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Flashback: Gourd Lanterns

Flashback: Gourd Lanterns

By Haley Pierson-Cox

Haley Pierson-Cox

Haley Pierson-Cox from Red-Handled Scissors is a maker of crafts, a lover of cats, an avid swearing enthusiast, a cross-stitch book author, and a general purveyor of quirk. She's also sometimes an irritable cartoon named Tiny Cranky Haley. https://www.redhandledscissors.com

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Bring some warmth and light to your cool-weather home decor with DIY gourd lanterns!

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How-To: Paper Lantern

How-To: Paper Lantern

By Haley Pierson-Cox

Haley Pierson-Cox

Haley Pierson-Cox from Red-Handled Scissors is a maker of crafts, a lover of cats, an avid swearing enthusiast, a cross-stitch book author, and a general purveyor of quirk. She's also sometimes an irritable cartoon named Tiny Cranky Haley. https://www.redhandledscissors.com

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I’m totally smitten with the saturated colors and charming hand-cut circles in this beautiful DIY paper lantern!

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How-To: LED IKEA Lantern Hack

How-To: LED IKEA Lantern Hack

By Haley Pierson-Cox

Haley Pierson-Cox

Haley Pierson-Cox from Red-Handled Scissors is a maker of crafts, a lover of cats, an avid swearing enthusiast, a cross-stitch book author, and a general purveyor of quirk. She's also sometimes an irritable cartoon named Tiny Cranky Haley. https://www.redhandledscissors.com

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Toss the candles and turn a regular tea light lantern into a charming—and surprisingly bright—LED version with this IKEA lantern hack!

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Processional Paper Lanterns

Processional Paper Lanterns

By Nick Normal

Nick Normal

I'm an artist & maker. A lifelong biblioholic, and advocate for all-things geekathon. Home is Long Island City, Queens, which I consider the greatest place on Earth. 5-year former Resident of Flux Factory, co-organizer for World Maker Faire (NYC), and blogger all over the net. Howdy!

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Over 800 people participated in Morningside Lights in September, as part of a weeklong arts event that concluded with a procession of many dozen paper lanterns through a public park in NYC.

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How-To: Puffy Paint Lanterns

How-To: Puffy Paint Lanterns

By Haley Pierson-Cox

Haley Pierson-Cox

Haley Pierson-Cox from Red-Handled Scissors is a maker of crafts, a lover of cats, an avid swearing enthusiast, a cross-stitch book author, and a general purveyor of quirk. She's also sometimes an irritable cartoon named Tiny Cranky Haley. https://www.redhandledscissors.com

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Add a splash of warm color to your home decor with these ornate puffy paint lanterns!

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How-To: Embellished Paper Lantern

How-To: Embellished Paper Lantern

By Haley Pierson-Cox

Haley Pierson-Cox

Haley Pierson-Cox from Red-Handled Scissors is a maker of crafts, a lover of cats, an avid swearing enthusiast, a cross-stitch book author, and a general purveyor of quirk. She's also sometimes an irritable cartoon named Tiny Cranky Haley. https://www.redhandledscissors.com

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Make a beautiful statement piece for any room in the house with this lovely embellished paper lantern tutorial from Linda Albrecht on Glue Arts! [Via Poppytalk]

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Maker Wedding Enlightenment

Maker Wedding Enlightenment

By Chris Connors

Chris Connors

Making things is the best way to learn about our world.

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Earlier this summer, Brett was working on a nifty 3 LED and 2 AAA battery holder design at the Boston Area Makerbot meetup. We get together when enough people feel the need, generally at Sprout in Somerville. When we got together again this week, he was able to happily report on the project and the role his making played in the big day.

The initial plan was to use throwies, but I felt they wouldn’t give as much light as a commercial 3 LED solution. This led me to a fun, albeit time consuming project.

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