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6 Ways to Mod Your Old-School Nintendo Controller

By Jeremy S Cook

Jeremy S Cook

Jeremy is an engineer with 10 years experience at his full-time profession, and has a BSME from Clemson University. Outside of work he’s an avid maker and experimenter, building anything that comes into his mind!

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If you have some old controllers lying around, let these Nintendo controller mods act as inspiration for bringing your gaming up to snuff.

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Cathy Callahan’s Old School: Vintage-Inspired Tabletop Decor

By nataliezdrieu

nataliezdrieu

Editor-in-Chief of CRAFT, www.craftzine.com

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One of my favorite sections in Better Homes and Gardens Stitchery and Crafts is “Ideas for a Variety of Placements,” and that’s where I found my inspiration for this project. I love to use vintage dishes but it’s always hard to find vintage place mats and napkins that are in good enough shape to use for company. So I thought why not just make some?

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Cathy Callahan’s Old School: Decoupage

Cathy Callahan’s Old School: Decoupage

By Goli Mohammadi

Goli Mohammadi

I'm a word nerd who loves to geek out on how emerging technology affects the lexicon. I was an editor on the first 40 volumes of MAKE, and I love shining light on the incredible makers in our community. In particular, covering art is my passion — after all, art is the first thing most of us ever made. When not fawning over perfect word choices, I can be found on the nearest mountain, looking for untouched powder fields and ideal alpine lakes.

Contact me at snowgoli@gmail.com or via @snowgoli.

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Decoupage decoupage | dākoōˈpä zh | noun the decoration of the surface of an object with paper cut-outs, which is then usually varnished or lacquered. French, from découper ‘cut out.’ With roots in the 18th century, decoupage was all the rage in the 60s and 70s and has even had a rebirth lately (think John […]

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