Articles tagged with Craft

A small monobox speaker (LM386 amp + speaker in a box)

By john

I decided to have a go at making a monobox from the MAKE site. It's basically a small battery (or mains) powered amplifier and mono speaker for playing music from an iPod/mp3 player. Here's my finished monobox:

Monobox and iPod

The guide to make the monobox is pretty thorough and lists everything …

How to sew a felt horse

By john

I've clearly picked up the making felt toys bug. For Christmas this year I ended up making a pair of felt horses for two of my cousin's children:

A pair of felt horses

I thought I'd have a go at writing up the instructions for how I did this - complete with template for making your …

Two Months of Felt Creations

By john

It's been a busy two months for me. I'll soon be getting married and there's been quite a lot to do. A while back I finished the invites for the wedding (which involved hand-stamped wrapping paper):


Wedding Invites

From there I moved on to creating a pair of robins to sit on …