Just a friendly reminder. Put all those little final touches on your costume and head out to our halloween party tonight! Matt has rigged up a personal interactive LED display for people to mess with. Send tweets to @MattsCostume tonight (7pm and later) to display your tweet on his sign. Pretty cool! Be sure to […]
If you’re planning on making handmade holiday presents, December is just around the corner! I love the hanging ornament pattern fabrics from the latest fabric design contest at Spoonflower right now. They have some other Christmas and end-of-year-themed contests coming up, like 2012 Tea Towel Calendars (November 8th) and Advent calendar fabric (November 15th).
Last week, Patricia Zapata of A Little Hut put out a call for suggestions on what she should make with a left over cardboard ring from a roll of painter’s tape. She’s followed up with her beautiful and clever project, and has included a how-to so you can make your own. See how it came […]
Tony Regalbuto’s father has a penchant for decorating the family’s front yard with whimsical, sometimes frightening, humanoid decorations. Many of the characters are based around Posables, a system of configurable mannequins demonstrated at Maker Faire Bay Area 2011. These seem to be the perfect template for creating scary (animatronic?) ghouls, monsters, and goblins for this […]
Cal Haunts NorCal is more than a Halloween haunted house, its a hands-on space that shows others skills in foam fabrication, decorating, and animatronics that are integral to their many scare tactics. Robert Santos shows these frightening spooks and props at Maker Faire Bay Area 2011.
I fell in love with Carolyn Caffelle’s sushi costume she made for her son and showed off on The Martha Stewart Show yesterday. You can make a version of this using a onesie you might already have at home. …and because I can’t resist, check out her set of twin Super Mario Brothers onesies.
Clever idea over at DIYPhotography.net: Wind outdoor lights around a wire wreathe frame, using the lights’ built-in-clips to secure them in place. The resulting “glamor” video lighting looks pretty good, as you can see. [Thanks, Udi!]
