Share the Love with this DIY Gift Idea

Looking for something to make for your significant other this Valentine’s Day? Jessica from the Nifty Nerd has got you covered with this fun Geeky Love Quote Collage Tutorial. You’ll find step-by-step instructions with pictures in Jessica’s tutorial. Plus, she’s included quote ideas for you, as well as the template she used to make her Geeky Love Quote Collage. This is a great gift idea, plus it’d be super easy to customize for your special someone. You could use Shakespearean quotes for a literature buff, or quotes from Neil Degrasse Tyson for a science fan. How would you customize your collage?

Steampunk Valentine Fabrics and More on Spoonflower

If you haven’t heard of Spoonflower, it’s this awesome marketplace for indie fabric designs that feature everything from this week’s contest theme, Steampunk Valentines, Doctor Who, Firefly, and just about every other fandom and theme you could think of.

So, if you’re looking for some cool fabric for your next project, give Spoonflower a try! They print all their fabrics on demand, and you can order as little as an 8″ sample for $5. They have over 30 different types of fabrics to choose from. And, you can also order many of the designs on wrapping paper and self-adhesive wallpaper too. How cool is that? What’s even better is that Spoonflower is an American company that uses eco-friendly inks and printing processes. In fact, they just introduced a new fabric made from 20% recycled materials, their eco-canvas.

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February 2

Geek Love Etsy Round Up

You’ve still got time to find your favorite geeks the perfect gift for Valentine’s Day. In fact, I’ve rounded up some of my favorites available now on Etsy, including some anti-Valentine’s Day gifts and cards too. And yes . . . those are zombie gnomes kissing. Nothing says I love you like zombie gnomes you know.

Geeky Free Printable Valentines

It’s never too early to get started on those Valentines, and I’ve found some great ones for Star Wars and Doctor Who fans.

The first series of valentines are designs from Alecia at AleciaDawn Photography. She’s got seven separate designs, all of them epic, and all of them perfect for kids and adults (and anyone in between). All you have to do is download and print them out on some card stock.

The second series I found while exploring the wilds of the intarwebz are valentines from Heidi Schulz and her blog Frantically Simple. These exploit my ultimate weakness, Doctor Who. These are definitely worth traveling through space and time, but you’ll only have to download them and print them out on some card stock to enjoy.

The last series of valentines I found are from Hanasaurusrex! Nothing says “I love you” like zombies, so look no further for Valentine’s Day cards than here!

Robot Love

How about a little robot love for Valentine’s Day? With just under a month to go, you have just enough time to whip up something for your geeky sweetheart (or yourself!)

I found several cute robot projects so I thought I would do a mini round-up. First we have this adorable Luvbot (pictured above), a knitting pattern available from Anna at Mochimochiland.

Next we have the cute Cara the amigurumi robot from Rachel at CrochetSpot (subscribe to her newsletter to get the pattern for free, plus get a heads up on free patterns every week!)

Another fun amigurumi robot project from Bubblegumbelles on Etsy:

Here’s an advanced-beginner cross-stitch project with a little binary code to say “I love you” in robot – Alicia Watkins has the cross-stitch kit all prepped for you on Etsy.

Then finally we have this fun crochet robot lovey blanket from Sarah at Repeat Crafter Me, so your favorite wee one can cozy up and dream of robot besties!

Do you have any geek-crafting plans for Valentine’s Day? Hook us up with links in the Comments section below!

Links of Interest:

Luvbot pattern by Mochimochiland
Cara the amigurumi robot from CrochetSpot
Amigurumi Romantic Robot from Bubblegumbelles
“I love you” in robot cross-stitch from AliciaWatkins
Crochet Robot Lovey blanket by Repeat Crafter Me
More robot crafts on GeekCrafts
More Valentine’s Day crafts on GeekCrafts

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February 12

My Geeky Valentine: A Photoshop How-to

With Valentine’s Day mere days away, you may be wracking your brain for ideas for that perfect way to share how you feel with that special person(s) in your life. Well, who can say it better than you? Why not make your own Valentine? And since we’re of the geeky sort, why don’t we dial up some digital goodness in Photoshop, hmmm?

HowtoGeek.com offers a full step-by-step tutorial on how to create your own customized geek valentine in Photoshop. They also have very thoughtfully put together 11 geeky valentine images, all zipped together and ready for you to download. Pictured above are my two favorites from the set, but other images include references to the video game Portal, Star Wars, multi-sided dice, and Futurama.

Which one do you like best? Or what custom Valentine would you like to make?

Make Your Own Geek Valentine in Photoshop, from HowtoGeek.com
Firefly Valentines from a previous GeekCrafts post
More Valentine’s Day crafts at GeekCrafts.com

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