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Handmade Geekery on Etsy - Kitschy, weird, humorous items & more

Handmade Geekery on Etsy - Kitschy, weird, humorous items & more
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Dress Pant Sweatpants Dress Pant Sweatpants: Boardroom Style, Bedroom Comfort One of our very favorite things (besides burritos) is taking fantastic fabrics and using them in interesting new ways. Like when we took superfine merino wool and transformed it into an Executive Pinstripe Hoodie. Or when we knit the fleeces of Montana’s most notorious ovine outcasts into a Black Sheep Sweater for the black sheep of the family.

you knew i was going to make one. they are all over pinterest....(i still am not signed up for pinterest because i don't have time for one more thing but browsing is fun!) so we made one. Cryoscope: A Touch-based Weather Communicating Device by Robb Godshaw So Kickstarter, It is looking like this is not going to make it. I started this campaign to see if the Cryoscope as it currently exists would be suitable for the market. It provided an opportunity for me to refine the design, and gain experience in videography and design. I'll be putting the project on ice for a while.

Watermark Tee by Sweet Verbana Hello U-Create readers! I am so excited to be guest posting here today. It just so happens to be my first guest post and I'm still a little shocked that it's here at Ucreate, one of my favorite blogs! A little bit about me.. I'm from a little town called Keller, Texas. I'm a junior at Texas A&M University (whoop!). Beer Jug Jokki Hour Foam Maker Get that freshly poured beer drink taste even at home with the super useful and fun Beer Jug Jokki Hour from Takara Tomy. The original Beer Hour was a big hit and made pouring beer cans a cinch. Now the same team has turned its attention to that izakaya favorite, the large beer jug. "Hour" is a play on the Japanese word "awa", meaning "foam", in this case the refreshing white froth that always crowns a local fresh draft of lager. First pour out a regular can of beer so that it doesn't fill the whole glass.

DIY Macrame Bracelet Growing up by the beach in Southern California, the ability to knot a macrame bracelet was practically a right of passage. Although those days are long behind us, we’ve never forgotten the ever-so-simple square knot technique. This time, however, we’re replacing hemp and wooden beads for more updated elements like colorful nylon cord and glossy metal charms. Happy knotting! You’ll need: Start by cutting the knotting cord into two 30 inch, two 20 inch and one 10 inch lengths.

Bulbs Unlimited - Lamps BULBS Unlimited Designer Light Objects made of Bulbs Unlimited shapes: Bulbs-Unlimited Packs could be used for the creation of an unlimited number of possible light objects. Due to the usage of opac, mirrored or coloured light bulbs the look and feel of each light object could be varyated in countless different types. - Shop - more light objects - Construction Kits Decorative stitches! Blanket stitch and whip stitch are used in many projects as visible seam stitches. You'll see them used on plushies, blankets, appliqué, etc. You can use them to connect two pieces of fabric or on a single piece of fabric as edging. This stitches are shown on felt.

Wiper Mirror - SuckUK – funky mirror with windscreen wiper The Wiper Mirror by Suck UK definitely makes cleaning your bathroom mirrors less of a chore. If you’ve just stepped out of the shower or bath into a steam-filled bathroom and you want to check out your panda eyes or brush your teeth, this mirror is brilliant. The Wiper Mirror by Suck UK features a car windscreen wiper which will get a fair amount of that pesky condensation out of the way so you can admire your appearance. Lesson Plan: World's Easiest Skirt My sewing skills are pretty much limited to making my machine go forwards and backwards with a straight stitch. If you can do that (and also handle a pair of scissors), you can make this skirt. This lesson plan comes largely thanks to Susan of freshly picked, whose incredible and much more lucid elastic-waist skirt pattern you can find here. The first several steps are hers, and are much easier to understand on her blog.

Sew a Skirt in One Hour In this week’s How-Tuesday post, you’ll learn how to stitch your very own custom skirt and update your wardrobe in a flash! Brett Bara, author of Sewing in a Straight Line, will guide you through the process. When you see how easy it is to sew your own quick and comfy skirt, you won’t ever want to purchase this wardrobe basic off the rack again. With just one yard of fabric and a mere sixty minutes, you can whip up a fantastic little number that looks like a million bucks.

Christmas Lights in 8 Bedrooms - wave avenue Posted by rd on Thursday, November 3, 2011 · Countdown begins before Christmas! And timely enough I’ve found these beautiful Christmas lights adorned bedrooms. They are so lovely I can’t stand it! Here’s a few discoveries, hope it inspires you! [source: one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight]

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