This was a fast and fun craft project, I totally recommend it!
Techies by Day, Crafters by Night
Tuesday, December 7, 2010
Star Wars Paper Snowflakes
I saw Wil Wheaton's tweet about Star Wars Paper Snowflakes and knew I had to pick up a pair of scissors. I just happened to have some scratch paper nearby...
This was a fast and fun craft project, I totally recommend it!
This was a fast and fun craft project, I totally recommend it!
Monday, December 6, 2010
Inspiration - Characterized Gaming Consoles
So earlier in the year me and Ava went to PAX (Penny Arcade Expo) in Seattle. I went in cosplay ~tee hee hee~ and found gaming consoles also in cosplay!
Where we have PC pretending to be an Elyos from Aion.
Where we have PC pretending to be an Elyos from Aion.
Xbox 360 turned cyber robot, if it wasn't one already
Another Xbox ready for battle
And the PS3 showing off its love for Soul Calibur II
Friday, December 3, 2010
Plastic Bag Zippered Pouch
Ever wanted to melt plastic into fabric? Hehe.
Start with 5 or 6 plastic bags. Cut off the handles and cut along the seams to flatten the bags into flat, manageable rectangular pieces.
Ideally you want big piece so you end up with a big piece of fabric at the end, but if this is your first time trying this I would recommend using smaller pieces, maybe half of the bag instead of the whole thing. If you only use half a bag, then you just need 3 bags and you have 6 pieces!
Iron all of the layers together. I did it all at once, but looking back I think it might be easier to just add one new layer at a time.
After making the "fabric", you can create nifty little bags like this zippered pencil pouch! It fits my Zune, earbuds and power cables nicely and holds its shape.
Start with 5 or 6 plastic bags. Cut off the handles and cut along the seams to flatten the bags into flat, manageable rectangular pieces.
Ideally you want big piece so you end up with a big piece of fabric at the end, but if this is your first time trying this I would recommend using smaller pieces, maybe half of the bag instead of the whole thing. If you only use half a bag, then you just need 3 bags and you have 6 pieces!
Lay the pieces on top of eachother, as flat as possible. Put butcher paper (or lots of sheets of white paper, nothing with writing or print on it) on your ironing board, then place the plastic sheets over the paper - this will keep the plastic from sticking to your ironing board. Then place another piece of butcher paper on top of the plastic bags to keep the plastic from sticking to your iron.
Iron all of the layers together. I did it all at once, but looking back I think it might be easier to just add one new layer at a time.
After making the "fabric", you can create nifty little bags like this zippered pencil pouch! It fits my Zune, earbuds and power cables nicely and holds its shape.
This was completely hand-sewn and I didn't use a pattern - probably should have. It ended up being just a little bit lop-sided.
Wednesday, December 1, 2010
Make Your Own Xbox Achievement
I came across this awesome website that all Xbox Gamers have to try out. It lets you generate your own achievement images.
Bit of background for those who aren't familiar with XboxLive. XboxLive profiles have Achievements and Gamerscore. Achievements basically can show off different feats that you have accomplished in Xbox games. Gamerscore is a numeric value assigned to an Achievement in which you can collect like points in a game. The higher the gamerscore you have, the more you can prove to the world that you are a hard core gamer.
So anytime you achieve an Achivement during gameplay this little logo pops up at the bottom of the screen, like this.
Tee Hee Hee, but is there an Achivement for Crafters In Disguise? Well I made one. A german blogger made this little appliation online in which it will generate an achievement image for whatever text you give it.
http://achievements.schrankmonster.de/
If your a Xbox Gamer you've got to play around with this. If you do, dont forget to share with us what you made (please no profanity or crude images).
Bit of background for those who aren't familiar with XboxLive. XboxLive profiles have Achievements and Gamerscore. Achievements basically can show off different feats that you have accomplished in Xbox games. Gamerscore is a numeric value assigned to an Achievement in which you can collect like points in a game. The higher the gamerscore you have, the more you can prove to the world that you are a hard core gamer.
So anytime you achieve an Achivement during gameplay this little logo pops up at the bottom of the screen, like this.
Tee Hee Hee, but is there an Achivement for Crafters In Disguise? Well I made one. A german blogger made this little appliation online in which it will generate an achievement image for whatever text you give it.
http://achievements.schrankmonster.de/
If your a Xbox Gamer you've got to play around with this. If you do, dont forget to share with us what you made (please no profanity or crude images).
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