Maker Faire This Weekend

 For those of you in the Bay Area, don't forget that Maker Faire is this weekend in San Mateo. The guys and I LOVE this event. It is like Disneyland for geeks. I remember it being referred to as "Burning Man meets Martha Stewart". It's hard to define, but check out this video for a preview of the makers that will be there.

Maker Faire This Weekend - Bay Area, California

Hi everyone, this week was super busy helping out at school. We had our first annual auction to raise funds. I'm glad that event is over.

The guys and I are looking forward to this weekend. We are going to Maker Faire in San Mateo. We went last year for the first time. It was fun for all of us. We just loved it! Hambly Screen Prints won't be there this year, but Provo Craft will be there. Here are the exhibitors.

If you live in the Bay Area and are looking for something to do this weekend, check it out.

Cool Stuff From Maker Faire

I spent all day yesterday with my Sweeties at Maker Faire in San Mateo. Two words....loved it!!!! It truly had major fun stuff for all 3 of us: robots, arts, crafts, science experiments, lightning indoors produced by Tesla coils. This event was huge. Adam Savage from MythBusters gave a talk. Ryan from Top Chef also gave a presentation. The Diet Coke & Mentos guys were there with this same YouTube presentation.

I did 3 make-n-takes:

• Season Leaves necklace at the Ponoko booth
• Played with Sticklers and used Glaze and Souffle pens at the Sakura booth. I got a gift of Sumo Sticklers and 3 pens. I had never used them before. They dry on glass, ceramic, electronics, etc.
• Made this notepad at the Hambly Screen Prints booth. I spent some money here. I loved the paper, acetate overlays, and rub-ons from this company. I can't believe they are located only a few miles from my house.
  

We are definitely going to make this an annual event for our family. Maker Faire is held in Austin, TX in the Fall (October 18-19) for those of you who live in that area (yes, you, Raul, Judy, and Lauren)!