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A wedding is a great excuse to make stuff. In the case of my recent matrimony there were a lot of hand made things. My wife and I (along with some other helpers) spent the last year making decorations, invitations and other essential wedding materials. It started off with the creation of our “save the date” announcements. These went through a couple of prototyping stages before we settled on a final produ

Recently at MAKESHOP we’ve been wearing a lot of hats… Literally! A lot of them were pretty heavy on precision cutting and sewing, but I figured out how to make an awesome garrison cap with only a few materials.   Supplies: An iron Spray starch A bandanna-sized handkerchief (depending on the size of your head and intended size of hat, a smaller handkerchief might work better.)   Directions: Firs

This was really cool workshop taught by one of our favorite guest makers, Sibel Deren Guler.  Visitors were able to explore and learn how to create several origami projects.  They were then encouraged by Deren and me to add lights and motors to their creations.  This was the first time I witnessed activated origami and I loved it. These special workshops in the MAKESHOP are great.  You get to learn about something ne