February
14
Space Invaders Bead Necklace
Flickr user pardalote_40 posted this great Space Invaders beadwork necklace, aptly named “pewpew,” in the Geek Crafts photo pool.
February
13
Joker Embroidery
Craftster user Emmajb embroidered the Joker from Batman for her boyfriend for Valentine’s day. Great detail!
February
12
Jar Jar Binks Salad
A few years ago, I attended a school designed to teach cooking & presentation, and my favorite part of the course was the garnish. We had instructors that could make a watermelon look like a bouquet of roses straight from the garden. So, naturally, when I saw this Jar Jar Binks carved from a jimaca root, I was excited.
Ken posted this amazingly detailed Jar Jar Binks Salad on Cooksden, lamenting that if he had carved any other character from Star Wars, he wouldn’t have wanted to cut into it with a knife. There is a detailed how-to in the article, and no worries, you won’t have to go buy a million different kinds of knives to pull this one off yourself.
February
11
Twilight Prom Scene Pen and Ink Drawing
We’ve only got a few more weeks until Twilight comes out on DVD (and my mom just pre-ordered it for me – w00t!), so I was super excited to see this submission from Geekcrafter Fee Harding. She made this pen and ink drawing of her favorite scene from the movie: Prom. If you’ve seen the movie three times (or more!), like I have, you’ll notice that not only did she get the faces down great, but even tiny details like the flowers on Bella’s sweater. You can buy a print of this drawing (and some other geek-themed drawings) in Fee’s Etsy shop, burntfeather.
February
10
Scrabble Board Picture Frame
If you are a word-nerd like me, this Scrabble Board Picture Frame is probably lifting your spirits as I type. Kelly Jensen from photojojo submitted this awesome picture frame project to us and I was too busy digging through my garage for an old Scrabble board to post it before now. Check out photojo for more ideas using different board games and a couple of definitions of those weird “Scrabble words” that the real pros use.
February
9
Blind Man’s Metal Rubik’s Cube
This is a really easy, fun project to dress up an old Rubik’s Cube for display, or to really hone your skills as a Rubik’s solver. Gtig posted this Blind Man’s Metal Rubik’s Cube he made with a regular Rubik’s Cube, some epoxy, and a few metal squares he pried off an old chair. There are step-by-step instructions in his post on Instructables.
In addition to looking awesome, it adds a new element to solving Rubik’s Cubes, and Gtig claims that by solving this one blind, it has made it easier for him to solve a normal Rubik’s Cube!