms? Oh, also, by the way, we can’t fit anything larger than the smallest loveseat up our […]
Build a Fire with a Coke Can and Chocolate Bar
As featured later on Mythbusters (and mentioned on the Make blog awhile back), Wildwood Survival shows how to make a fire without tools, using just a can of coke, a chocolate bar, and some tinder. A follow-up post provides some alternative methods for “people who would like to make a solar reflector from the bottom […]
Printable (free) Valentines day cards, with robots
Blissfully bitter writes – “If you’re feeling nostalgic for grade school, when you had to give Valentines to everyone in your class, WHiRR has some elementary-friendly mini cards available to download, print, and distribute. Hand them out to friends, lovers, and strangers on the street. Print them as they are or get DIY and embellish […]
Recycled street signs as building material
Looking for more “recycled street signs as building material” ideas? Dan_b writes – “For more recycled street-sign made stuff, check out this building in Berkeley, CA which has fences and other parts made of street signs (and features lots of other recycled stuff like a gate made of Volvo wagon hatchbacks and awnings made of […]
Skeleton Barcode Card
In the Hacks Instructables pool, tracydanger provides a great life hack for downsizing your wallet: I got sick and tired of having a dozen little “bonus” cards to carry around, so I made this simple fix. Basically, I just scanned in all my barcodes, fit them nicely into a row in photoshop and then printed […]