Geek Crafts

A few years ago I considered myself quite clever for printing a screenshot of World of Warcraft‘s Grandfather Winter on label paper and slapping it on a CD to make a Christmas ornament for my son. Oh, the shame, when I compare that to this amazing stocking project.

Amy Campbell recently shared this stocking project in the Geeks United in Crafts Facebook group, and I had to immediately run over and share it here. Here’s how she described the project on her blog, A Harpy’s Point of View:

It was “a surprise gift for friends we met through World of Warcraft and their delightful little son… I took screenshots from the game World of Warcraft to get Grandfather Winter (aka Santa) and the tree from Orgrimmar. I then got pictures of my friends’ characters off the Armory. I shopped the three images together, including some presents from under the tree. Next, I made a patter using PC Stitch Pro.”

Seriously, as my son described it, legit. He also forgave me for my unimaginative ornament.

Now surely, I can get one of these whipped out by Christmas Eve, right?

Also, don’t forget GeekCraft founder Shayne is looking for Garden gnome projects for her ebook.

Links of Interest:

• World of Warcraft cross-stitch stocking
• Geeks United in Crafts group on Facebook
• Submit Garden gnome projects
• More World of Warcraft crafts on GeekCrafts

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You know those friendship necklaces?  The ones where one side says “Best” and the other side says “Friends”, and you can wear one while your friend wears the other?  I always thought the person who got “Best” got the better end of the deal, because they were the best.

Finally there is a perfect way to show the night elf in your life how much you care, with these I Hearth You friendship necklaces.  You will be the coolest friends in Azeroth thanks to Stephanie Williams of rainbowdarknesss on Etsy.  Her shop has all kinds of cool, geeky, awesome stuff made from polymer clay and more.

Check out the necklaces!

Visit rainbowdarknesss on Etsy!

More World of Warcraft on Geekcrafts!

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Rossana from Roka Cola sent me a link to their shop, and it was like being a kid in a candy store! I mean, it really was, because in addition to these super cool Invincibility Star Earrings, and other great Nintendo, WoW, Portal, Star Trek and zombie stuff made from polymer clay, they also have a lot of fun jewelry made to look like candy, cupcakes, and all manner of delicious things. The Roka Cola Shop it definitely worth checking it out, it is a gold mine of geeky, sweet, and all around awesome polymer clay jewelry and figurines.

• Invincibility Star Earrings
• Roka Cola
• Roka Cola on Etsy

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Creator Rossie says:

“Iron-on transfer paper exists because I *heart* Daleks.  And so should my baby, darn it.  Though if it turns out to be a boy that bow could get awkward.”

I know exactly what she means! I’ve recently made my peace with iron-on transfer paper. I always thought it looked really bad and anything with the words ‘iron on’ always seemed like a cop out, but crafters like Rossie are rapidly changing my mind. I can see myself making a batch of onesies and bibs this way. I love embroidery, but it just takes so LONG!

Follow the link and you’ll also find a “World of Warcraft – level one human” onesie and “I may be a noob but I just pwned my nappy” onesie

Just so cute.

What do you think, inkjet transfer paper, yay or nay?

• Rossie’s Craftster profile
• Rossie’s onesies on Craftster
• Daleks on Geekcrafts
• Onesies on Geekcrafts

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Wow, did I ever stumble upon a gem. The WoW Insider blog has a feature called World of WarCrafts that features, in their words, “art and creativity by WoW players, including fan art, cooking, comics, cosplay, music and fan fiction”. It is an absolute treasure trove of geek crafts!!

• WoW Insider blog
• World of WarCrafts
• Chris’s DeviantArt
• Chris’s feature of World of WarCrafts
• Thrall, on WoWWiki

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Craftster user D.Bluemoon hand-embroidered these World of Warcraft onesies for a WoW-playing friend’s new baby.

• World of Warcraft Onesies

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