cork board homemade

Sooo...I know I've neglected this blog in the past. I didn't feel like I had anything to post, being in a creative dry spell. (Hmmm...perhaps I should have written about that...)  The keyboard was very time and energy intensive.

Anyway, here is a little something I tried, with inspiration from instructables.com--thanks to Phil Treble and cvanpelt 

cork board homemade


UPDATE: Please see below for corrected links, not included before out of ignorance of blogging. 

Thanks to Phil Treble and cvanpelt for the inspiration!

steampunk keyboard

 with the status lights glowing through

and #2, with new "branding"...

inspired by Jake Von Slatt and Richard "Doc" Nagy's work; fully functional--it is the keyboard for my desktop computer.

UPDATE: when I wrote this post I was even greener than I am now with blogging, so I didn't know how to link to give the proper credit and "props".  So here is the new and improved entry, with my apologies to readers and my inspirations in this: please click on the links, they both do some gorgeous stuff (note: FYI Doc Nagy's link is to his store since he does sell his work). Thank you!

NEW AND IMPROVED POST: This was inspired by Jake Von Slatt's and Richard "Doc" Nagy's work.

throwies

my first throwies! they're supposed to be in the shape of a heart...in real life the shape shows up better. wish they lasted longer--may add resistors next time per suggestion from Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories(evilmadscientist.com).  Update: The second batch lasted longer with resistors, although yellow and red bulbs were first to go. Green and blue bulbs are dim but still glowing after ten days (at least--I forgot to count...).

Chicken Wire Tool Organizer insp by DudeCraft

This was made from found materials mostly--a trim piece for frame, metal bracket from garage door opener install (leftovers--yay!), tacks. I did break down and buy the chicken wire and S hooks. The metal brackets already had holes, which was a happy coincidence. Didn't use any power tools since was home alone and I have an agreement with my husband about that :)

This hangs to the left of my workspace (old office desk). I have more stuff to hang but am using it as a "current project" tool rack.
(Saved pic as rotated but it didn't upload that way)

UPDATE: I finally figured out how to turn the pic around. Also, mainly, here is a link to the inspiration for this item. Being new to blogging and using it mostly for my private blog, I neglected to include a link mainly because I didn't know any better. My apologies to my readers (thanks, y'all) and Paul Overton of DudeCraft:

This was inspired by DudeCraft. Please check out his site, there's some amazing creativity there.