Now that I’ve watched The Goonies with my son, I can say that it’s just as good as when I was his age. Craftster user spareGus cross-stitched (along with some other stitches) “Goonies Never Say Die” and did a fantastic job.
I can’t say it enough – I love tiny things. This Severus Snape doll is fabulous on its own, but check out the tiny potion ingredients and wand to use with his tiny cauldron. Check out the rest of MamanTattoo‘s stuff of Craftster, including a Luna Lovegood and other Harry Potter goodies.
Another *cute* Cthulhu, but here is one from Craftster user FicklePegasus. She crocheted this baby blanket complete with pacifier holder. And in case you were thinking Cthulhu for Halloween, don’t forget this costume.
Craftster user danfreek22 was lucky enough to go to a superhero party, so she made herself this great Wonder Woman costume using a lot of duct tape. If I was 20 pounds lighter …
Designer Blair Stocker (who you might know from her fun and colorful blog, Wise Craft) has just posted a fantastic series of free craft project tutorials for Value Village — yes, that Value Village. Her projects take regular old thrift-store finds and upcycle them into striking, spooky Halloween decorations for your house, or for throwing a party!
Blair says: I wanted to use items that could be found any time of year at Value Village or other thrift store, not just during the Halloween season, so I resisted buying Halloween things, that just seemed too easy. The other thing I really wanted to do was to create projects that were “low sew” or even “no sew”, the idea being that anybody should be able to jump in and do these projects with materials they find for very little money.
The most effortlessly geeky project of the whole collection has to be these Dolls of the Living Dead. I’ve seen so many neglected Barbies at thrift stores and yard sales and this is a brilliant — and super-easy — zombie makeover to the rescue!
Blair mentioned that her personal favorite was the Sinister Ceramics — tchotkes painted black with sparkly rhinestone eyes glowing red. I love the grouping as a table centerpiece, very Edgar Allen Poe!
There are a dozen more projects to download from the site, from Peculiar Picture Frames (goth-inspired silhouettes) to Perfect Pumpkin Ornaments (which have a charming Nightmare Before Christmas feel to me). And of course you could put a very geeky spin on any of Blair’s ideas!
What are you thinking of making for Halloween parties this year?
Okay, this isn’t actually geeky, but it cracks me up so I’m posting it anyway. Craftster user chickenfeet (I’m sensing a theme here) made a Kentucky Fried Chicken Colonel Sanders costume for her baby last year. For the wig, she knitted a cap and then tied yarn all over in loops.
