This mural was a 7-hour install with 5 people working on it. It primarily uses Montana Gold and Montana Black spray paint. Some pen and brush work was done with Montana Acrylics. It was crazy fun. Before During After
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Crafty’s Adventures at NOMCON
Going into NOMCON I had a few hopes and dreams. For once, I had left room for the unexpected, which is no easy feat for a action-oriented, order-loving person like myself. The experience was better than my preconceived notions. Meeting people, moving the conversation forward and learning things I could never have imagined about other …
Renovated Cork Board
I recently did a quick renovation project on a somewhat thrashed quark board. Here is the instructable.
T-Shirt Kimono Tutorial
I had an old robe that I loved when I first tried this idea a couple year ago. But the first robe had no belt loops and the belt was quickly lost. I also overestimated the width and it was dreadfully unwieldy to wear but so soft. Check out the full tutorial at instructables.com/id/T-Shirt-Kimono-Robe/
Hacking, hoarding and beating the heat
Recently the bay area experienced a hard core heatwave. It was hot. No regular hot but “oh, my god make it stop, climate change aaaaahhhhhh” hot. This coincided to my wardrobe losing its luster. I needed clothes I liked that, that would feel good in the heat and be suitable for work. I also have …
Snowfall Dress Build
I used about 440 WS2812b LEDs + one 100foot string of fairy lights to create this dress. I used a Flora Board to control it and 4 large batteries to power it. Not lite by any means but bright and pretty for a good long time. These are some quick pics from New Years Eve.
Timing is everything in the kitchen
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Transparency, respect and pancakes
Welcome to my new comic strip. This is where one lady’s experiences in tech and hackerspaces are explored through cooking metaphors. Mainly because I love cooking and I spend all my time in tech and hacker spaces and I have been told you should write what you know. The first strip tells the story of …
Alice In Wonderland
This mural was done primarily on rough redwood fence board. and worked around existing plants and structures.
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Splashy Chef’s Coat
This project was of course for burning man. I was handed a chef’s coat and a handful of random fairy lights and EL Wire from Cool Neon and asked to “do something cool”. Because this was for burning man I wanted to be sure the design could be seen from all sides. and stand up …
Puppy Print PJ’s
So a good friend of mine loves dogs… and I had a gift giving occasion and this awesome cotton flannel with puppies printed all over it. Lounge wear was so the way to go. I used McCalls M6252 pattern but really didn’t follow the instructions ’cause well they were pj pants. Before I started I traced …
Style in my nerdwear
I like a good nerdy t-shirt. Unfortunately they are done usually with the graphic on the front in a really boxy format. Neither of which looks or feels good to wear. So I paired a R2 Shirt with a navy blue t-shirt of approximately the same weight to create a mash-up that was more fun …
Truly wearable 3D printed jewelry and dresses
The folks over at nervous systems has brought to the table some true printed wearables. We have all seen the stiff 3D printed dress, or shoes etc. My first reaction when I started to see these a couple of year ago was “that’s neat, but would your really wanna wear it?” I am not seeing …