February 1

Doctor Who Plushie

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Angelcallie has redefined fandom with this amazing Doctor Who Plushie that she posted on her livejournal page. This Time Lord is complete with his ever-important stop watch, and when his shirt is removed, you see The Doctor’s all important two hearts!

I loved this plushie from the moment I saw it, and fell even deeper in love when I read her reasoning for doing Doctor number ten first.

I hope to make all the doctors eventually, but I started with Ten because he’s my doctor.

Any real fan of The Doctor knows the importance of “your” Doctor. Your first, your favorite.

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January 29

Historical Figures Bowling Pins

Historical Figures Bowling Pins

I’m not sure why, but crafts in the likeness of historical figures really crack me up and these bowling pins from Craftster user charmingflaws are no exception. With plaster molds, slip casting, paint and sewing, she created Ben Franklin, Marie Antoinette, Pocahontas, Ivan the Terrible, Caesar, Cleopatra and Elizabeth I. I would love to see these in person!

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January 16

Ten Great “Tux” the Linux Penguin Crafts

What geek doesn’t at least respect Linux? And even if you aren’t a fan of the OS, who doesn’t love Tux the Linux Penguin? I know I do! So here are ten of the coolest Tux projects I could find on the world wide web.

3D Tux Cake

For those of you with a sweet tooth, Joseph Hall posted this amazing 3-D Tux cake on his blog that he baked in his own apartment kitchen! He even includes step by step instructions and a list of things you will need if you decide to tackle this adorable and tasty project.

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January 1

Space Invaders Quilt and Rock Band Comforter

I found some great bedding on Craftster recently.

Space Invaders Quilt

Maddys Mum made her husband this lap-sized Space Invaders quilt for Christmas. The simple yet detailed square per pixel worked out great!

Another Christmas gift, Lovefrozenstars made this rockin’ (oh my, did I really just say “rockin'”?) comforter for her boyfriend with the Rock Band guitar icon. She includes some tips in her post, including how she did the image,

“To get the symbol, I brought a print out of it to a Kinko’s and had them blow it up as large as they could.  I cut that image out and traced it onto white fleece that I sewed onto the front.”

Of course, both gifts were very well-received!

Be on the lookout for posts from new Geek Crafter Renee – she’ll be blogging regularly here at Geek Crafts.

We hope everyone has a happy, crafty, geeky new year!

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