Last weekend I traveled to Boulder, Colorado to attend the ‘Where Electronics Meets Textiles’ workshop hosted by SparkFun Electronics and taught by Lynne Bruning and Troy Nachtigall.

Here are a few of my favorite holiday crafts that use electronics and conductive threads.

This Thursday is Thanksgiving, which to most Americans means a big meal with friends and family. Here are a few projects focused on food, eating, and digestion which would definitely make my Thanksgiving meal a lot more interesting!

This week I’ve been working on two different ways of creating light up fairy wings for Halloween.

Ever since I first saw the Drawdio, I have been itching to buy one and put it in some sort of wearable project. It is a nice little synthesizer that has a lot of potential. This week I purchased the Drawdio Fun Pack from Adafruit to play with and spent Saturday night stitching it into a quick prototype. I brought it to today’s NH Media Makers meet-up and it was a big hit!

When I first got interested in soft circuits, getting materials was a combination of ordering free samples and sourcing items on your own. Luckily in the last few years things have changed and there are a variety of kits available to get you started with e-sewing. Here is a round-up of some readily available kits.

The LilyPad Arduino is a great piece of hardware that has made a big splash in the wearable/sew-able electronics scene. In addition to being easy to connect through sewing, the LilyPad looks great on the outside of a project. I love the circular design and purple color. I purchased a LilyPad back in September, yet haven’t had ample time to play with it. I am remedying that starting today.

Last weekend I came down with a bad cold, so no circuit projects for me. However drinking a ton of tea gave me some inspiration for this week’s experiment – a coffee cup sleeve that warns you when your drink is too hot. I don’t know how many times I have been burned by super-hot green tea, so here is my fun little solution to that problem.