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 Making Soap
Its easy to make your own soap! Teachsoap.com has tons of soap makin' recipies from easy to advanced, including how to make body scrubs and lip balm. We like this tutorial on creating soaps with double color. Link.
Posted by Natalie Zee | December 16, 2005 at 18:24 PST
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Robot Ornaments
Lizette Greco's craft work is inspired by the drawings of her two children. Her 4 year old son loves robots, and hence the plethora of robot material in her work, like these robot ornaments. With her children's drawings as her pattern, she creates some amazing plush toys, dolls, bags and more. Lizette shared with us one of her cool crafting tips, "When I embroider a drawing, I trace the original drawing (a face for example) on tissue paper and then pin it to the head of the doll. I embroider on top of the paper and when I'm done, I rip it off gently. That way, I don't make pencil marks on my pieces and don't have to clean up after them (I've tried this before)." Flickr Photos and Link.
Posted by Natalie Zee | December 15, 2005 at 23:02 PST
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Head Mounted Displays/VR-Helmets market overview...
 Brian writes in with the best and only resource I've seen that has most of the Head Mounted Displays / VR-Helmets in the market - "No instructions on how to make your own, but if you were going to make your own, you'd probably want to start here..." Link. See our previous use our previous us of VR glasses with the iPod VR.
Posted by Phillip Torrone | December 15, 2005 at 09:40 PST
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Wake up calls for phones?
 Sean was looking for a service that would automatically call his phone with a text to speech message at a specified time "I would like to be able to program my computer to call my cell phone or a regular phone with text to voice messages—eg reminders, important appointments or wake up calls and for pranksters...The catch is that the other person should not require the same software to receive the call. Anybody know of any software that does this univocally?" I found a web service that does this (some free and some fee) here. I usually use my built in alarm clock on my phone, but it doesn't of course talk to me or call anyone else.
Posted by Phillip Torrone | December 15, 2005 at 08:47 PST
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Cousteau Sub Mimics Great White...
 Want to study sharks? Build your own Tintin-esque sub - "The grandson of famous oceanographer and filmmaker Jacques Cousteau believes the best way to learn about sharks is to become one. Fabien Cousteau, inspired as a child by the comic book Red Rackham's Treasure, where the main character, Tintin, adventures underwater in a shark-shaped submarine, decided as an adult to build his own." Thanks Saul! Link. Nation Geographic has an update on the story too.
Posted by Phillip Torrone | December 15, 2005 at 08:30 PST
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Meet Your Fellow Makers!
Find and post events, exhibits, and more with our new events listings!
BUST Magazine Holiday Craftacular
Dec. 17
thru Dec. 18
at 12:00pm
Join BUST Magazine for a massive holiday shopping bonanza running all day (and all of the night) at the Warsaw in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, featuring crowds of crafters, cocktails, DJs, and dancing! Celebrity crafters/authors Brini Maxwell, Ayun Halliday, Jenny Hart, and more, will be on hand to sign copies of their books! Get jiggy with "Jingle Bells" and a gin and tonic as you browse through hundreds of handmade winter wares, from handbags and knitwear to ornaments, jewelry, and cards. Last-minute holiday shopping to do? Skip the mall and buy DIY! See you ho-ho-hos under the misteltoe!
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MAKE proudly presents a gift guide for the holiday season with listings you certainly won't find anywhere else. We asked a few MAKE staffers and pals to send in their favorite maker-friendly gift ideas for mostly under $100, as well as Associate Editor Phillip Torrone's personal picks...happy holidays!
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