Kirby Embroidery

Craftster user Troublet says,

First, I have to admit that I am so not into games nor do I really like cutesy/kawaii, but Santa decided to give me a gift that took me into both of those realms. He gave me Kirby’s Epic Yarn for Christmas.

I played through about 2 levels when my Muse didn’t just come poke me into picking up my needle, she all but drove me nuts until I finished this piece.

Geek crafts may be new to her, but she totally did Kirby justice with this adorable embroidered piece. I especially love her use of sequins. I’m going to try that out in my own work soon.

You can check out Troublet‘s other crafts on her blog, The Trouble with Crafting.

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January 1

I Heart the Black Lung

So it is New Year’s Day, and you’ve made your resolutions, right? Now comes the hard part–the follow through. These I Heart the Black Lung Earrings by Ugly Unicorn (etsy) will make it easy to remember that you’ve snubbed out your last smoke, and you don’t have to love the black lung any longer!

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December 31

Free Zero Punctuation pot holder pattern

Zero Punctuation is one of my absolute favorite web video series. I love hearing Ben “Yahtzee” Croshaw’s hilariously scathing video game reviews just as much as I enjoy watching the cheerfully warped animations that illustrate them.

So, I was over the moon when I came across Ilana‘s free pattern for Zero Punctuation Imp pot holders. These little scamps translate really well into knitted form, and would bring a touch of fun into any geeky kitchen.

You may recognize Ilana’s work from the Star Trek pot holders that were featured here on Geek Crafts last month. I’m looking forward to seeing what other awesome patterns she comes up with!

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December 31

12 Best of 2010

Here are my choices for the 12 best geek crafts of 2010:

January – Super Mario Vest by The Happy Seamstress

February – Minimalist Take on Star Wars by Justin Van Gendern

March – Tiny Harry Potter Paintings by JennaDickes

April – Periodic Table of the Elements Table by Abigailscrafts

May – Buffy the Vampire Slayer button by ButtonBettie

June – Tardis Schrapnel by Irishdaydreamer

July – Crocheted Spock Head by Amy

August (we didn’t have anything, so here’s one I like from May) – Origami Dinosaurs by essemde

September (we also didn’t have anything, so here’s another one from June) – Mario Mushroom Grill by Greg.Matta

October – Darth Vader Princess Costume by mayamagination

November – Tardis Star Quilt by Wendy

December – Steampunk Cthulhu Goggles by RobinRed

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December 30

Super Nintendo Cake

Let’s get one thing out of the way, right now. I love cake. Cup cakes, wedding cakes, pancakes. Cake is good. In addition to being delicious, cake is a great medium for art. Yeah, I said it, I think amazingly decorated cakes are art–and it’s not just because I like eating art. Kristen made this Super Nintendo Cake out of red velvet (0ne of my favorites!) for her husband’s birthday. If you’ll believe it, it was her first try at a sculpted cake! Very well done, and I am sure, very delicious.

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December 28

Plushie Mega Drive Console

oh man! THAT is a geek craft right there!

Donna Evans shared this supremely geeky creation on the Sprite Stitch boards, a 100% plushie mega drive console (oh and a genesis controller for all you Americans out there!) with removable Sonic the Hedgehog 2 cartridge.

My favourite bits? the cord… the way it’s all cordy, the ingenious use of velcro to secure the game cartridge, and strangely the use of iron on transfers… I don’t usually like iron on transfers, they feel like a cop out, but for this they completely work! they give a complete finished look to the piece.

I just want to squish it SO BAD!!

Also Sonic the Hedgehog 2 was my favourite game on the Mega Drive… because my older brother could play as Sonic on 1 player mode and I could just pick up the second controller and play as Tails, but in 1 player mode Tails couldn’t die. I loved this. And for a child with an urge to play computer games, but an intense fear of ‘dying’ in them it was the best of both worlds.

EDIT: this plushie console is for SALE! see Tavington’s DeviantArt for details

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