Doc and I decided to throw a party for both our birthdays. Actually we were going to throw a party either way but why not say it was for our birthdays since they fell pretty close…Sorry for Partying. We are always trying to come up with some fun stuff for our parties and we had a good list brewing: kegs, ice luge, jungle juice, beer pong, flip cup, disco ball with lasers, and jello shots. We were at a bar and they had a photo booth that you would see at a mall and it was fun. It gave me the idea to build our own photo booth for our party. The result was a great party with some AMAZING pics…. Check out my Instructable on how to make it

When I’m at a show or festival, carrying a backpack is a must.  How else am I going to haul around my lasers, bubbles, camera, firework glasses, frisbee, glow sticks, gum, head lamp, batteries… you get the idea…

In my opinion, anything worth wearing that often is worth lighting up.  So I decided that lighting up my backpack was going to be my first EL Wire project.

To learn how best to sew the wire into my backpack I followed an instructable on sewing EL Wire into garments.   The most important thing I learned from the instructable was the importance of having a plan, and mapping out where the EL Wire would go before sewing it in.  I actually attached all of the wire to the backpack with pins before I began sewing.

All and all, I was pretty pleased with the way it turned out.  The back pack always receives a lot of compliments whenever I wear it and it also makes it easy for my friends to find me in a crowd.  If I were to do it over again (which I probably will), I would have added more wire to the center of the backpack, as apposed to just along the edges.  I also would have used two different colored wires side by aside, to make the effect more pronounced.

Please post any questions or comments you may have.  Or email me doc@docstoyland.com.  I’d love to hear about similar projects people have worked on.