How-To: Heart Garland From Magazines
As Valentine’s Day approaches and you’re looking for a way to add a little holiday love to your decor, check out this tutorial for a sweet and simple heart garland from Tricia at Oh So Crafty.
Holiday Projects
Gingerbread House Inspired by Pixar’s Up
Craftster user LawrenceKSRealEstate won the Craftster Gingerbread Challenge with this fantastic gingerbread house inspired by the Pixar movie, Up. The details are amazing, and he even included a modeling chocolate version of Carl in the front lawn. See all the pictures over on his blog.
Lego minifig snowperson
I assume that minifigs are gender-neutral in the absence of characteristic clothing or hairpieces. Danes Bjarne Tveskov and family are responsible for Lego Leslie, here. [via The Brothers Brick]
Intern’s Corner: Origami New Year’s decorations
Every other week, CRAFT’s awesome interns tell about the projects they’re building in the Craft: Labs, the trouble they’ve gotten into, and what they’ll make next. By Meara O’Reilly, projects intern My family reuses holiday wrapping paper to a hilarious extreme — presents have been known to show up swathed in paper as old as […]
World’s tiniest “snow” man
It’s tin that’s been etched with a focused ion beam (FIB) instrument, with bits ion-welded platinum for the nose and to hold the tin spheres together. I guess it’s impractical to work with actual ice when you’re at the 10 micrometer scale. A human hair is about 50 micrometers across. It’s the work of Dr. David Cox and co-workers at the National Physical Laboratory in London.
Beyond awesome: launching a Christmas tree
Oh my gawd, this is hysterical. These guys launched their Christmas tree on 32 rocket engines. The launch is glorious. Christmas Tree Rocketry: The Art and Science of Holiday Recycling
Desaturated Santa costume
No, they haven’t been photoshopped. Brody S. made this awesome black-and-white Santa suit for San Francisco Santa Con 2009. [via Dude Craft]
