If you punch two holes in the bottle cap, you could sew everything. For adhering to the hair clip, you’d wrap the thread multiple times around the non movable part, and of course beads string just fine. The bow you can sew directly through the middle and that has the added bonus of keeping it from unraveling.

I like it, it’s really cute!

Beautiful work! Also a lovely bike.

I’m also tempted to add “Hey yo dawg, we heard you like bikes…”

Fuck yes, libraries are awesome, and I’m so glad that people are turning back to them.

BTW, this is a good reminder to patronize your local branch today and, if possible, throw some money their way.

Awesome work, and thank you for sharing the process! I like collecting these off-brand MP3 players from years ago, and there’s just not that much information on how to do these upgrades/fixes these days.

I’ve got a NOMAD Zen Xtra but haven’t done much with it yet. The battery’s borked and I haven’t worked out an easy work flow for getting stuff on it just yet. One day…

Ok, I’ve actually used Bookshop.org, so I don’t know how I forgot it!

I’ll add Libro.fm as well–I’m not an audiobook fan myself, so I tend to forget those. I’m pleasantly surprised to see it’s an employee-owned business!

Awesome, I love that you can get used books through them!

I hadn’t thought of it that way! I’ll definitely submit if I can come up with something I’m satisfied with.

Thanks for posting this! I’m familiar with the Story Seed Library, but didn’t know they were holding an art collab. I make pixel art mostly, but I’m also kind of flirting with the idea of making a Solarpunk Coloring Book (I do a lot of adult coloring stuff, and I’ve given away coloring pages via my website before). Not sure if that would be accepted, but it’s still nice to know about.

120GB can also hold a whole library full of music and/or books, so that’s nothing to scoff at!

In addition to the other tips here, it would also be easier if you could disassemble the entire keyboard and lift it from the frame entirely. I’m not sure how ThinkPads are constructed, but the other brands I’ve used can come off, and then you can clean the plastic on top of the circuitry more vigorously (let dry completely before putting it back on)

Not that I would encourage anyone to start seeking plastic trash out–bringing your own cup is always best–if you do happen to find yourself with plastic cups on hand, they make excellent seed starters. Punch holes in the bottom and fill them with soil. They’ll fit really nicely next to each other in one of those shoe-box sized plastic storage containers, and you can keep the box filled with water to make sure the seeds stay moist. I’ve started a lot of plants for my garden this way.