Designing Sally Servo - The Really Robotic Robot
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Designing Sally Servo - The Really Robotic Robot Meet "Sally Servo", the cardboard robot costume that I designed for Brown Dog Gadgets. Our goal was to inspire makers not just make a typical cardboard robot costume - but to use simple electronics to make that costume really robotic.  So, I designed 6...

Lady Gaga Cosplay: Making the LED Matrix Mask
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Watch the project video: Here's how I made Lady Gaga's sound-reactive LED Matrix Mask for my Lady Gaga Cosplay. In this build, I uncover the actual materials used in Gaga's mask and tweak the design to be a simpler version that’s more appropriate for cosplay. Links Mentioned in this video...

We Bought A Condo!
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A dream come true: We are officially homeowners! 🍾  We couldn’t pass up this one bedroom with a ---- wait for it---- private backyard! We will be restoring some of the older features and (of course) filling it with smart home functionality! The building was built during prohibition and our unit is...

Keep On Making It: Challenge 1 - DVD Flowers
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#KeepOnMakingIt During quarantine, I participated in the #MakingItAtHome challenges from the TV Show "Making It". The challenges were exactly what I needed because they introduced me to other makers, pushed me to break outside of my comfort zone, and gave me a deadline to get things done!  So… one of...

"Li'l Sebastian in Horsey Heaven" Marionette
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Up in horsey heaven here's the thing... Ever since the Parks and Recreation special, I’ve had Li’l Sebastian’s song stuck in my head nonstop. So when I saw Robert Mahar ‘s amazing horse marionettes I was inspired to create a Li’l Sebastian version! My Li'l Sebastian marionette is hanging in "Horsey Heaven"...

A Friend and a Phone Stand
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The "Lone Sock" Challenge It's a #MakingItAtHome challenge- put on my the NBC show "Making It". I've been completing the challenges at home and this time the challenge was a HUGE success! Wait. No, actually, it was a failure of creepy proportions.  Here's how it went down: The challenge was...

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