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Just a little Link

TroubleT — Sun, 20 May 2012 00:36:55 +0000

Who isn’t addicted to the Legend of Zelda? It has worked its way into the ranks of Best Video Game Ever list. Link has slashed his way through countless enemies and into the hearts of many of us. While doing a bit of geeky research earlier today, I found an etsy shop that is sure to please any Zelda lover.

Grandma Thunderpants! has an amazing collection of poly clay creations including this Link necklace. Give her etsy shop a look for some incredible creations!

Grandma Thunderpants’ Kitchen by grandmathunderpants on Etsy

Keeping Geeks Warm!

Lady Dragonsinger — Sat, 19 May 2012 07:30:08 +0000

It’s not hard to realize that no matter what kind of geek you are, whatever you do involves using your hands and fingers at some point. Whether it’s typing away on a keyboard, working a game controller, or creating something in craft or art, use of the hands and fingers ends up being involved. That’s why it’s important to take good care of your hands and keep them warm.

Gayla Oglesby has come up with the perfect pair of mittens for your geek of the binary nature. While designed to appeal to the programmer and Linux lover, these Geek Mittens are geeky enough for anyone to want to wear. She even provides the chart for them here.

Minecraft Magnets

Pauly — Sat, 12 May 2012 17:21:15 +0000

In honor of the recent release of Minecraft: XBox 360 Edition, I thought I would share these awesome 1″ magnets by DesignNoy on Etsy.

A friend of mine is already in possession of these wicked magnets, and I can attest to their quality and general awesomeness. It won’t be long before I have a set of my own to adorn my refrigerator. They come at a great price, so getting a few sets would make your kitchen the hot spot of your house during all those wicked parties you throw for your billions of friends.

Nerdy Perler Fun – Flickr Friday

Redd — Fri, 11 May 2012 10:13:30 +0000

One of my favourite craft mediums is Perler beads. They are so much fun to work with. How can you not appreciate pixel art and be a geek? Flickr-er CMYBacon made these super fun and geeky Perler creations!

Computer Parts – Sunday Treasury

Redd — Sun, 22 Apr 2012 14:56:43 +0000

This week’s treasury is brought to you by all the things you can make with a broken computer.

Paculele

TroubleT — Sat, 21 Apr 2012 11:49:52 +0000

In the world of Geekery, there’s embroidery, a variety of foods, poly clay, unbelievable yarn creations of every sort and the list keeps going. However, I’ve never in all of my days seen the combination of Woodwork + Music + GEEK!

May I present the Paculele! It’s a ukelele with the body as Pac Man and the tuner is Blinky the ghost! I think I might have found the perfect Holiday gift for my ukelele playing Geek Husband!

You have got to check out celentanowoodworks’ other creations on Etsy. I think my all time favorite is the Roc Em Soc Em robot version.

Pac Man ukulele paculele by celentanowoodworks on Etsy.

Plants vs. Zombies vs. Santa

kaitlenjay — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 14:03:48 +0000

I wish I had a tutorial to offer you, but I don’t. Here’s the (awesome) scoop anyway: This dude, Sean, has an apparently crafty and fabulous mother. He told her that he and his girlfriend were into Plants vs. Zombies shortly before Christmas. She made them these delightful stockings. He shared the story on Reddit, and it was subsequently tweeted by PopCap’s Director of Editorial and Social Media, Jeff Green. Who thought they were socks, before being corrected by much of the twitterverse. And now I share it with you. Enjoy.

Accessories Sold Separately

Noodle — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 13:02:12 +0000

As promised, I come bearing geekiness as gleaned from Mr X Stitch at the Stitch and Craft show…

I am, frankly amazed (and a little appalled) at myself for never having come across Lord Libidan before. His work is amazing – generally centered around video games, and packed full of original, interesting ideas.

The Transformers, sewn onto plastic canvas, actually transform. Oh yes. There’s Jetfire & Optimus Prime (as seen here) who of course become a plane and a truck respectively – and also a couple of tapes; Ratbat & Laserbeak, which will fit into the soon-to-come Soundwave/tapedesk. I love that they are based on the original toys, not the new versions – tres retro chic. And (this is the best bit) all of the patterns are all available from his Etsy Shop. Huzzah!

This Pokemon image is stitched stereoscopically – so if you put on red & blue 3D glasses (great fashion choice, btw) it pops out at you. Excuse me while I cry at the awesomeness.

This manbroiderer may not really be a lord, but I agree with him; he should be.

Friday Roundup – This 99 Cent App Has Taken Over

Lady Dragonsinger — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 07:00:35 +0000

Friday Roundup

Just one more… Hmm? What? … Yes, yes, I know it’s almost time for the Friday Roundup. Just wanted to finish this lev… I am not! No way I’m addicted to… What? Just pause it and do the round up? Okay, but I’m not addicted to it!

Sorry, guess I had lost tract of time but never fear, for the Friday Roundup is loaded with some amazing patterns to create some fabulous Angry Birds creations (and I am not addicted).

Emjay Bailey, otherwise known as Nerdigurumi has crochet patterns available for free for both the Angry Red Cardinal and the Green Pig.

Knitter can find patterns for the pair as well as the Angry Yellow Bird at Knitterbee‘s blog.

Crocheters do not dispair because Laura Chua offers us a free download for the Angry Yellow Bird.

Michele Villa offers a pattern for a crocheted Angry Birds Cozy which can be adapted to size.

Crafts by Starlight has a pattern for a crocheted Angry Bird Black Bird Hat. There are also links there for several other Angry Bird hats as well.

Lii Yan seems to have some sympathy for those frustrating Green Pigs and gives us a pattern for a hat.

Not into hats? Then how about an Angry Birds Tissue Box Cover by Donesia Margolis?

Suzy Vitale has created charts for knitting of the Red and Black Angry Birds.

Now, if you’ll excuse me, I have some pigs to destroy… Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!

Robot Skin!

meghancryan — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 00:49:34 +0000

How cool is this? Check out this AMAZING open source robot skin from Instructables Member Plusea.

Of course it would be awesome for robots to have skin. I can see this also for a lot of other uses. Maybe a body suit video game controller. Maybe a sweater that keeps track of your body temperature and outside temp. What can you think of?

Check out more robots on Geek Crafts.