July
6
Is It Adventure Time or Bedtime?
I’ve posted before about my love of “Adventure Time,” but these photos make me want do some painting in my house!
June
29
HALT, MUTANT!
Friends, I actually got excited when I saw this stained glass lovely. I was a huge fan of the animated X-Men series on Fox in the 90’s.
Zero Wing Labs created THIS AWESOME MUTANT HUNTING STAINED GLASS SENTINEL straight from the pages of the X-Men. Someone needs to build a superhero church, STAT.
August
5
Appa, the Last Pillow Pet
As an aunt who spent a good deal of time last Christmas tracking down just the right Pillow Pets for her nieces, I can tell you for sure I never saw one as cool as this Appa pillow project I just found on Cut Out + Keep. I love that a complete tutorial is included – cuts down on the guesswork when one simply must have a project like this one.
In case you aren’t familiar, Appa is Aang’s loyal sky bison on the animated series Avatar. If you aren’t familiar with the series Avatar, get thee to Netflix pronto!
Links of Interest:
- Appa pillow pet on Cut Out + Keep
- Appa entry on Avatar Wikia
- More Avatar Crafts on GeekCrafts
December
8
The Best-est Geek Art Ever
Okay, I know best-est isn’t a word, but it should be, because James Hance’s art is better than the best. If you haven’t checked him out yet, go see James Hance, Relentlessly Cheerful Art. He has turned his geeky craft into fine art, showcasing our favorite Muppets and cartoons.
His series Wookie the Chew combines Star Wars and Winnie the Pooh, and features amazing characters like Chrisolo Robin, Droidlet, and of course, Wookie the Chew.
I have a few of his prints, and one of his originals in my house, and I LOVE them. I’m still waiting for the Dr. Horrible/ Calvin and Hobbes cross over. (wink wink, nudge nudge.)
So check him out, and get inspired.
How about an amigurumi of wookie the chew? A parody of a parody. How great is that?
October
2
GeekCraft roundup: GIR!
My daughter is very into “Gir” these days – the sidekick from the Invader Zim cartoon. She’s hoping to pull together a Gir costume for Halloween. So in researching various DIY options, I pulled together this roundup of Gir crafts.
BehindtheSofa created her own Gir cross-stitch pattern, and stitched it onto a black hoodie.
When I was a kid, I used to love Shrinky Dinks, so these Dog Gir/Robot Gir earrings by Lynn Aquaheart caught my eye.
August
1
Feeling a little…sluggish?
According to the academic resource Futurama Wiki, a brain slug is “a species of space parasite that attaches its jelly-like body to the skull, presumably the brain of a human, and controls them. The specimen is green in color and consists of a translucent jelly-like body complete with two feelers and one large eyeball…The easiest way to tell if someone is infected would be the Brain Slug mass which sits atop of their head.”
Should you wish to make someone think he is infected, just perch one of these crocheted Brain Slugs on his noggin. Hilarity is sure to ensue.
This project makes me think of another amigurumi project – Baby Monsters by Allison Hoffman, aka CraftyIsCool. I made some in red for co-workers for Valentine’s Day, and called them “Love Monsters“. Naturally they were a big hit.
LINKS OF INTEREST
- Crocheted Brain Slug from MostlyNerdy Crochet
- Crochet Baby Monsters from CraftyIsCool
- More amigurumi projects on GeekCrafts
- More monster projects on GeekCrafts