Gadget Covers – Sunday Treasury
Keep your favourite gadget safe and/or looking awesome with any of these cool covers!
As always be sure to click on the above to the be taken to the actual treasury where you can click around and be happy!
Archive | Computers
Robotic Christmas Tree
What say “Christmas” better than robots? Nothing, That’s what.
Check out fjordcarver’s awesome Instructable, and learn how to make your own robotic talking Christmas tree.
I love his little eyes. He looks like Cookie Monster… if Cookie Monster was a Christmas Tree.
A Christmas Stocking to Make You Go “WOW”!
A few years ago I considered myself quite clever for printing a screenshot of World of Warcraft‘s Grandfather Winter on label paper and slapping it on a CD to make a Christmas ornament for my son. Oh, the shame, when I compare that to this amazing stocking project.
Amy Campbell recently shared this stocking project in the Geeks United in Crafts Facebook group, and I had to immediately run over and share it here. Here’s how she described the project on her blog, A Harpy’s Point of View:
It was “a surprise gift for friends we met through World of Warcraft and their delightful little son… I took screenshots from the game World of Warcraft to get Grandfather Winter (aka Santa) and the tree from Orgrimmar. I then got pictures of my friends’ characters off the Armory. I shopped the three images together, including some presents from under the tree. Next, I made a patter using PC Stitch Pro.”
Seriously, as my son described it, legit. He also forgave me for my unimaginative ornament.
Now surely, I can get one of these whipped out by Christmas Eve, right?
Also, don’t forget GeekCraft founder Shayne is looking for Garden gnome projects for her ebook.
Links of Interest:
- World of Warcraft cross-stitch stocking
- Geeks United in Crafts group on Facebook
- Submit Garden gnome projects
- More World of Warcraft crafts on GeekCrafts
Visions of Sugarplums (& Electric Sheep)
With the holidays fast approaching, it’s understandable that we might all be getting a little excited, girls and bots alike. (Come on—you can’t tell me Data didn’t want to put Spot in a kitty-sized Santa hat.)
So here’s one for the robots in the crowd—or at least the robot aficionados—who want to deck the halls in a suitably festive fashion for this human holiday known as Christmas.
First up is a binary stocking, appreciated by androids and the technologically inclined alike. Oh, and if you’re multi-talented, you can knit one yourself with n2 Imaginations Design‘s pattern.
Next we’ve got a stocking by AnimationsDesigns that may outshine even Rudolph’s nose. Robots? Check. LEDs? Check. Awesome? Definitely check. And look at all the detail—each little robot is different.
If you want something a bit more understated than an illuminated stocking, My Imaginary Boyfriend has a slightly more traditional, rather rustic design (as rustic as robots get, I suppose).
And finally, I had to include this adorable stocking stuffer robot ornament from Sleepy Robot 13. I know, it’s not a stocking per se, but he’s holding one, so it kinda counts, right?
Well, hello there!
Hello! I’m Coral, another new Geek Crafts blogger! I’m an engineer-turned-web librarian living in Anchorage, Alaska with three birds, a chinchilla, and my very geeky husband. Obviously, I’m a computer geek and a fan of science fiction/fantasy literature: it’s almost required for my job, right? I’m also into tabletop roleplaying games—Shadowrun was my first love, but I’ve enjoyed everything from Exalted to Call of Cthulhu and Dungeons & Dragons—and an ever-shifting array of fandoms. While I’m not a computer gamer, I’m married to one, so some of my crafts have followed that theme. See also: weighted companion cube! (I used plastic canvas and yarn, as well as some deceptively heavy filling.)
As for my craft habits, I have a deep and abiding love of oldey timey craft styles reapplied in funny, geeky, and snarky ways. I love geeky (and subversive) cross-stitch, especially, though I’ve been known to knit on a loom, to home brew beer and soda, to cook up a storm, and to attempt inadvisable things with a hot glue gun. Learning to crochet is definitely on my to-do list, because there are so many excellent patterns out there!
To the left, you can see a QR code cross stitch I did (the first and last ever). It actually resolves to text—a quote I particularly like.
Anyway, I plan to bring the library love, along with my love of SCIENCE!, internet memes, bird nerdery, good speculative fiction, terrible vampire novels, caffeine, RPGs, and bicycles to share with you every Wednesday. If you want to know what I’m up to on a daily basis, you can find me on my personal blog (mostly library stuff, with some craft content), on Twitter, or Google Plus. (If you add me on G+, drop me a note to tell me you belong in my craft and/or geek circles! :))
Bonus points if you get the ::1 joke. ;) If not, I explained it here.
Friday Roundup: Minecraft!
Today is the day. I can hardly believe that Minecraft is not a full game yet, but it’s true. Today Mojang AB, the creators of Minecraft, will be releasing the official Minecraft 1.0 version live at MineCon in Las Vegas. I wish I could be there. However, since I can’t be there, lets look at some truly awesome Minecraft inspired crafts.
To start things off, take a look at this Creeper Purse by Blindmoon on Etsy. Now you can look stylish and still send everyone around you into PTSD induced seizures.
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Or how about this absolutely adorable Minecraft Chicken made out of Fimo Clay. StarPhoenixx from Etsy makes tons of cute clay figurines but this chicken made me squeak.
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The cake doesn’t have to be a lie with this Plush Minecraft Cake by EeeBeeDee on Etsy.
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We all know how much I love coffee cozies. I can’t get enough of the things, yet strangely I don’t use them on my actual coffee. Either way, you have to love this Creeper Coffee Cozy by LilacsLovables on Etsy. She calls it a “Mug Cozy” but I don’t think you can even USE mugs for anything other than coffee…right?
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How are you supposed to dig around in your mines without the proper tools? Well, diamonds are expensive, so how about these Perler Bead Diamond Magnets by GumballNinja on Etsy?
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Have you ever looked at your tissue paper dispenser and thought to yourself, “What am I doing with my life?”. Me too. You can solve that problem by pimping out your dispenser with a cool Minecraft Grass Cube Tissue Box Cover! But where could you get one? How about from sockmonkeyfun on Etsy?
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I bet that, like me, you don’t have any friends. What? You do have friends…can you share? No….right then. Well, since you have SO MANY FRIENDS, I suppose you must collect them. Why not add one more to the list, you friend hog. This Minecraft Pet Wolf Statue, by DandelionBlow on Etsy, won’t ever pick you last for dodge ball…again.
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Since you have so many friends, why don’t you marry one? All you need is a diamond ring like this Minecraft Inspired “Diamond” Ring by tinybackpack on Etsy.
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Alright. As usual, I have saved the best for last. This Minecraft Plush Pig is Adorable. I love it. I want to own it. ClosetMonsterstoys on Etsy make all kinds of awesome pop culture plushies, but this pig is just too awesome for words.
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That’s it for this week. I’m off to patiently refresh the Minecraft page until the full version is released.
