adafruit – erinstblaine

30 Oct

New Web Site at Erinstblaine.com

I’ve launched my brand new web site! I’m very excited. Please come take a look! Let me know what you think. I think it’s beayooootiful. If you like having pretty pictures of light up artwork and mermaids delivered directly...

adafruit, artist, diy, electronics, erinstblaine, feed, follow, launch, Learn, light, portfolio, see, tinkerpixie, tutorials, web site

29 Oct

Easy Halloween Electronics Tutorials

Halloween is my favorite holiday, but this year I am a little ambivalent. With Covid still running rampant (though admittedly not too much in this area) there are no Halloween parties, no gigs, no parades and no real reason...

adafruit, animatronic, bat, craft, diy, download, free, guide, hallowing, Learn, maks, mechanical, pattern, plague doctor, servo, tutorial

23 May

Moss Barometer — Vertical Garden Art with a SuperPower

I love vertical gardens. Every time I see them I get all excited, and I’ve wanted to build one for just ages. We had such a lovely rainy spring this year, and with nothing to do but walk around...

adafruit, barometer, build, CLUE, diy, garden, glycerine, led, lights, moss, moss garden, preserve, pressure, vertical

10 Feb

Glowing Four Seasons Fairy Bottle Art Installation & Tutorial

Fairy bottles.I made my first glass fairy bottle almost 10 years ago, before I’d really started on my LED maker journey. It went a little viral on Pinterest and with good reason.. these little bottles are stunningly gorgeous and super easy to make....

adafruit, beautiful, costume, decor, diy, elf, essence, iridescent, kids, Learn, Make, neopixel, program, project, room, STEAM, stem, tutorial

01 Feb

Remote Controlling Lots of NeoPixels Wirelessly

I spend a lot of my time developing and performing with LEDs. My company, Fire Pixie Entertainment, offers a really popular LED dance show, with light-up hula hoops, poi, doublestaff, and of course, lots of light up costumes. The programming behind...

adafruit, controller, diy, feather, LEDs, LoRa, microcontrollers, pixel, program, programmable

31 Jan

DIY Light-Up Valentine Candy Box Tutorial

I just published a new tutorial over at the Adafruit Learning System: make a PowerPuff Girl themed Valentine candy box with a Circuit Playground Express and copper tape. Use MakeCode to add lights and sounds. It’s multimedia! A multimedia...

adafruit, box, candy, cartoon, circuit, copper, diy, kids, playground, powerpuff, project, tape, tutorial, valentine

13 Dec

Glowing Resin River Table Tutorial

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...

adafruit, arduino, Art, beautiful, diy, edge, epoxy, glowing, kitchen, led, live, makecode, neopixel, resin, river, table, walnut

21 Mar

Ever-Burning Flame Painting

I made some art. This is a bit of a departure for me. I’m not a painter (well, except for face and body painting), and I have very little experience painting acrylic on canvas. It seems like such an...

acrylic, adafruit, arduino, Art, artwork, canvas, Circuit Playground, home, light, light up, neopixel, painting

09 Feb

3d Printed Light Strand Tutorial: MakeCode and Fusion360

I absolutely love these neopixel strands from Adafruit.com. They’re rugged, nearly indestructible. They come in 4″ or 2″ spacing. They’re WS2812B neopixels inside and they’re just so easy to get up and running without hours and hours of soldering. And they...

3D Printed, 3d printer, 3d printing, adafruit, addressable, decor, Design, fusion360, lights, makecode, neopixel

17 Apr

Tutorial: Dotstar LED and Glass Pebble Floor Border

I just published a new tutorial on the Adafruit Learning System: how to make an LED and glass pebble floor border. Check it out! https://learn.adafruit.com/neopixel-and-glass-pebble-floor/introduction I used to have a raised tatami Japanese-style table in my dining room. We...

3d printing, adafruit, arduino, border, buttons, Circuit Playground, color shift, dining room, diy, floor, home, Make, maker, modes, pretty, tutorial

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