Someday, all this cold weather will end and we’ll be blistering in the dog days of summer. This might be the best time to get started on hand painting your own astromech shorts. These R2-D2 shorts were painted by Areyna Schmidt , and her Facebook page shows more of her hand painted clothes and shoes. … Continue reading These Hand-Painted Shorts Are Obviously The Droids I’m Looking For
The Time Lords of Gallifrey know a thing or two about interior design. Blogger and DIY-er Stubbs from “The Stubby Thumb” wanted to to make her guest bedroom a little bigger on the inside, and since “Murphy beds” were a little too expensive, she decided to make one of her own. Since Murphy beds are … Continue reading Make your Bedroom Bigger on the Inside With this TARDIS Fold-Down Bed
Each day, Christy Kilgore of eastern Illinois likes to bring a little sunlight in her children’s life by drawing pop culture artwork on the lunch bags they bring to school. She’s been doing this for about a year now and uses regular colored pencils, sharpies, and crayola markers to create her art. Be sure to … Continue reading Mom Draws Geektastic Pop Culture Artwork on Her Children’s Lunch Bags Every Day
LittleLaura from Halifax, posted a dress on Craftster that she recently made from a repurposed Batman bed sheet. She got the Batman sheet at a Salvation Army store. The top is made from a Little Atlas pattern and the skirt was made using an online circle skirt calculator at By Hand.
Demostheness posted a photo of a custom paint job, Star Trek-style, a friend of her’s did on a dresser. The font is from “The Next Generation” series, but the colors and the insignia are from the original series. It’s a seamless joining of the generations! I mean, now her friend has a place to keep … Continue reading Star Trek Dresser
Have you seen Guardians of the Galaxy yet? You should do that. Or maybe go see it again and this time do it in your own homemade galaxy dress. Over at Seditious Joy MaggietheCrafter has put together a tutorial on how to change a black dress into a galaxy you can defend. I’d say she … Continue reading DIY: Guardians of the Galaxy Dress
