Letterpress look without a letterpress
Prismera has a neat tutorial on getting the look of a letterpress by using hot glue and a burnisher – pretty labor-intensive but neat!
Kids & Family
Leeches!
Leeches are enjoying a well-deserved resurgence in popularity now that modern medicine has discovered their usefulness in speeding wound healing by increasing blood circulation. This clip is a promo piece for Nova Science Now’s episode about leeches, with Mark Siddall, “lord of leeches” at the American Museum of Natural History. There’s lots more leechy goodness […]
HOW TO – Neck Pillow from Old Pants
Betz White created instructions for how to turn a pair of your child’s pants into his or her very own neck pillow.
Pitch bending thumb piano
Jamoflage made this incredible pitch bending thumb piano! It sounds kind of like a steel guitar when it’s plucked, then kind of like twisted steel drums. And you can change out the blades. Totally cool. Via Oddstrument Collection
Kids Crafts – Wilding Sticks and Nature Bracelets
Full Circle has the perfect craft ideas for kids to enjoy nature and the great outdoors. Gather up some simple household supplies the next time you head out to make some cool looking wilding sticks and nature bracelets. [ via Kids Craft Weekly ]
Grosgrain Fabulous Blog Giveaways
Kathleen of Grosgrain Fabulous makes beautiful clothing for her daughters, takes wonderful photos of them modeling and then gives the clothing away. I have no idea why she gives them away, but I love the clothes and her generosity.
Model railroad morse code beacon
This garden railroad modeler built a morse code signaling beacon for his layout driven by a Picaxe 08M. He shows you how to design it to either flash or sound out your desired messages. The builder also updated he article a few years back with a more hardware-friendly Microchip 16F684 PIC processor. Morse Code Beacon