N3rdWool first flew into my life on a Pop-Tart space cat meme made of yarn and I’ve been hypnotized by her designs ever since. I mean, have you seen her Nyan Cat Scarf? It actually plays the music. I know, crazy right?! Valerie is the magical hands behind N3rdWool. She crochets everything from customized WoW characters to lungs to zombies and probably zombie lungs if you asked. Find out more about N3rdWool, my favorite Etsy [...]
This weeks Etsy Crush of the Week is the holy trinity of Dragon Age goodies. Allegra, Sara and Josh combined their powers and handmade with love some great Dragon Age themed clothing, perfume and jewelry. Check out the interview I had with them below and find out how Sara comes up with the scents for her Dragon Age perfumes, how dice helped get Josh started in making jewelry and Allegeras love for steampunk and Mass [...]
I love giving away free things almost as much as I love getting them! (almost) Sue Smith is the owner of the popular accessories shop on Etsy Comic Salvage where she recycles vintage comics to create beautiful jewelry and cuff links. Thanks to the amazing and talented Sue, Girl Gone Geek is giving one lucky contestant this fantastic “WHAM!” ring hand-made by Sue from a vintage comic book. Check out my interview with Comic Salvage and hear all about Comic [...]
If there are three things I’m sure about in this world is my love for Harry Potter, jewelry and supporting indie designers and Etsy is the best place for that. I’m sure you can tell where this post is going… Want more geeky jewelry? Check out: Book Lover Jewelry Pixel Jewelry Zombie Jewelry Gamer Jewelry- Controllers, Consoles and Cartridges Oh My! (Part 1) Gamer Jewelry- Nintendo, 8-bit and Old School (Part 2) Gamer Jewelry (Part 3) Portal (the video game) Jewelry Star Wars Jewelry Keith Haring Jewelry by nOir Owl in Birdcage [...]
Lesley Karpiuk, the creator of Geek Soap and crotched Cthulhu goodies at The Pink Toque, was nice enough to take the time for an interview for Girl Gone Geek Blog. Read it below and find out her inspirations, geekiest thing she’s done, geek soap making process, her favorite video games, what she’d take on a deserted island and more! Also a big congratulations to the three winners of the Geek Soap contest and thanks for everyone who entered! [...]
Converse Japan wanted to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the beloved and massive Super Mario Bros. franchise so they shacked up with Nintendo and birthed these nostalgic gamer kicks. The full title is a mouthful, “Super Mario Bros. x Converse Chuck Taylor All Star 25th Anniversary Collection”, or you can just call them Mario Chucks for short. Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook Share on Linkedin share via Reddit Share with Stumblers [...]
The Inspiration: I’ve decided to take my obsession to the next level my wonderful geeks. For the last few weeks I have been working on designs for my new clothing and apparel line called Geekoverse. The idea and inspiration for Geekoverse came from different people at different times. As I continued hearing similar suggestions to create some designs for apparel from different people I finally decided to listen to the universe, she tends to know [...]
Still looking for last-minute gifts for your favorite geek? Check out these previous posts I did featuring geek related jewelry, clothes, accessories, electronics, etc. Jewelry Keith Haring Jewelry by nOir Zombie JewelryGamer Jewelry- Controllers, Consoles and Cartridges Oh My! (Part 1)Gamer Jewelry- Nintendo, 8bit and Old School (Part 2)Gamer Jewelry (Part 3) Book Lover Jewelry (I got one!) Apparel & Accessories Garter’s for Geeks Chic and Sexy Fangirl Corsets Novel-T Shirts for Book Lovers (I got one!) Zombie Apparel Star Wars [...]
This is Part 2 of Geeky Soap. This post features the handmade works of Geek Soap and Digital Soaps. I have to keep reminding myself these are actually made of soap, they look so realistic! Like I said previously, these make great stocking stuffers for the upcoming holidays! Check out Geeky Soaps Part 1 here. Geek Soap Info: GeekSoap.net Twitter @GeekSoap Geek Soap Facebook Page Digital Soap Info: DigitalSoaps.net Etsy Shop Digital Soap Facebook Page [...]
So today I start my last year of grad school *insert applause*. I stumbled across the Darth Vader backpack while wandering through the land of Interwebs and decided to find some more. And although I don’t wear backpacks anymore you might! I hope all of you back-to-schoolers have a great year! ***Click on the images for their links*** Darth Vader Backpack This Yoda totally creeps me out “C-3PO Bespin Backpack and your friends will think [...]
