Geek Crafts

Hiya Geeks!

We got almost 300 entries for the Name the Geek contest! That’s right–almost 300! Is it the fame you’ll forever have for naming our geek or the epic prize package that brought you out in droves? Anyway, with so many entries, even after deleting the exact duplicates, we decided to make this sort of tournament style to give everyone a fair chance to win. So here’s how it will work:

• On Monday and Tuesday there are 32 groups of 8-9 names. You can vote for your 4 favorite names in each of those 32 groups.
• On Wednesday, the top 4 names from each group will be regrouped into 16 groups. Again, you can choose 4 from each group. (Oh my, this might get confusing with saying “group” so many times…)
• On Thursday, the top 4 names from each group will be remixed into 8 groups. (Yes! Remixed!)
• On Friday, the top 4 names from each group will be remixed into 4 groups.
• On Saturday, the top 4 names from each group will be remixed into 2 groups.
• On Sunday, the top 4 names from each group will be combined and you’ll choose just ONE name from the 8 listed. The one with the most votes is the winner!

Clear as mud? Post a comment here if you have any questions and I’ll try to explain it better.

Most importantly – go vote now! And check back often to see how your entry is doing. There’s a tab at the top to take you right to the day’s polls.

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Greetings Geeks! By now you’ve noticed our awesome new look and today we present our official Geek Crafts logo! (If you’re reading this in a blog reader, click through, just this once.)

Also today we launch our contest: Name the Geek! This geek needs a name and we’re leaving it up to you, our lovely readers, to decide.

Here’s how it will work:

• Starting today and up until midnight ET on Sunday, May 29th, leave a comment with your name suggestion. (If more than one person suggests the same name, the first person to suggest it will be entered, so be sure to read through the comments first and come up with something different.)
• On Monday, May 30th, we’ll post a list of all the names for you to vote on. You can vote until Sunday, June 5th.
• On Monday, June 6th, we’ll announce the winning name. And to thank the reader who suggested the winning name, we have an epic prize package!

[Edit: Midnight Eastern time - I've got to go to bed at some point, kids :) ]

How epic? Let me show you!

From Geekopolis, a hand-knit Jayne Cobb hat from Joss Whedon’s Firefly:

From Hand / Eye / Mind / Mouth, a short film on DVD called Everything I Needed to Know About Zombies I Learned From the Movies:

From Interverse Comics, two signed comic books:

From Novelty Kitten, a set of three framed prints titled “Mustachio Eats a Cookie”:

From Teenormous, a $25 Threadless gift certificate where you could get any t-shirt you like, such as this geeky choice:

From Susan Beal and World of Geekcraft, a copy of World of Geekcraft plus a “Pow! Zap!” magnet kit and buttons to start your own Coraline box:

From Yarn Today, Knit Tomorrow, a hand-knit Harry Potter Gryffindor scarf:

From Zono Art, home of artist and graphic designer Rik Livingston, a hand-painted Frog Prince greeting card:

Everything will come packed in a Geek Crafts tote bag!

Thank our sponsors by clicking through to their sites:

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Greetings Geek Crafters:

We’ve got two things going on here at Geek Crafts headquarters:

1. The first winner we picked to get a copy of Susan Beal’s World of Geekcraft never contacted us with their address, so we had to pick another winner. That winner is…

Craftasaurusrex!

Craftasaurusrex, please email your name and mailing address to geekcrafts@gmail.com by midnight ET on Thursday, May 19th and we’ll put your copy of World of Geekcraft in the mail right away.

2. What do you do when your graphic / web designer and her kids catch the bubonic plague? Why, you postpone your super awesome contest one more week. Enjoy our regularly scheduled programming and on Monday the 23rd, we’ll unveil our new logo and the super awesome contest. Trust me, it’ll be worth the wait!

Have fun talking around the water cooler about the awesome Neil Gaiman-directed Doctor Who episode in the morning!
Shayne

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Craftster MonstersUnderYourBed hand-sewed this tiny – 5 inches tall – Coraline doll and made an even tinier Mr. Squiddy to go with her. Browse through her posts for an extremely detailed Luna Lovegood from Harry Potter.

• Tiny Coraline and Mr. Squiddy
• Luna Lovegood

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Thanks for all your awesome comment/entries to win a copy of World of Geekcraft. We’ll be choosing a winner at random over the weekend, so check back often – it might be you!

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Hey geek crafters! Do you want to earn an extra entry to win a copy of World of Geekcraft? Here’s what you have to do:

1. Go to the original post, right here.
2. Leave a comment in response to someone else’s comment.
3. Gain a new friend *and* an extra entry :)

Contest reminder: we’ll be picking a winner at random at midnight this Friday.

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