Solar System Cake Pops
Jeromina of paper, plate, and plane had some leftover icing and wanted to play around with marbling it, so she created this adorable set of solar system-inspired cake pops. How cool are those Saturn rings?
Geek Crafts
Meet The Makers: Meredith Scheff
The first thing Meredith Scheff ever made was, and I quote, “probably a mess!” She quickly moved onto creating things much more worthwhile. Her North Star Skirt was one of the most interesting projects at Maker Faire last year. Meredith defies description as a comic book-writing-soft circuit-designing-soldering-sewing-creative force. Meredith will be displaying her projects at […]
Sewing Spacesuits
Gizmodo recently posted an excerpt from Spacesuit: Fashioning Apollo by Nicholas de Monchaux, and it’s got my crafty space geek heart racing. I have a bit of an obsession with spacesuits, and reading about the engineering behind them combined with delicate sewing techniques is truly fascinating. The most valued seamstresses were those like Roberta Pilkenton, […]
How-To: Portal Sentry Turret Egg Cup
Instructables user Supernewby made this tutorial for your own Portal Sentry Turret egg cup.
Needle Felted Dalek
Beefranck over on Mr. X Stitch points us to the fantastic needle felted work of Glass Camel, including Transformers and a dragon. This dalek was my favorite by far, though. See our Dr. Who round up for more awesome Dr. Who projects.
Celebrate Today’s Shuttle Launch With Space Crafts
Crochet Space Shuttle Sure, today folks are celebrating the royal wedding, but my thoughts have been more focused on today’s potential shuttle launch. Targeted for a 3:47 PM EST launch, the space shuttle Endeavour will make it’s final journey in to orbit in the next-to-last shuttle flight ever. You can read more about the mission […]
Make: Live 4/27/11 – Karts & Wheels (video)
Make: Live ep07 is all about projects from the new MAKE v26, Karts & Wheels! Thanks to our guests Mark Frauenfelder, Jared Ficklin, Nick Raymond and Eric Chu.
