JoshPrime Makes Stuff

Hey Reader, I know you are sitting there in the first week of February reading this and wondering why I am posting about Christmas gifts. It is because I am great at blogging and search term optimization. Just kidding, in reality it is because it is my blog and I do what I want. So there. This Christmas, I wanted to get really fancy with the gift giving. Last year, due to obsessions with the television show Gravity Falls , I learned a lot about ciphers and coded messages. I wrapped gifts and covered them completely in complicated ciphers that took weeks to solve. This year, I wanted to take a slightly different tactic and make the gift even more interactive. I created this cipher wheel and you can too! Print it out and make your own! Here is how to make it: 1. Print out a copy and place your paper on a piece of cardstock. Then cut out the circle, mark the center of your cardstock with an awl (or a push pin like I did). 2. Cut the out outer ring and use the smaller circle you...

Hey Reader, I spent the holiday break doing the wall smoothing of the third bedroom and have aspirations of turning it into a room for all the crafts and projects that I do on this blog. I feel like all the rooms need names. I was going to call it my "craft room," but someone suggested calling it my "maker space." What makes a maker space different from a craft room exactly? I guess a maker space is typically more communal than a craft room. I sort of feel like a lot of the gentlemen I know call themselves "makers" instead of "crafters." It feels like some gender norm nonsense I don't like. You might be sitting there going: "but JoshPrime, the title of this very blog post is "sewing room." Why are you worried about the difference between makerspace and craft room if you are going to call it sewing room anyway." That is a good question. Here is the thing: I eventually want to do a lengthy post on warded mortise lock...