Whenever I see a papercraft project online that involves a lot of precise x-acto blade cutting, a part of my brain usually reserved for laying out SNES SimCity towns activates and taunts me, "Oooh, you could do this hour long cut in like one minute! You should totally make one of these!" This totally happened … Continue reading 82: Pop-Up Card
Okay, this one has been on the list forever, and it was so easy it almost feels like a cop out. But the results are pretty adorable! Buttons have a history stretching back at least 5,000 years, and are as often decorative as functional. They can be made of nearly anything - wood, plastic, shell, … Continue reading 71: Buttons!
This week, Jennifer and I have been super busy preparing for Show of Hands in Chicago. We'll be there at the Isette booth (come visit if you're local) and will be selling Jennifer's work from Isette and a I'll have a selection of wooden products from Pixelaser. But because we've been so busy with prep, … Continue reading 70: Engraving Fleece
For most of the magnets I make for Pixelaser, I use a 1/2" or 1" wide roll of magnet cut down to a size that will fit easily on the back of the piece in question. The end result is a magnet that looks pretty awesome from the front but suffers from a significant lip … Continue reading 69: Shaped Magnets
