Silhouette Cameo

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August 26, 2019 by Karen Jensen, MLS

MakerSpace: Making T-shirts with Infusible Ink

Want to know a new, cool way to make t-shirts with teens in a makerspace? Try Infusible Ink!

August 21, 2019 by Karen Jensen, MLS

Cindy Crushes Programming: DIY Silhouette Framed Art

Librarian Cindy Shutts walks us through a quick, easy craft that turns silhouettes into framed art.

May 2, 2018 by Karen Jensen, MLS

TPiB MakerSpace: Love Your Pets

In our Teen MakerSpace, we have kind of drifted into a model where we have themes to unite our making, which teens can choose to participate in or not. Some teens, we have found, need some type of guidance while others do not. So for the month of February, we wanted to do something that […]

MakerSpace: DIY Faux Enamel Pins

April 16, 2018 by Karen Jensen, MLS

All things old are new again, and enamel pins are all the rage. In fact, I picked up some super cool Dumplin ones from Julie Murphy at TLA. And you can buy them at a lot of craft and hot trendy stores. Hot Topic, for example, sells a wide variety of enamel pins. But […]

Take 5: Five Things I’ve Made with My Silhouette Cameo and Why I Recommend it for a MakerSpace

December 4, 2017 by Karen Jensen, MLS

I’ve had my personal Silhouette Cameo for about a month now and last week, we ordered one for The Teen MakerSpace at The Public Library of Mount Vernon and Knox County. I’ve only tapped the surface of what I can do with the machine and it has a lot of uses. For example, it can […]

MakerSpace: Using a Silhouette Cameo to Do Screenprinting

October 23, 2017 by Karen Jensen, MLS

This summer as part of our Summer of Shirts, we did a very low-tech version of screen printing, which turned out to be incredibly popular. So I was excited to learn that the Silhouette Cameo can be used to do a more traditional type of screenprinting. It works really well and I HIGHLY recommend it. […]

TPiB: Easy Peasy DIY Jack-O-Lanterns

October 18, 2017 by Karen Jensen, MLS

So I got a Silhouette Cameo and I was trying to figure out how to use it, and how to use it with teens, when I stumbled across an easy and fun craft idea. You can do it with or without a Silhouette Cameo, it’s easily adaptable. I made my examples using the Silhouette Cameo. […]

MakerSpace Mondays: The Silhouette Cameo – Vinyl 101

October 9, 2017 by Karen Jensen, MLS

Earlier today, I talked about the Silhouette Cameo Vinyl Cutter: MakerSpace Mondays: The Silhouette Cameo – a review. So if you buy a Silhouette Cameo, you’ll probably be making a variety of vinyl projects. Not all vinyl is the same, so here’s a little Vinyl 101 brought to you by high school librarian Dani Fouser. […]

MakerSpace Mondays: The Silhouette Cameo – a review

October 9, 2017 by Karen Jensen, MLS

This past week TLTer Robin Willis came and spent the week with me and visited my library (The Public Library of Mount Vernon and Knox County, Ohio) and the Teen MakerSpace. Her visit coincided with the exploration and evaluation of a Silhouette Cameo 3 machine which we are considering for the Teen MakerSpace. Here’s what […]