Periodic Table Roundup

Who doesn’t love science and the periodic table?!  I recently made a set of periodic table elements as wall art for my sister’s house, and I was wondering what other exciting periodic crafts you people have come up with!  Here is an awesome roundup of everything elemental, from food to furniture!

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Periodic Table Roundup

9. Cupcakes!!!!

Jono Haysom (@JonoH) made the periodic table taste better than ever before…

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Periodic Table Roundup

8. Periodic Table Vehicles

The Oxford Science Park of Oxford, UK has a collection of buses and taxis, check out the locals and tourist photos here!

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Periodic Table Roundup

7. Crafty Periodic Wall Art

Cheryl at A Pretty Cool Life made these wall art elements as a submission for SYTYC…. love the color choice, perfect for a craft or art studio

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Periodic Table Roundup

6. Element Quilt

fadinghippie on flickr made this as a gift for a friend working on her chemistry PhD

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Periodic Table Roundup

5. Periodic Picnic

Students at Arizona’s Wake Forest University made this amazing picnic table on campus for a project on public art… you know, I’d hang out at this table all the time :)

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Periodic Table Roundup

4. Elemental Ink

Flickr user timmurtaugh has this sweet tattoo on his forearm, I wonder if that’s considered cheating in a classroom…

Check out a whole gallery of science related tattoos here on the Science Tattoo Emporium

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Periodic Table Roundup

3. Silver/Gold/Platinum Jewelry

itsno.name, a husband and wife team from Brooklyn, NY created this sciencey jewelry

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Periodic Table Roundup

2. Geek Element Pillow

ShopGibberish on Etsy has a whole line of periodic table arts and crafts!  This pillow was sold, but take a look at their other items for sale…. I’ll be watching these guys, I need some new shirts!

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Periodic Table Roundup

1. Periodic Wall Clock

Chemtastic Designs on CafePress has this clock for sale!

(I must be in the mood to check the time a lot, second clock in one week!)

Happy Friday everyone!!

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DIY free clock upgrade

DIY free clock upgradeIt was a week full of projects in my home, and I thought I should share one with you all!   When I moved into my apartment over the summer, I purchased two cheap-o $4 wall clocks with the intention of upgrading once I had decorated my new space.  Well, I’ve lived here for more than half a year, and can NO LONGER stand the ugly clocks… what’s a girl on a budget to do?  Get creative!  Here’s what you need:  A Sharpie (I had a package of @ ! { &  stickers on hand that I purchased on clearance and was waiting to use, but you could easily draw the same characters), opaque paper, screwdriver, and a clock.

This project actually took me under 5 minutes from start to finish.  Simply unscrew the clock frame, pop off all 3 hands, cut the paper to fit, draw your characters, and reassemble! Happy crafting :)

DIY free clock upgrade

BlackPixel on SmugMug (shameless plug)

DNA Wall Art

DNA Wall ArtThe founders of DNA 11,  Adrian Salamunovic and Nazim Ahmed have a super cool and geeky art style…. making wall canvas art with your real DNA!   Upon purchase request they send you a DNA sample kit  (don’t be alarmed, it’s only a swab of the cheek!) and about a month later you receive a completely original and unique piece of art!  HOW COOL IS  THIS?!

Geeky? check!  Sciencey? check!   I WANT ONE!!!

DNA Wall Art

DNA on GeekCrafts

Floppy Disk Laptop Bag

Floppy Disk Laptop BagWho just got a new MacBook?!  That’s right…. this girl!!!   Naturally, that means it is time to outfit my new toy with decals, and cases, and accessories (oh my!)  So strolling the internets for new things to buy, I found this laptop bag made out of floppy disks.  A-mazing!  Although I don’t know how heavy or bulky it is to carry about, it sure looks really awesome…  Great work Stanislav

Just for the record, the disks in this case total 60.48MB  :)

Floppy Disk Laptop Bag

Laptop on GeekCrafts

[via TechEBlog ]

Nintendo guitar

Nintendo GuitarIf I had a guitar like this, I may actually learn to play more than 2 songs!

After a long time following links, and translating German blogs, I finally found the original source of this guitar.  GetLoFi is responsible for this amazing tech, and what do you know… there is more than one and they are FOR SALE!!

Watch the video here!

Nintendo guitar

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Nintendo on GeekCrafts

[via: Neatorama]

snowdalek

snowdalek

Driving through my neighborhood the other day, I saw a really impressive snow sculpture (two horses- seriously cool, and BIG) and it got me thinking about how bad I want to make a snow”man”.   Sooo, despite the fact I just said how sick I am of winter…  I’m hoping for one more good snow day so I can get to work!

A quick Google search leads you to around a billion snowdaleks, so I decided to just feature the best one.  I searched multiple sources, and made my decision…

Congratulations Afraid of Ducks/ Mark Merifield of London, you have the best snowdalek!  Amazing attention to proportion, scale and detail… you win 1000 internets and all bragging rights!!

snowdalek