Crafts
Portal Buttons: Nice Looking, Not A Lie
Wow! Etsy seller Slevin 11, who creates some seriously sweet looking buttons, has a collection or Portal themed pins up for grabs. $20 for a pack of 30? Sold! Why should you purchase over two dozen buttons all at once?
Well, according to Slevin, If I were to tell you that you need these to stay [...]
Plush Lumas: Cute Devourers of Stars
Behold. An army of adorable Lumas from Super Mario Galaxy, hand-made by Canadian Etsy seller T0fugirl.
I’m all about the Lumas from Mario Galaxy. This plushie that I found a few months back, totally melted my heart. However, I can’t escape the feeling that Lumas are, in fact, direct descendants of a certain planet devouring villain [...]
Sam & Max: Geek Cross Stitch Art
When I first found out about the Sam & Max game for the Nintendo Wii, I was absolutely thrilled. I remember playing that game on my old 486SX PC. LucasArts sure knew how to make point and click adventure games, I’ll tell you what. Remember Day of the Tentacle? Full Throttle? Secret of Monkey Island? [...]
Galaga Pillow: Soft, Blasts You To Sleep
Posting about cute creations on Etsy is always a heart-breaking thing, usually because they are sold out as soon as they’re written about on the web.
As of this posting, this sweet Galaga pillow is still available! The pillow is made with fleece and is 18×18 inches, stuffed with Poly-fil goodness and love. It’s a one [...]
Chewbacca Mouse: Cutest Star Wars Plush Ever
Oh. My. God.
This adorable hand-made little Chewbacca mouse can be picked up for a little over $35 on Etsy. The House of Mouse creates several Star Wars themed mice, including Yoda. These clever crafters offer up free pins with every order and even make custom mice!
This of course leads me to ponder… can I get [...]
Make Your Own: Sleek Lego Case Mod
It’s “Monolith-esque” as Engadget describes this beautifully crafted High-end PC case mod built from Legos. Far from being just a plaything, this Lego creation was planned out carefully by Luke Anderson using MLCAD (A CAD program that uses Lego bricks). The software was also used to plan out and purchase the pieces through [...]
Philadelphia Hax: Arduino Evening Class at The Hacktory
Ah, The Hacktory. Hosting glorious events galore. Seriously, it seems like every time I check out their calendar, they’ve got something new going on. Whether it’s a Make Philly meeting, an open house hack, or throwing a Geeks & Toys party at National Mechanics in August (what!!!), Far and his crew are always up to [...]
Paper Link OWNS Paper Mario: Legend of Zelda Papercraft
When I came across this adorable Papercraft Link in Kamikaze Stoat’s Flickr stream, I fell in love, and absolutely had to look further into this little hand folded hero.
Luckily, Kamikaze provided a link to gaming website Silconera, who happen to have the papercraft templates, ready for you to print out and fold yourself.
Download [...]
Mario Prints on Vintage Book Pages
Sprite Stitch, one of my favorite (and I think the only) blog dedicated towards video game themed crafts, posted about these fantastic Mario Prints, which Etsy seller Cyberhadji creates using vintage book pages.
The prints are 8×10s, and will run you from $8 to $30 (they come single and in three packs).
I am definitely sold on [...]
Super Mario Galaxy Luma Plushie: Melts My Icy Heart
Seriously, these little guys are absolutely precious. And Drunken Penguin, the brilliant Etsy creator who makes these plushies, will make custom-made Lumas for you. Size, color, whatever. Awesome.
I’ve been playing a whole lot of Super Mario Galaxy lately, and I’ve come to adore the little Lumas in the video game, feeding them star bits whenever [...]
