If you haven’t heard of Spoonflower, it’s this awesome marketplace for indie fabric designs that feature everything from this week’s contest theme, Steampunk Valentines, Doctor Who, Firefly, and just about every other fandom and theme you could think of. So, if you’re looking for some cool fabric for your next project, give Spoonflower a try! They … Continue reading Steampunk Valentine Fabrics and More on Spoonflower
Tea! That’s all I needed. A good cup of tea. A superheated infusion of free radicals and tannin. Just the thing for heating the synapses. Did you think I had a different Doctor in mind? I mean there are 12 to choose from. The Tardis Tea Infuser is available at Think Geek But to get … Continue reading Gift A Geek: Tea! Just What The Doctor Ordered
Have you heard of Spoonflower? It’s a company/site that allows you to create print-on-demand fabric, wallpaper and giftwrap. Which makes it a geekcrafter’s dream, both for designers and general crafty folk. You can upload your own designs to print on fabric and such, or browse the thousands of patterns created by others. There are a … Continue reading Find Geeky Fabrics at Spoonflower
Jewel Staite, who played Kaylee Frye on “Firefly” and “Serenity” was in Kansas City for Planet Comicon this weekend, and a local movie theatre took advantage and showed “Serenity”, followed by a short Q&A with her. As Browncoats, my husband, daughter and I were pleased to attend. The Q&A was fairly quick but interesting. Here … Continue reading Q and A with Jewel Staite and a Kaylee craft
It’s been a while since I shared one of my own projects, so I thought I’d share my most recent geekcraft – a Geek Memo Board. Using this tutorial for How to Make a French Memo Board, I wrapped an 18×24 canvas with batting and fabric and stapled it to the frame, and added ribbon … Continue reading Geek-Theme Memo Board
In honor of Adam Baldwin’s birthday on February 27th, I found a fun subtle ode to his Jayne Cobb character on the super-shiny, yet sadly-canceled-before-its-time TV show “Firefly.” Sharon Muffett posted this clever Jayne Bag over on Craftster. She gathered a compilation of quippy Jayne quotes, created a design in Photoshop, printed it onto calico … Continue reading A Bag They Call Jayne
