This week I present to you this totally awesome messenger bag from Artsi Bitsi. What I think is extra cool about the design is that Albert’s face is on top of text. It gives it that extra bit of geeky flair. Artsi Bitsi’s photostream is full of bags like this!
Ohhh, you guys, you are not going to believe this! I found an eReader/tablet cover that looks like the book from The Neverending Story! (Am I dating myself, here? I hope not. I loved that movie when I was a kid and can still quote large swaths of it from memory.)
The cover is made by GrimcatProductions, on Etsy, and it is delightful! As the product description says, “Modern digital book readers and tablets can holds thousands and thousands of books – truly a never-ending supply!”
I’d really like to have one of these, but my Sony Reader Pocket Edition already has a very pretty case (also from Etsy). You’d better believe this Neverending Story cover is on my wish list if I upgrade, though! And then? Maybe I’ll finally read the book. (I’m a terrible librarian, sometimes.)
I celebrated my 8 year wedding anniversary yesterday. Bronze is the traditional 8 year anniversary gift, which made me think about Steam Punk weddings, chemistry themed weddings, robot weddings, etc. I still am hooked on looking at wedding ideas, and here are a few I think I would use if I were to get married again, (to the same guy, of course.)
For the robot love, check out this amazing robot cake topper, from Etsy shop buildersstudio . We have one on our mantel, and I love seeing it everyday.
Who needs a rose, when you could adorn your lapel with a Lego man. Check out these cool Lego boutineers from off beat bride.
Check out these awesome robot wedding shoes also from Off Beat Bride.
And if you’re more into games than robots or Legos, check out this board game wedding cake. (that I made for my friends Deb and Brad.)
While I haven’t really done any cross-stitching since about the age of eight, I can appreciate it as an arts-and-craft-form. Done properly and on an interesting subject, and it can be pretty damn impressive. (My mother once re-created this iconic La Dame aux Camelias Mucha poster with spectacular results. Just wish I had a photo to show you!) Anyway, tangent aside, I have found some awesome cross-stitch patterns on The Crafty Companion’s Etsy shop. She creates and sells patterns on an array of geek themes from Doctor Who to Game of Thrones, Firefly to Harry Potter. Very cute, not to mention reasonably priced. ($3 per pattern seems like a good deal to me!)
I really like this Mayan-esque calendar tea towel from pennycandy on Spoonflower. The circular design is perfect for 2012! One calendar (a fat quarter) is $11, and four (a yard) is $18.
so… Christmas is over for this year… know what that means?? … yup… time to start planning what you’re going to make everyone for next Christmas (I’m right though?! everyone wants a handmade present once they find out you’re an awesome crafter… sheesh!)
Why not use this opportunity to encourage a new generation of girls to be adventurous, independent and downright awesome by making the geekettes of your family this great Dora the Exporer backpack. Julie from Vibrant Designs shares the tutorial on her blog…. I’m tempted to scale it up… it’d be the best daiper/changing bag EVER, am I right?
