Free Tickets to Austin Mini Maker Faire!
April 25, 2012
Have you heard about Austin Mini Maker Faire? There are going to be lots of amazing makers. And it’s going to be in one of Austin’s really cool venues in downtown Austin. There will be fun things to make. Great accordian driven steam punk to listen to. And creative people to watch all day long. You can even volunteer if you want to!
It really is one of Austin’s don’t miss events. Is it on your calendar yet? May 12 10am-6pm
And I’m giving away 2 free adult tickets! Just leave me a comment answering the question, what have you made recently or what are you dying to make sometime soon? I’ll pick a winner on Friday May 4th and announce it here.
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April 25th, 2012 at 2:29 pm
I soldered my first circuit for a Drawdio kit!
April 25th, 2012 at 3:19 pm
I am currently making a teepee tent for my almost 4 year old. I am more excited about it than he is. LOL
April 25th, 2012 at 3:20 pm
I am not creative at all…but I buy supplies for my daughter who is into making duct tape flowers right now.
April 25th, 2012 at 3:27 pm
We want to use the Makerbot to print out a 3D image of my son’s origami! But we haven’t been able to find one to borrow.
April 25th, 2012 at 5:55 pm
Knitted a blanket for my new nephew!
April 25th, 2012 at 8:20 pm
I recently made a cloth book as a baby shower present. I used some cute flannel prints and some fabric scraps recycled from jeans and t-shirts.
April 26th, 2012 at 12:12 am
I made a light table for my baby girl!
April 26th, 2012 at 10:13 am
I just built a garden trellis from scrap wood. Now I’m building a pallet playhouse for the kiddos.
Power tools!
April 26th, 2012 at 10:55 am
Just finished stitching a pair of ‘one of a kind’~ made without a pattern, from a recycled Pier One dress I wore in my 20′s, overalls for the kiddo!
She saw these ruffly, tacky fabric pair at Target, for $19.99!? that I DO NOT have or care to spend on. I stared at em’ a bit, smiled and said, “I’ll MAKE you some.” And I did!!! And she LOVES them. Sigh… Why don’t I have more time to do this kinda stuff?
April 26th, 2012 at 11:28 am
I made a “Pac Man Tag” game kit for my students: one wristband with Pac Man eating silver dots; four wristbands showing both a “live” ghost and a “dead” ghost (just the eyes); two baseball-sized glitterfelt cherries.
We play the game by following the lines painted on the floor of the gym.
April 26th, 2012 at 11:35 am
Son & I are making a rocket cam. Just finished making geometric critters from cast off styrofoam.
April 26th, 2012 at 9:50 pm
I’m wanting to make some kind of rail/rack so that my kid can see and read his books more easily (as opposed to having them all on a bookshelf). One day….
April 27th, 2012 at 5:28 pm
i made angry owl earrings. They are amazing!
April 30th, 2012 at 5:32 am
I’m configuring upcycled cinder blocks into a garden planter. I also just finished making three skirts; one for me and two were made with some help by my daughter and her friend.
May 1st, 2012 at 8:41 am
I’ve always wanted to make one of those solar charging stations out of an altoid tin. I’ll do it one of these days!
May 2nd, 2012 at 12:13 pm
I just made a paperchain, a rally cry of sorts, that said “believe” out of this’s and that’s we could scrounge up at 3:00am in the Children’s Hospital
May 2nd, 2012 at 2:05 pm
I’ve wanted to make stuff for SO long and I’ve finally started doing stuff after many, many starts and stops. I just make a cracker box amp (teeny guitar amplifier) as my very first soldering project. I also finally fixed the handle on my guitar case that’s been broken for about 5 years: I went to the hardware store and got 5 links of a huge plastic chain, and zip tied the links to the guitar case! Took 60 seconds, tops. My wife gave me a soldering practice kit for St. Valentine’s Day to get my soldering skills up to snuff so I can actually start the ice tube clock kit (http://www.ladyada.net/make/icetube/) she got me longer ago than I’d care to admit. Clearly, high speed is not my forté.
May 2nd, 2012 at 5:20 pm
I’m slowly working my way on a cross-stitch version of Monet’s waterlilies. Can we count cooking? My last creation was banana coconut pancakes with caramel sauce.
May 2nd, 2012 at 8:51 pm
I made a screen print and printed a new bag for myself!
May 2nd, 2012 at 8:53 pm
kept trying to print blk/wht photos on thin enough guage aluminum to sew integral within
garments with big fabulously colored thread……wait for it….
just did it today!
whew a lot of work.