Check out this awesome bookcase tutorial from Alantronics!
It’s actually mind blowingly simple to do, make one for you little boy/girl’s room to promote literacy (or for me, make a full sized one for the Husb0t to store all his Dr Who DVD’s in… )
You could even be really clever and add a door for the full ‘TARDIS effect…
Some time ago, my fantastic husband surprised me with a shirt from Shirt Woot that featured The Four Little Ponies of the apocalypse. Some girls like jewelry, some girls are into chocolate, I love me some creepy-end-times mixed in with beloved childhood toys. In case you
haven’t seen the shirt, here is the image:
I try to be careful where I wear it. Once I was waiting for a table at a popular Sunday brunch spot and a little girl was excitedly pointing to my shirt. Her grandmother was like, “Oh look! You like those don’t yyyy…” and then she must have spied the famine pony because she shielded the little girls eyes and walked away from me.
Sorry grandma and little girl! I didn’t mean to horrify ya’ll.
Anyway, I didn’t realize that there was a Robot Chicken (I know, I don’t have cable…) tie-in with The Four Ponies of the Apocalypse until I stumbled upon this wonderfully geeky blog called Geek Sweets (lives up to its promise, check it out, so cute) and I found a Famine Pony cake! 
So yay, you guys! I mean, boo to actual famine, but… Yay Jenny at Geek Sweets and yay internet for bringing the weird stuff together.
If anyone knows more about the origin of these ponies, feel free to leave it in the comments. Like I said, I knew very little outside of finding the t-shirt to be hilarious and a sweet gift.
What I’d like to show you guys today is this amazing Harry Potter advent calendar made by Missing Willow.
Each drawer contains an item, note about the item and a small treat/sweet. It also has a small cupboard to put the trinkets in as each day passes which is a great idea to collect them all up watching the days tick closer to Christmas!
I don’t know about you, but I’m in love with the new Sherlock. I found this gem over in the Flickr pool by Ursula and Olive.
I love the quotes and even the way they captured Sherlock’s nose. It’s fantastic!
So, if you are a die-hard crocheter, you start thinking about Christmas presents in the summer. You just have to. I have a Dr. Who loving pal in my life, and I came across this great afghan by Craftster user Brackish Potato. It is inspired by the opening scene from Dr. Who where the TARDIS is floating through the time warp/wormhole thingie.
What a great idea right? The afghan looks like it would work up pretty quickly since it’s just a repeating pattern.
Once again, Epbot‘s Jen Yates is up to her customary crafty tricks. In anticipation of Star Wars Celebration, Jen (with an assist from husband John, as usual) has been steadily laboring on a steampunk female Darth Vader costume christened Lady Vadore. The first step involved hacking a Vader mask in spectacular ways. Note I didn’t post a pic of the final step—you’ll just have to read the tutorial and scroll down for the stunning reveal. Jen has since posted another sneak peek of the costume, which I can’t wait to see in its entirety. So thorough! Such attention to detail! Such crafty steampunk Star Wars goodness! Such excitement!
