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May 23

Name the Geek Contest

Name the Geek!Greetings Geeks! By now you’ve noticed our awesome new look and today we present our official Geek Crafts logo! (If you’re reading this in a blog reader, click through, just this once.)

Also today we launch our contest: Name the Geek! This geek needs a name and we’re leaving it up to you, our lovely readers, to decide.

Here’s how it will work:

  • Starting today and up until midnight ET on Sunday, May 29th, leave a comment with your name suggestion. (If more than one person suggests the same name, the first person to suggest it will be entered, so be sure to read through the comments first and come up with something different.)
  • On Monday, May 30th, we’ll post a list of all the names for you to vote on. You can vote until Sunday, June 5th.
  • On Monday, June 6th, we’ll announce the winning name. And to thank the reader who suggested the winning name, we have an epic prize package!

[Edit: Midnight Eastern time – I’ve got to go to bed at some point, kids :) ]

How epic? Let me show you!

From Geekopolis, a hand-knit Jayne Cobb hat from Joss Whedon’s Firefly:

Firefly Jayne Cobb Hat from Geekopolis

From Hand / Eye / Mind / Mouth, a short film on DVD called Everything I Needed to Know About Zombies I Learned From the Movies:

Everything I Needed to Know About Zombies I Learned from the Movies DVD

From Interverse Comics, two signed comic books:

Comic Books from Interverse Comics

From Novelty Kitten, a set of three framed prints titled “Mustachio Eats a Cookie”:

Mustachio Eats a Cookie

From Teenormous, a $25 Threadless gift certificate where you could get any t-shirt you like, such as this geeky choice:

Threadless Tee from Teenormous

From Susan Beal and World of Geekcraft, a copy of World of Geekcraft plus a “Pow! Zap!” magnet kit and buttons to start your own Coraline box:

World of Geekcraft, Pow! Zap! magnet kit, and Coraline buttons

From Yarn Today, Knit Tomorrow, a hand-knit Harry Potter Gryffindor scarf:

Harry Potter Gryffindor Scarf

From Zono Art, home of artist and graphic designer Rik Livingston, a hand-painted Frog Prince greeting card:

Frog Prince Greeting Card by Rik Livingston

Everything will come packed in a Geek Crafts tote bag!

Thank our sponsors by clicking through to their sites:

Geekopolis Hand / Eye Mind / Mouth Interverse Comics Novelty Kitten
Teenormous World of Geekcraft Yarn Today, Knit Tomorrow Zono Art
May 18

POW! ZAP! magnets workshop at Maker Faire

Hey, if you’re coming to Maker Faire, please stop by the CRAFT: magazine area at 2:00 on Saturday to make a POW! ZAP! Magnet from World of Geekcraft to take home! I’m bringing free magnet kits for everyone, and if you mention that you’re a geekcrafts.com reader, I’ll have a little extra surprise for you too…

I can’t wait for the marvelous Maker Faire weekend! Please comment if you’re presenting or will be there too, I’d love to say hi!

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May 15

Two Announcements

Greetings Geek Crafters:

We’ve got two things going on here at Geek Crafts headquarters:

1. The first winner we picked to get a copy of Susan Beal’s World of Geekcraft never contacted us with their address, so we had to pick another winner. That winner is…

Craftasaurusrex!

Craftasaurusrex, please email your name and mailing address to geekcrafts@gmail.com by midnight ET on Thursday, May 19th and we’ll put your copy of World of Geekcraft in the mail right away.

2. What do you do when your graphic / web designer and her kids catch the bubonic plague? Why, you postpone your super awesome contest one more week. Enjoy our regularly scheduled programming and on Monday the 23rd, we’ll unveil our new logo and the super awesome contest. Trust me, it’ll be worth the wait!

    Have fun talking around the water cooler about the awesome Neil Gaiman-directed Doctor Who episode in the morning!
    Shayne

    May 11

    Magritte Craft X 2

    I saw my friend LeBrie Rich of PenFelt at Crafty Wonderland this weekend and marveled at her intricate needle-felted Magritte tribute! Awesome. She also has a PenFelted Andy Warhol (a Campbell’s Soup can), a Picasso, a Matisse, and many other masterpieces of wool felt amazingness in her collection (behind a velvet rope, which was an especially awesome touch).

    Meanwhile, John Lohman‘s Mario Magritte (a stellar contribution to World of Geekcraft) is one of my favorite cross-stitches ever. Just love it! See a whole lot more of his work at Sprite Stitch.

    Today the World of Geekcraft tour heads to IndieFixx! Huge thanks to everyone who’s been supporting the book – I really appreciate it!

     

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    May 10

    Tutorial Tuesday! Reverse Stencilled Tote Bag

    Here’s a neat idea! lets think ‘outside the stencil’.

    That’s exactly what jennieingram did when she had to quickly step into the Dr Who Swap on Craftster. Round 5 of the Dr Who swap that is… these swaps are hugely popular, they’re going to go on forever! Round 6 is crafting away as I type!

    Jennie has shared a tutorial on how to achieve this effective technique on her blog, and also on Craftster.

    But wait, there’s more! Turns out Jennie is quite an avid Geek-Crafter and tutorial writer. Check out her Doctor’s Companion Charm Bracelet and her tutorial on how to make Laminated Paper Bookmarks including a sonic screwdriver and a golden snitch.

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    May 9

    And, the Winner is…

    JONI G!

     

    Congratulations! We can’t wait to see your first Geek Craft from the book!

     

    Stay tuned for an INCREDIBLE give away coming next week!

     

     

     

     

    Joni G, please use our submissions form to send in your complete name and mailing address before 11:59 pm on Thursday, the 12th of May so that we may send your copy of World of Geekcraft. If we do not hear from you, we’ll move on to awarding the prize to the next name on the drawn list.

     

    Joni G, please use our submissions form to send in your complete name and mailing address before 11:59 pm on Thursday, the 12th of May so that we may send your copy of World of Geek Craft. If we do not hear from you, we’ll move on to awarding the prize to the next name on the drawn list.
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