Geek Crafts – Page 259 – Where geek and crafts collide

Post-It Pac-Man

Geek crafts can be found in the strangest of places, if you know how to keep your eyes open.

Last week, I was taking a nice, meandering walk through San Francisco. I was enjoying the rare spring sunshine as I made my way through downtown, when this colorful window caught my eye.

You don’t expect to find unabashed displays of geekiness in the heart of a posh shopping/business district! Yet, there were Inky and Pinky, chasing Pac-Man across the building windows.

I’d only ever seen Post-It pixel art online before, so it was neat to see it in person. It makes me wonder about the folks who work there, though, especially since Pac is on the run from the ghosties. Is this a secret geeky cry for help? Or employees covertly letting off a little steam, aimed towards this boss?

More Pac-Man crafts on Geek Crafts
More video game crafts on Geek Crafts
Check out our “Name the Geek” contest this week! You have until May 29 to enter to win an awesome prize package!

Tutorial Tuesday! Star Wars Travel Embroidery Case.

Here’s one from me!! (Geeky Sweetheart)

I had the utter JOY of participating in the Star Wars OTT (One Tiny Thing) swap on Craftster. This is what I sent out… It’s a circular embroidery case, which is large enough to accommodate a 6″ embroidery hoop, as well as supplies in its integrated needle-book and inner pocket, have a look!

Of course, I ended up making one for myself as well, I LOVE it! I took it to a hospital appointment where I had to hang around in the waiting room for 2 hours, I was sat there stitching away happily, could have stayed there ALL day (but glad I didn’t have to!)

The image on the front of the case there is by DeviantArt user Jasonpal, you should completely check out his gallery, there are all sorts of geeky goodies in there. Inkjet Iron on transfer paper is a brilliant thing! … The speech bubbles were my idea though!

Probably worth mentioning quickly about what I recieved on the swap from my fantastic partner SilentBlair. It was only the cutest little Wampa amigurumi for my little geek-to-be (2 months and counting til (s)he makes his/her grand entrance into the world!) Here he is next to my 1929 Singer hand-crank sewing machine and my baby Yoda hat I got from The Green Hedgehog on Etsy.

ANYHOW – I promised you a tutorial, and here it is. Go forth and make circular travel embroidery cases, emblazon them with your best geeky quotes and images, and dont forget to let us know about anything you make using the ‘submit a geekcraft’ link.

OOh and while I’m on the topic of tutorials, I’ve finally got my act together and organised a tutorials section on my blog. Now you have direct links to all the tutorials I’ve ever published, including my “Wretched Hive of Scum and Villiany” embroidery pattern and my Supergirl Costume.

Name the Geek Contest

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!

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Star Trek on Pinterest

Have you discovered the web treasury/bookmarking site called Pinterest? It’s a “place to catalog the things you love.” And since I do love me some Star Trek, I was so very pleased to find this Star Trek “Pinboard” by Edie Rowner. At this time, she has 42 “pins” in this category, all related to Star Trek DIY-awesomeness.

She pinned the fabulous felt pillow pictured at left, some intricate Star Trek insignia socks, some geek soap, a Kirk amigurumi, and a pair of Star Trek earrings.

Have you been using Pinterest? Got any geeky-crafty pins to share? Link us up in the comments!

Invader Zim Treasury

This week’s Etsy Treasury of the Week is brought to you by Invader Zim and his awesome side-kick G.I.R.

Be sure to click on the picture to be taken to the treasury and explore the awesomeness further.

Distribution Plushies

These are some of the neatest plushies I’ve come across on Etsy. Made by NausicaaDistribution each plushie is a different mathematical distribution. She sews and embroiders each one, using a computer program to make the pattern for each distribution.