It’s the holiday season and I’m feeling a bit festive. I used my Cricut vinyl cutter and a Circuit Playground BlueFruit to make some pretty luminary lanterns to decorate my house. I’m far too lazy to light and maintain...
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...
The Sonic Runway.. a tunnel of sound reactive LED lighted hoops with beautiful light animations that strobe over and around and through as you dance your way along beneath them. This just opened in downtown San Jose, CA, right in...
This past July I had the good fortune to travel to Mexico with Way Beyond Productions to shoot photos and video of my LED mermaid tail, Mermaid Glimmer. We got some absolutely incredible shots. I’ve been posting them on...
I just published a new tutorial at the Adafruit Learning System: it’s a quick and easy Neopixel Jewel necklace. This is a really simple project but it’s oh-so pretty and sparkly when it’s done! It’s also really easy...
My LED light dance show is getting complicated. Problem 1: Dancers When I’m onstage dancing, my focus is in my body. I feel the flow of the props, feel the music, and feel the audience. It’s a wonderful state to be...
It’s beginning to be that season where I get to go out to fancy events and play with all the crazy toys and costumes I worked on all winter. Here’s a fun little .gif from last night’s “Rave” party...
I joined an all-female barbarian cosplay group. We’re called “the Horde”. I’ve been working on my barbarian costume and I have to admit — this character is really speaking to me. I call her Othilia, which means “One who...
My Rainbow Chakra hoodie guide is live at the Adafruit Learning System: Rainbow Chakra Hoodie Tutorial Festivals and events can get chilly at night. What better way to warm up than with a glowing hoodie — especially one with...
Mermaid Glimmer is the world’s only swimmable LED mermaid tail (as far as I know). She’s my pride and joy, and probably the most difficult and troublesome thing I’ve ever made. Creating an arduino controlled, battery operated illuminated costume...