I just spent the weekend selling my handmade goodies at TopCon, a small pop-culture convention in Topeka, KS. One of the guests, Mike Mundy, was a zombie on The Walking Dead, so there was a lot of zombies hanging around this weekend. All those undead inspired me to share this great tutorial on making your … Continue reading Join the Zompocalypse by Making Your Own Zombie Plushie!
I’ve mentioned before the fantastic geek fabrics that are becoming more readily available, both online or in local fabric stores. Every day I see new fun prints that make my fingers itch to get geek-crafty. I recently spotted this fun dresser and lamp re-do by Melissa Nieves, and it has me salivating over the fabric, … Continue reading Marvel-ous Kids Furniture Renovation
Talk about sisterly love! For her sister’s wedding recently, Amber Lackey of Sissy La-La created unique bouquets using comic book pages. She cut each comic book page down to two 4×4″ squares and folded them into petals, using five squares to make each flower. The bride’s bouquet featured more than 300 petals and measured about 12-1/2″ … Continue reading DIY Geek Wedding: Comic Book Bouquet
DuctTuff is an Etsy store in Portland, OR that specializes in sewn wallets. One example is this Batman, Batwoman and Robin wallet, available for $14. It’s a handmade item, made of a comic book, sandwiched between layers of an adhesive vinyl laminate. This makes for a super durable and long lasting wallet that is very … Continue reading Sewn Comic Book Wallet
With all the fantastic geek fabric hitting the stores and interwebs these days, you may be wondering what to make with it. Here’s an idea from Sasha of Tattooed Martha – add some flair to your favorite pair of shorts. Her tutorial walks you through creating a custom panel for shorts you already love, with the … Continue reading Add Geek Flair to Your Shorts
I’ve mentioned before how cool the Female Geek Bloggers Google+ Community is. It’s through that community that I found the Geeky Seamstress. She is a cosplayer/seamstress extraordinaire – her blog is packed full of tutorials and costume notes on her various projects. One striking project she completed was this fantastic Sailor Jupiter cosplay, which she … Continue reading Jupiter Power, Cosplay!