June 6

Avengers Amigurumi

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Last week, I decided to crochet my way through the Avengers.  By combining two different Cthulhu patterns and nixing the tentacles, I managed to get the look I wanted.  I made Black Widow, The Hulk, Thor, Iron Man, Captain America, and Hawkeye.  Hawkeye was the most difficult to recreate since, in the film, he wears mostly black which makes him a bit more difficult to place than, say, Captain America.  Still, I added a little bow to give a heavy hint as to his identity.  The Hulk’s my personal favorite.  I just love his angry eyebrows.

 

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May 31

Welcome To Level 7 – Snailvenger Patterns

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Many moons ago, on the ides of March, I posted about the Snailvengers and that there were more team members in the works and patterns in production. Crocheters gather your hooks! There are now patterns available in the etsy shop. And if that wasn’t good enough, look at Snail Coulson. Look at his CARDS. He has snail cap trading cards people. SNAIL CAP CARDS. And if somehow the snailvengers are not your speed. Maybe the scarlet speedster is more to your pace.

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Don’t forget to check out the etsy shop or tumblr. You may notice a few snailifed heroes on a half shell as well.

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May 26

The Greatest Little Cosplayer Ever!

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This little girl, whose name appears to not have been published anywhere yet, when to the Motor City Comic Con on Detroit last month as the one, the only, STAN LEE. This girl isn’t the only Stan Lee lookalike out there, as there’s also “Fake Stan Lee” (you should check out his You Tube channel; he’s actually pretty funny).

Later on, she even got in the line to get a photo with the real Stan himself!

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Apparently, according to some Facebook reports, this little girl was very popular at the con for her costume. Timothy Ross Troshank said, “I was dressed as Finn and i walked by her and she screamed ADVENTURE TIME! i wish i got a picture with her.”

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May 23

Avengers Magic Puzzle Cube Papercraft

Avengers Papercraft Magic Puzzle Cube

Did you ever have one of those cool magic cube puzzles when you were a kid? The sort that you could kind of turn inside-out? I picked one up at a Science museum this weekend with solar system facts on it, and it got me thinking I’d quite like to make one of my own.

A quick Google later and I’d stumbled upon a pattern for making a papercraft version. So, as with most things, I decided to take the pattern and “geek it up” to create an Avengers Magic Puzzle Cube.

This cube features Thor, Captain America, Iron Man, The Hulk, Black Widow, Hawkeye, Nick Fury, Agent Coulson, Agent Hill, Dr. Selvig, Loki and the Avengers logo. Yep – 12 images on one cube. Well, it is magic. Here’s a quick vid of it in action, in case you still don’t know what I’m talking about.

Want to make your own? I’ve uploaded the pattern I used especially for you guys. There aren’t any instructions, you just need to remember that each strip makes two adjoining cubes, and the labelled tabs then connect them all together.

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May 3

Knit Your Own Iron Man or War Machine

So in the US Iron Man 3 Comes out today.  The perks of having a sibling in the hallowed halls of Marvel Comics means I saw it Monday (review here) and have red and gold armored Avenger crafts on the brain.  Red is already one of may favorite colors, this may get dangerous.

I’ve started small with just some Iron dolls from Irene McCormick designs that can be found on Raverly a site that brings together, fiber artists of all standings and is free to join.

 

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She also has designs up for Black Widow, Superman, Spiderman, and (BBC) Merlin. Clearly a regular Geek Crafter.

 

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April 21

Superman Whoopie Pies

Superman Whoopie Pies
I admit that while I can cook and my family rarely starves, I’m not a big one on time-consuming recipes. If it has more than 5 ingredients or steps, I usually skip it. But if I were looking for a little culinary challenge, these Superman Whoopie Pies might be just the incentive I need! I can’t believe how great they turned out!

The tutorial links you to a traditional Whoopie Pie recipe, then walks you through how to pipe in the iconic “S”, and even a custom birthday message.

How about you? Do you love to cook/bake? Have you ever attempted any copycat kind of recipe that mimics a brand or restaurant’s version?

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