April 4

I Find Your Lack of Coffee Disturbing . . .

Star Wars printable

I often tell folks how I’m a coffee-powered robot, so is it any wonder that these caught my attention: They’re Free Star Wars Printables from Jamie at the blog Some of This and That, and they’re hilarious.  From pithy quotes, like “May the froth be with you” and “It’s a frap!”, if you love coffee and Star Wars, you’re going to love these free printables.  According to the blog, they’re sized to print out and fit into an 8″ x 10″ frame.  Go forth and print! And may the coffee be with you.

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April 17

ABC (Angry Birds Coffee)

On a recent weekend jaunt to Dublin, my lovely friend Gill was served this cup of amazing in The Art of Coffee, a little coffee shop she stumbled on. Gill assures me it tasted as good as it looked, once she had worked up the nerve to drink the masterpiece!

Coffee shop owner Ruslan recently won the 2012 Irish Latte Art Championship, and so is going on to represent his country in the World Latte Art Championships (who even knew such things existed? Wow!) so I’m sure we all wish him luck.

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August 26

Glorious Coffee Roundup

Hey everyone! as my baby geek is now 2 (and a half) weeks old, COFFEE has claimed it’s place at the centre of my sanity. “Sleep when your baby sleeps” they say… but there is so much to DO! So I’m raising a mug to all those hard working tech support guys and sysadmins who survive their bosses/clients insane demands courtesy of this glorious stimulant. *slurp*

Let’s start with coffee endorsed by the the Dark Lord.

Hand roasted by stormtroopers, $14.99 from Thinkgeek

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And of course you need something suitably geeky to drink it from

Just keep it away from the hydrochloric acid, also from ThinkGeek – $12.99

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Check out these lovely chocolate espresso cupcakes (omnomnomnom)

Baked by Craftster user PerfectlyBohemian. Find the recipe here.

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Did you know that coffee grounds absorb bad smells?

Make yourself a coffee grind deodorizer with this tutorial from BooBoo Rocks Out on Cut Out + Keep

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Coffee Jewelery? why not.

Blue Coffee Cup Ring, $15.00, by Charlieccbb on Etsy.

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Kawwaiii!!!!!!!

Happy Coffee Mug Necklace, $35.00, by MaryMaryHandmade on Etsy.

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I’m certainly ‘feeling’ the sentiment of this magnet.

Get me coffee STAT! $3.00!! by Suzanneartist on Etsy.

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This could completely be a valentines day card for my Husb0t….

I love you, blogs, and coffee print, $13.50, by jenniferramos on Etsy

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Wear you heart on your sleeve, and your coffee on your head, exhibit A:

Make your own Cappuccino hat (DO IT! IT’S THE LAW!!) with this tutorial bycats-rockin-crochet on Cut Out + Keep.

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Exhibit B:

Coffee Felted Headband (Very GaGa oh-lala) $78.00 and worth EVERY cent, from Puppycatmeow on Etsy

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June 14

Achievement Unlocked! Coffee Cup Cozy

Achievement Unlocked! Coffee Cup CozyIf you are like me, you just can’t live without coffee and video games.  Luckily for us, Etsy seller sewtara has combined both into an awesome coffee cup cozy!  Now your late night gaming sessions won’t be interrupted by annoying things like sleep.  If gaming isn’t your thing, that’s not a problem either because she has lots of other geeky options to prevent embarrassing coffee cup burns on your hands.

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June 4

READER SUBMISSION: Geeky Coffee Cozies

geeky-coffee-cozyCoffee is a really special thing. By special, I mean an absolutely necessary, absolutely delicious morning ritual that could never be done with out. Something so special, necessary, and delicious should also have the opportunity to look really cool on a regular basis, so when Tara from SewTara linked me to her Etsy shop full of Geeky Coffee Cozies, I immediately logged in to show them to you. Well, immediately after I finished my cup of coffee. That’s okay, though, Tara understands coffee induced procrastination.

In addition to the Geek Coffee Cozy, she is also selling this Procrastination Coffee Cozy. Being

procrastination-coffee-cozysomeone who is always putting things off “until I’ve finished my coffee”, I couldn’t resist showing this one as well. You can also flip it around so the “Do stuff” box is checked, but I figure, why lie?

Never  one to marginalize, and always one to appreciate some cool binary stuff, I couldn’t leave the tea drinkers out of this (I am, after all, British by marriage). So, don’t fret it coffee isn’t your thing. I admit, I will never understand how someone couldn’t love a nectar so sweet, but, at least Tara is looking out for the geeky tea drinkers with this awesome Binary Tea Cozy. That says, quite simply, “Tea”.

There are way more geeky-awesome hand sewn cup cozies in her Etsy shop, including Scrabble Tile inspired cozies, and even one with a little gnome. Who doesn’t love gnomes?

 

 

 

 

 

 

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May 31

Tutorial Tuesday/Reader Submission! Playable NES Controller Coffee Table!!

I saw this on Sprite Stitch a while back, but eagle eyed reader Brian used the “Submit a GeekCraft” link to point us towards the original source. Thanks Brian!

I’m counting it as a tutorial because Ultra Awesome Blogger Kyle has kept Ultra Awesome detailed records of every step of the process… seriously … THIS is the pinnacle of geek craftyness… I NEED one of these for my living room…(I don’t think my Husb0t would trust me with power tools.. I don’t think I would trust me with power tools…)

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