Posts Tagged ‘Geekery’

So I’ve finished two crafty Christmas presents! Woot! However, being that they are supposed to be surprises for family members that come to my blog occasionally, I’m afraid I can’t show you guys quite yet. I’m such a tease.
BUT! I will give you a small clue as to what the current [...]

Morning Toast had a fabulous idea back in the comments of this post. I was planning on doing a cross stitch of these, but I lost a lot of detail when I translated the design over to little squares.

It was really interesting trying to design these. Did you know that pretty much all [...]

I’m sorry if anyone is geting sick of my DS cases, but these are really fun to make!  This weekend, I was experimenting with embroidery on knitted stuff.  A little harder than I thought, but I really like the end result:

And if you’re wondering (I’m looking at you, Morning Toast), I will be opening up [...]

We have this HUGE storage cabinet in our office that has always been an eyesore. It dominates the room with all of it’s scratches, smudges, and poor construction. If our teeny, tiny apartment didn’t make the extra storage it provides a necessity, I would have tossed this monster long ago. But since [...]

Happy Labor Day! I’m hoping most of you are getting a reprieve from work and school and just chillin’ at home or with friends. My sympathies to all you abused retail workers and other corporate desk slaves that are chained to the job today. You poor things!!
Over the weekend, we went to [...]

This was one of those ideas that when I thought of it, I was like “Why didn’t I think of this SOONER?” It seems obvious now!
Guitar Hero Cupcakes

I must apologize for the poor picture quality. One of my lights busted and I didn’t have time to go get another one before I had [...]

Remember how last week I said I failed miserably at all things baking? Well, this week, I made those vengeful Sugar Gods my bitches:

Behold! Magic the Gathering cookies! I made 25 cookies, 5 of each land. It took two days to complete them. Here’s a little tutorial:
First make sugar cookies. [...]

You may remember a picture of my DS in yesterday’s post about making a lightbox. Well, today I gave her a makeover:

Here’s a different shot that’s more girly. I love that lightbox.
My original plan was much different, but due to materials and my own ignorance, I ended up with this. [...]