Check out my test project: I upgraded an electric fireplace to use programmable lights and WLED. These fancy LED fireplaces are appearing in homes all over the place. I’ve seen them at State Fairs and home shows, and they’re...
Check out my newest project tutorial: make an epoxy resin Minecraft-inspired torch lamp. This lamp has a strand of warm white fairy lights embedded right into the resin, making a lovely starry glow effect. Adding a Circuit Playground Express underneath...
I made a magical mermaid fairy fantasy castle out of recycled bottles. I am absolutely in love with it. Here’s a link to the build tutorial at Adafruit Learn System: https://learn.adafruit.com/glowing-bottle-castle-and-capacitive-touch-piano The bottles are sitting on top of a diy...
I just published a new tutorial over at the Adafruit Learning System: make a PowerPuff Girl themed Valentine candy box with a Circuit Playground Express and copper tape. Use MakeCode to add lights and sounds. It’s multimedia! A multimedia...
This might be the most beautiful thing I’ve ever made. We moved away from the San Francisco Bay Area to the California foothills this past summer, and I finally have the space to dream a little bigger. Costume building...
This is my new favorite necklace! It changes color when you touch it. I get obsessed with a particular type of project and keep on making it again and again until I’m satisfied. I’ve made probably a dozen different...
I may have outdone myself this year for Halloween. It took me months of trying, failing, swearing, and trying again. I’m such a noob when it comes to animatronics and robotics. But I’m really pleased with how this turned...
I made a birdhouse. It lives in my soul. Backstory! I’ve recently moved out of the San Francisco Bay Area, two hours away to the Sierra Nevada foothills. There’s no more traffic. Things are affordable. There are artists everywhere...
This year’s big project: we’ve sold our house and are moving away from Fremont, to the foothills. We lived in our wonderful house in Fremont for around 17 years, and have a lot of memories there. We built our business, Fire...
Seven were forged. Behold! Summon the Horde Rune necklaces, modeled in Fusion360 and 3d printed, then sanded, molded and cast in pewter. I’m so proud of this. I’m not a sculptor. I took a clay sculpting class in college and I was...