Ash: Got my pokeball, got my oddly shaped pikachu, I'm good to go.Theme music: Gotta catch em all!!!!!Pokeball is 1cm diameter for a clue to the scaleMade with feltI think this people pattern still...
Thanks to each and every one of you who entered my Craft Gossip Contest for a copy of the book Girl’s World: Twenty-One Sewing Projects to Make for Little Girls. I have a winner.
The prize goes to lucky Commenter 124, Joni. Here?s her comment.
I want it ? my sweet 2 year old would be soooo cute in these creations.
WhipUp.net's April Action Pack Issue 2 ($5) is filled with 25 kids projects themed "seeds and beads" with a bonus 4 page Easter supplement. for the new planting season - inside you will find craft projects, gardening projects, science, cooking, drawing and more. A few of my favorite projects are the recycled self watering pots, bird seed treats, hot cross bun recipe, and how to naturally dye eggs.
Guess what CRAFT readers? The first 50 people will get 20% off with this code: APcraftzine0004 (Good until Sunday, April 3rd)
Matt Richardson's latest video on MAKE shows you how to turn your inkjet printer into a secret agent message printer with some concentrated lemon juice and a hacked ink cartridge.
Readers who are secret agents--or secret agent wannabes--will love this project, which comes to us from MAKE Volume 16. By replacing the ink in a color inkjet cartridge with concentrated lemon juice, you can print with invisible ink. The secret message is revealed by spraying or wiping the paper with iodine tincture. Here's how it works: the reaction between the starch in the paper and the iodine turns the paper purple, however, ascorbic acid (also known as vitamin C) in the lemon juice acts as a reducing agent that breaks up the iodine complex before it reacts with the starch. If you don't have iodine handy, you can also reveal the message by heating up the paper with a hot iron.
Wow! Katie Dektar made this LED matrix quilt, and she posted up plenty of process pictures showing how it all works.
I sewed the rows of the matrix by machine (by putting the conductive thread in the bobbin). They all come together in the corner where they will attach to the Lilypad Arduino.
I then sewed on 64 LEDs by hand, which took quite me quite a few movies to get through. Using the embroidery hoop makes this 10x easier.
Here is a long exposure of the quilt. You can see the LED lights glow through the batting, and the fun wrinkles in the quilt. The best part is that it is deformable and soft!
You’ll be utterly charmed with the gorgeous vintage details of this DIY wedding featured on Elizabeth Anne Designs! The thrifty bride and groom created their vintage inspired wedding concept for a mere $350 using repurposed items like vases, picture frames, and cake stands. As a bonus, they included instructions for many of their projects inthis post!
Have you heard about the Helping Japan auctions that are going on all over Craft Gossip right now? If not, read our announcement and then go to the Helping Japan section that lists all of our auctions. 100% of the money raised will go to Salvation Army to help with relief efforts in Japan. (Because of shipping costs, this auction…