Want to dress up your laptop for just a few cents? Go no further than your local dollar store, where you can find oversized wall decals for one dollar. My friend Brian from Teenormous sent me this idea. The best thing about these decals (beside the low, low price)? They are removable so you don’t have to worry about leaving sticker residue on your computer.
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Have you jumped on the tablet computer bandwagon yet?  At first I was certain they’d be nothing more than a fad, but it looks as though they are here to stay.  While iPad users are lucky enough to have access to a full line of accessories, if you have any other brand of tablet (or an e-reader like Amazon’s Kindle) your choices are limited and …

Recycled cassette tapes and zip ties combine to make a super-cool retro lamp. OOO My Design made this lamp, and I love how the mismatched tapes look when they’re lit up. If I made this lamp, I would want to make it into a pendant lamp (perhaps because my house doesn’t have any built-in overhead lamps, so I always want more overhead light). You can …

Craftster user Lufah found a box of 35mm film slides at an antique store and put them to fabulous use by making a curtain. They’re attached to cafe curtain clips at the top, so they’re even functional, and can open and close. Each slide is connected to the slides near it with large jump rings. Doesn’t the curtain look awesome with the light shining through …

Everyone and their mother (ESPECIALLY their mother) knows that white clothing and toddlers don’t mix! This sweatshirt was hopelessly stained and unwearable, so I made a little crafty magic and turned it into something even cuter than it was before! The process is simple enough for anyone to do, so read on to find out how to transform a ruined sweatshirt into a favorite …

I love my small web video camera, but it does have its limitations. Sean Lee, a user at Make: Projects wanted to use his little video camera to make how-to videos, but the camera is made to focus on things about a meter away, which didn’t work for the small circuits Sean wanted to photograph. Instead of buying a new camera that could do the …

Guys can be notoriously hard to shop for, and even harder to craft for. Every year in my family, we have a tradition of giving handmade gifts to each other. I love how this has taken the focus off shopping for the gift; instead of stressing about finding the “perfect” $20 gift (hint: it doesn’t exist!!), we spend the months leading up to the holidays …

Dressing as your favorite geeky character is so much fun! Most of the costumes I loved when I stumbled across a Handmade Costume contest online were geeky, so I had to break the geektastic geekery into a few posts. Yes, Halloween is over, but I’m writing a series this week highlighting some of the great handmade costumes I’ve found on various websites.
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I can trace my unhealthy obsession with duct tape all the way back to my childhood.  While all the kids who live in town and had cable TV were watching “Thundercats” and “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles,” I was out in the boondocks glued to PBS.  It was there that I learned the wonders of nature from shows like “Wild America” and developed a taste for …

Need a little protection for your netbook, iPad, or Kindle? How about a no-sew fold-up case made from a single placemat and some strategically-placed iron-on Velcro? I made this project for the Holiday Craft-a-Long currently going on in blogland. My tutorial can be found at According to Kelly, along with other no-sew craft projects perfect for holiday gifting (why yes, it IS time to start …