Holiday Projects

Happy Father’s Day!

Happy Father’s Day!

Project from Popular Mechanics 1954, a blueprint lampshade Happy Father’s Day to all of the dads out there. We hope you’re having a fun day of paternal celebration. In honor of dads, here are a few excerpts from the reminiscences posted to the topic for our Leatherman Super 300 giveaway. There are a lot of […]

Twilight Inspired Wedding

This confession is going to make me seem dated, but I’m more of an Anne Rice kind of vampire girl. That, however, does not mean that I’m not totally charmed by the details in this Twilight wedding. Each piece of this wedding from HostessWithTheMostess is beautifully inspired by the books- from the flowers to the […]

DIY Magic Mirror kits

DIY Magic Mirror kits

Al Linke’s DIY Magic Mirror first appeared on our radar back in 2008, when Al posted a classic Instructable describing the project, which went on to win the Tech Grand Prize in our 2008 DIY Halloween Contest. Al’s Magic Mirror features a Snow-White style floating, talking face in a gilt-framed mirror with an amazingly wide variety number of integrated and integratable functions–breathalyzer, weather forecast, stock tracking, X-10 lighting control, doorbell input with camera feed, Picasa-based slideshow, various themed personalities, etc., etc. He’s selling them, now and gets $219 for the kit.