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Pac-Man Week: Blinky 2-Sided Pillow

Blinky 2-Sided PillowFrom Etsy user punzie’s description:

“…the front has regular Blinky and the back has vulnerable, edible Blinky. Made of 1 inch squares, it measures about 17×17 inches.”

Sorry it’s sold, but check out her other game-related items.

March 11, 2008   No Comments

Pac-Man Week: Ms. Pac-Man Cross-stitch Patterns

Ms. Pac-Man Cross-stitch Patterns

Want to make your own Ms. Pac-Man crafts? Head over to Lots of Patterns and get this vintage Ms. Pac-Man Cross Stitch Booklet. This Millcraft booklet from 1981 includes three different designs.

March 11, 2008   No Comments

Pac-Man Week: Pac-Man Cupcakes

Pac-Man CupcakesTechnabob posted these delicious Pac-Man Cupcakes made by hello naomi. Naomi’s Flickr is drool-worthy. Make smooth decorations like these with fondant icing.

March 11, 2008   No Comments

Pac-Man Week: Pac-Man Shoes

Pac-Man ShoesFlickr user thekalaka.com altered a plain pair of sneakers with what looks like vintage Pac-Man fabric and acrylic paint. There are a lot more photos of altered sneakers in his photoset - gafas y accesorios. After you look at those, click on over to his website, kalaka.com, to see his awesome Darth Vader picture. Geeky all around.

March 10, 2008   No Comments

Pac-Man Week: Ms. Pac-Man Cuff

Ms. Pac-Man CuffEtsy seller inhope made this super cute Ms. Pac-Man cuff bracelet out of marine vinyl. It’s available in her Etsy shop for only $11 plus shipping. Be sure to check out her other geeky crafts, including a Nintendo Controller pillow.

March 10, 2008   1 Comment

Pac-Man Week: Pac-Man Costume

Pac-Man Costume

Geoff Fourtytwo won his company costume contest a few years back with these Pac-Man and Ghost Halloween costumes. He used PVC, fabric and a couple of belts to make it. he even gives us step-by-step instructions!

March 9, 2008   1 Comment

Pac-Man Week: Pac-Man Baby Blanket

Pac-Man Baby Blanket

Welcome to Pac-Man week! We’ll be featuring Pac-Man-related crafts all week long.

Craftster user Glamis made this Pac-Man baby blanket with an entire Pac-Man screen shot. With polar fleece, she machine-sewed the blue strips and hand-sewed everything else. It’s perfect for baby geeks!

March 9, 2008   No Comments

Needle-felted Pac-Man Characters

Needle-felted Pac-Man CharactersCan you hear the “bloop bloop bloop”? FuzzyFelties on Etsy is selling this awesome set of needle-felted Pac-Man characters (largest is 1”W x 2”H). You get Pac-Man and four ghosts (love those eyes!) for $32 plus shipping.

Needle-felting has become really popular lately. Crafters are felting everything from animals to food to accessories. With only two tools needed – special barbed needles and a big chunk of foam – this is an easy craft to get started with. Wool roving comes in every color imaginable and kits are readily available. Craftlog has a simple tutorial. A Wii Mii would probably look great in felt.

March 1, 2008   No Comments

Hand-screenprinted Space Invaders T-shirt

Space Invaders t-shirt This is one geek craft that I actually made myself. I used a $40 screenprinting set I bought at Michael’s to do it. It has 3 invaders on the front right and a single invader on the back in the top middle next to the neck line. I did only one pass with white ink on a black tee and it looks kind of greyish - just like the original B&W Space Invaders arcade game.

I ended up doing about 10 shirts in various ink/shirt color combinations but none looked as good as the black and white. For the invaders, I simply used MAME and took a screenshot of Space Invaders and I enlarged it on-screen to the right size then I printed it out onto transparency paper and used that to make the screen.

It was my first attempt at screenprinting and it really did turn out great. It’s one of my favorites tees - all the better cause I made it myself.

February 25, 2008   1 Comment

Woodpixels

Wood Pixels This is an interesting idea - it’s called Woodpixel. It’s a commercial product that lets you create your own pixel art. It comes with 100 wooden blocks with a different wood tone on each side and it comes with a holder to hold the 100 blocks in place. This would be a great way to make some classic/retro video game art. Their site shows a Space Invader, Mario, and a (poorly done) Pac-man Ghost. They are taking pre-orders now - no word on price. I bet it’s expensive though.

January 24, 2008   1 Comment