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Playing with glass beads in a table lamp
By WhamodyneI've been playing around lately with large glass beads in a table lamp. I'm working on putting them into a glass block with a 100W compact florescent light and seeing how that looks. Here's the test case with a cut down 2 liter bottle.
The 2 liter took just under 5lb of the beads. I think a glass block will be just about the same. I like the idea of using the beads as a diffuser instead of a shade - I think it brings a much more » READ MORE
Wrapping Alternative with Japanese Cloth Wrapping
By WhamodyneMaybe it's because I watch far too much anime and see this technique used to wrap lunch boxes all the time, but when I saw this post on the Make Magazine blog about instructions for Japanese fabric wrapping (aka Furoshiki) I wanted to try it.
Cut to a few days later when I found some nice faux-leather wine containers in Michaels. Then when in the dollar store I noticed a pack of two pillowcases for, well, a dollar. Armed with » READ MORE
Countertop Greenhouse
By Whamodyne
It all started when I decided to get my mother a herb garden for Christmas. I had a vague memory of a countertop greenhouse I saw at an Ikea store about 5 years ago. It was made of thin wood and thin plastic. I decided that a plain old herb garden starter kit wasn't enough, it needed a greenhouse to go around it. In my folks kitchen bay window, it would do great.
First thing was getting the major materials together. These » READ MORE
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