Last year I got some of my friends candles from Bubble & Geek and they smelt so good that I debated keeping them for myself! Hopefully this will help give you some holiday ideas!
Showing posts with label geek. Show all posts
Showing posts with label geek. Show all posts
Thursday, December 5, 2013
A Very Geeky Christmas.....
Hello out there! Its less than three weeks till Christmas. This is a fact that is freaking me out! If you are feeling a little unprepared for the holidays this year I have put together an Etsy treasury full of some of the geeky-ist items for all of the nerds on your list!
Last year I got some of my friends candles from Bubble & Geek and they smelt so good that I debated keeping them for myself! Hopefully this will help give you some holiday ideas!
Last year I got some of my friends candles from Bubble & Geek and they smelt so good that I debated keeping them for myself! Hopefully this will help give you some holiday ideas!
Thursday, November 21, 2013
Make your own TARDIS #savetheday
If you are planning a big shin-dig for the Day of the Doctor, then you festivities will not be complete unless you have a TARDIS. This is after all the Doctor's preferred method of transport! Here is how you can put together a simple TARDIS that won't break the bank.
Materials & Tools
- 2 PVC pipe measuring 6ft
- 1 PVC pipe measuring 38 inches
- 4 PVC pipe measuring 12 inches
- 4 PVC caps
- 2 PVC shaped t-shaped connectors
- 2 PVC curves
- Blue butcher paper (or blue table cloth)
- Black and white paper
- Computer & printer
- Tape
Instructions
- Gather all of your pvc supplies and begin assembling them. Refer to the pictures! I will describe as best I can but I think the pictures will help you the most!
- Bottom pieces:
- Take 2 of the 12 inch pvc pipes and t-shaped connector. Place each of the 12 inch pvc pieces on each end of the connector.
- Repeat this step so you have two!
- Take the two 6 feel pvc pipes and insert them into the t-shaped connector of your bottom pieces
- Next take the 38 inche pvc pipe and place a corner connection on each end. Then attach it to the top of your already assembled structure.
- Your almost there! Keep it laying down flat and wrap it with paper. If you don't have paper that is big enough you can use a blue vinyl table cloth (they are in the party section of most stores)
- swivel the bottom peices and slowly turn your structure right side up
- Now you are ready for details! I used card stock and my silhouette machine, so its really up to you what you how you want to decorate your TARDIS. You can print a lot of them out and that helps!
- Enjoy! It makes a fun background for a photo booth!
Saturday, November 16, 2013
Fezzes are cool #savetheday
We are still in full swing of the month of the Doctor! The big shindig is days away! Are you excited?! Have you seen the clip recently released?
If you haven't noticed it features one of the Doctor's most popular accessories... the Fez! Whats more exciting is the two seconds we see Tennant wearing the FEZ! OMG! NERD-GASM! Needless to say it has gotten me quite excited for next Saturday. Speaking of Fezzes... would you like your own ? Perhaps to sport at your own Doctor Who shindig? Well, ALLONSY, let's make one!
Materials & Tools
- At least 3 pieces of red felt
- Yellow yarn
- Scissors
- Ruler
- Tape measurer
- Sewing machine and notions
Instructions
- Ok first things first, how big is your noggin? Take your tape measurer and wrap it around your head and see what you come up with. My own head is about 20 inches. Add a 1/2 seam allowance!
- Since felt is cut short, divide your head measurement in half. Then determine how tall you want your fez to be. I made mine 8 inches. Add a 1/2 seam allowance!
- Now that you have you measurements, but your pieces! I cut two 10 X 8 inch pieces (dont forget, add 1/2 inch seam allowance!)
- Lay the cut pieces on top of one another, pin and sew along the edges determining the height of your fez. Congrats you made a tube!
- Push your tube out to make a circle and take your ruler and measure from edge to edge. This will be how big you will make the top of your hat. I made mine 6 inches. So measure it out and mark it on felt and cut it out.
- Pin the circle to the top of your hat. Sew!
- Pull inside out and your almost there! You hat needs tassel before it can be an official fez!
- Cut a long piece of yarn and some little tiny bits. Tie the tiny bits to the end of the long piece. This makes the tassels.
- Cut two little slits on the top of your hat and tie your tassel to it.
- Geronimo! You are ready to go!
Stay turned later this week for an announcement about my Doctor Who giveaway!
Thursday, November 7, 2013
Doctor Who Bow ties #savetheday
So we all know the obvious… Bow ties are cool!
They are quite easy and fun to make. If you have every wanted to make you own, let me show ya how!
Materials & Tools
- Red or blue Felt
- Scissors
- Hot glue gun
- Safety pins
Instructions
- Take the felt and cut out a rectangle. Mine measured 4 X 8 inches
- Hot glue the top edge and fold down about an 1 inch. Repeat with the opposite side
- Now for the sides! Hot glue each side and fold to the center of your rectangle
- Pinch the rectangle at the center and scrunch it up. It will start to look like a bow tie
- Cut a small rectangle out of felt, 3 x 1 inches
- Wrap the felt rectangle around the center of the bow tie and hot glue the edges together
- Once the glue is dried, add a safety pin to the back so that you can wear it
Sunday, January 13, 2013
Sunday Snapshots
This week has been sort of a slow one, here is what I have been up to!
I got some snazzy Star Trek Fabric from Joann's. I am looking forward to the kinds of wackiness I will make with this stuff. I already made an iPad case and I will also make some pot holders for my trekkie father in law. I also got Star Wars fabric but I didn't realize that it was fleece! I can make scarves with it I guess.
I started thinking up some design ideas for our stark dinning room. On a trip to Home Goods I was inspired by their graphic plates. So I started collecting a few which will eventually hang on the wall. I need to add some more to my collection first. We also got this giant peacock picture.
I had read really great reviews for Everyday by David Leviathan. So its been on my reading list. My interest was piqued when my friend Morgan said she read it in a day and cried. I have a few things I need to get off my reading lists first, then I am going to tackle this. Here is the gist of the story: A person goes through life everyday in another persons body then one day falls in love with a hosts girlfriend. It sounds like a romantic Quantum Leap and I look forward to reading it.
Wednesday my partner in craft, Michele, came over and we worked on some more Iron Craft stuff. However before we did that, we had to eat. So we got lunch which ended up being this epic pile of nachos at Moe's. They also had this amazing soda machine!
I began work on some new themes for my upcoming storytime. I found this site called, Storytime Caitie. She has really amazing ideas and book recommendations Sometimes I get in a funk and I don't know what to do, this helps give me some inspiration. For next week I decided to go with a Fantasy/Fairy Tale theme. So I made some Knights for a flannel board. I think they came out pretty adorable.
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