Creatrope http://www.creatrope.com/blog 21st Century Decluttering and DIY Hacks Thu, 11 Mar 2010 03:05:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Halloween Alien Costume http://www.creatrope.com/blog/howto/halloween-alien-costume/ http://www.creatrope.com/blog/howto/halloween-alien-costume/#comments Sat, 24 Oct 2009 06:35:47 +0000 admin http://www.creatrope.com/blog/?p=601 Here’s the Halloween 2009 costume. It’s the original H.R. Giger Alien from Alien. Working jaw & motorized tongue!  Build instructions here.

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]]> http://www.creatrope.com/blog/howto/halloween-alien-costume/feed/ 0 A Modular Halloween With Grid Beam http://www.creatrope.com/blog/howto/a-modular-halloween-with-grid-beam/ http://www.creatrope.com/blog/howto/a-modular-halloween-with-grid-beam/#comments Sun, 20 Sep 2009 18:50:17 +0000 admin http://www.creatrope.com/blog/?p=420 I love Halloween, but don’t like the clutter it creates afterwards.  Make some grid beam, and you’ve given yourself an erector set for Halloween.

covered kicking legs prop using grid beam, pvc, and a wiper motor

covered kicking legs prop using grid beam, pvc, and a wiper motor

]]> http://www.creatrope.com/blog/howto/a-modular-halloween-with-grid-beam/feed/ 0 Twenty Five Creative Re-Use Ideas for Books http://www.creatrope.com/blog/resource/twenty-five-creative-re-use-ideas-for-books/ http://www.creatrope.com/blog/resource/twenty-five-creative-re-use-ideas-for-books/#comments Thu, 04 Dec 2008 07:52:43 +0000 admin http://www.creatrope.com/blog/?p=416 Stuck with a bunch of books that aren’t worth selling or even donating? Here’s a variety of ways to transform them into something else.

]]> http://www.creatrope.com/blog/resource/twenty-five-creative-re-use-ideas-for-books/feed/ 0 How To Declutter Your Book Collection in a Few Easy Steps http://www.creatrope.com/blog/resource/how-to-declutter-your-book-collection-in-a-few-easy-steps/ http://www.creatrope.com/blog/resource/how-to-declutter-your-book-collection-in-a-few-easy-steps/#comments Wed, 03 Dec 2008 05:21:35 +0000 admin http://www.creatrope.com/blog/?p=389 While nothing can beat boxing up your books and donating them to clear out the shelves, there’s a lot of cases where you want to put a little more thought into it. Here’s my strategy for keeping the book collecting from getting out of hand. Declutter your book collection in a few easy steps.

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