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Enchanting Michael Jackson doll on Etsy

Rob Beschizza — Mon, 13 May 2013 19:19:14 +0000

Only $240, and it's yours. Not sure if the smoking baby comes with him.

Chest-burster pendant

Cory Doctorow — Fri, 10 May 2013 02:59:55 +0000

Etsy maker CthulhuWakeUp made this stonking chestburster necklace pendant, and granted an interview to the Girl Gone Geek blog about his art:

Practicing digital sculpture in my own time, I came up with the Cthulhu pendant and I really wanted to do something with it. I put it up in kickstarter and raised money to make 150 of them. I was thrilled not only that I was able to share my personal work but to make some money along the way too. After that I decided to work towards making a side business of it. Unfortunately, I can’t work as fast as I would like to towards that goal but I’m getting there!

Etsy Crush of the Week & Giveaway: Cthulhu Wake Up (via Neatorama)

Selection of Etsy Haunted Mansion tchotchkes

Cory Doctorow — Thu, 09 May 2013 17:58:58 +0000

I've just had a deep trawl through Etsy's selection of weird, handmade Haunted Mansion (and hauntedmansionesque) gewgaws and gimcracks, and I herewith present my picks of the lot:

Master Gracey Haunted Mansion Miniature Halloween Dollhouse Decoration

HAUNTED MANSION Full Collection- Cutie Putti Paperie

Miniature Haunted Mansion Library

Red Velvet Open Coffin 1-inch scale dollhouse miniature

Miniature Books --- Mansion Library Collection

The Gorgon - A Certain Famous Changing Portrait - In Homage - Tribute

Miniature Victorian Library

Perler bead Haunted Mansion wallpaper/pixel-art necklace

Cory Doctorow — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 15:06:18 +0000

Etsy seller MigotoChou created a lovely perler bead necklace-charm that depicts an 8-bit pixel-art version of the iconic Disney Haunted Mansion wallpaper motif. $25.

Disney World Haunted Mansion Wallpaper Inspired Beaded Necklace Walt Disney World Disneyland (via A Swinging Wake)

Curiosity rover dresses

Cory Doctorow — Wed, 03 Apr 2013 01:56:04 +0000

Etsy seller Shenova (who also does some nice-looking, science-y leggings), makes these $135 Mars Curiosity rover dresses to order:

This super special space chic fashion forward dress has a real NASA image from the Mars Curiosity Rover, also with a rover "track" print on the other side. It it made from custom printed non-fading, durable Lycra stretch fabric with a cotton stretch black backing for a lovely slimming effect. There is also a cute silver strap detail at the top. Very comfortable fabric, easy fitting.
The Curiosity lettering is hand studded with crystals for extra fanciness. You'll surely impress your friends with this one! Hem is 32" but can be adjusted if you add a note.

NASA Mars Curiosity Print Rover Dress Space Chic (via IO9)

Best of Etsy Star Wars posters

Cory Doctorow — Fri, 15 Mar 2013 20:33:08 +0000

On Wonderland, Alice has had a deep trawl through the world of Etsy Star Wars posters and rounded up a collection of top choices, including the Space Cowboy by CONCEPCIONSTUDIOS (top) and Vintage Pop Art set from Posterinspired (right).

Beautiful Etsy Star Wars posters

Unicorn wigs

Cory Doctorow — Thu, 07 Mar 2013 02:27:52 +0000

Etsy seller GimmCat makes multihued wigs with integrated unicorn horns (tails and assorted ponyana as well): "This sale is for the mischievous Snips style My Little Pony costume wig for cosplay, fantasy costumes, conventions, raves, Renaissance festivals, Brony costume or just because! This wig is especially suited for males wishing to take part in the My Little Pony fun!"

GimmCat (via Geekologie)

Top hat with a zoetrope inside

Cory Doctorow — Mon, 04 Mar 2013 17:04:01 +0000

For a mere $500 (which is truly a bargain here), Etsy seller Ramonpiper will make you a custom top-hat with a zoetrope inside it, whose moving images can be viewed through a porthole in its high cylinder.

This is a leather top hat with an illuminated motorized praxinoscope. The praxinoscope was the next generation in moving picture technology after the zoetrope. It features six mirrored surfaces reflecting six images on a revolving cylinder that appear to move when the cylinder is set in motion. The switch in the bottom of the hat powers a battery operated motor that turns the cylinder and illumines two bulbs. There is a lens that magnifies the mirrors. The lens has a velvet-lined lens cover that swings from a brass boss and is affixed with studs at the front and rear. The hat is light enough to be worn at length and it will continue to operate while moving, walking, or doffing it to ladies.

Steampunk Victorian Leather Top Hat with Zoetrope Praxinoscope Movie Player (via Neatorama)

Articulated, flapping steampunk wings

Cory Doctorow — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 23:33:27 +0000

PeaceLoveMagic sez: "Etsy seller steampunk22 from Thin Gypsy Studios offers these amazing wings crafted from wood, brass and copper. Fully articulated. the wings rise and fall with the assistance of custom carved black walnut handles. The wings are affixed with bonded vinyl/leather straps with a range of sizing options. $2750 seems like a bargain, when you consider most steampunks have to die to get wings. Judging by the images on their website/blog, Thin Gypsy Thief Studios seems to specialize in droolworthy steampunk accoutrements."

Steampunk Icarus Wings - Handmade, Backmounted, Pulley Driven Wings MKII

Custom felted Star Wars spaceship mobile

Cory Doctorow — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 20:05:14 +0000

Etsy seller sheepcreeknc makes major deluxe-o custom Star Wars felted mobiles to order. At $380, they're not cheap, but if you owe someone a major baby gift, this might be just the thing.

The pictured mobile is a piece I recently made as a custom order. It features a Naboo Starfighter, Tie Fighter, X-Wing, Millenium Falcon, Star Destroyer, Republic Attack Gunship, 8 orange and white planets and 1 Death Star.
This listing is for a Star Wars mobile with the same basic structure as the mobile pictured (choose up to 6 Star Wars figures or ships and 9 planets/balls). For additional figures/ships/planets please contact me for a price quote.

STAR WARS 6 Ships Baby Mobile, Customizable Star Wars Mobile, Made to Order (via Neatorama)

Star Wars jewelry

Cory Doctorow — Sat, 23 Feb 2013 02:10:35 +0000

Etsy seller Rockets and Rainbows makes clever jewelry out of Star Wars and My Little Pony toys, including the Snow Speeder ring shown here. But you can't buy that one, because I just bought it as a surprise for my wife. Don't tell her, OK?

RocketsandRainbows (via The Mary Sue)

X-ray tees reveal internal family workings

Cory Doctorow — Fri, 22 Feb 2013 02:15:59 +0000

Etsy's BabyTalkDesigns sells these x-ray t-shirts showing the contents of various family members' tummies (mix and match for added hilarity!). There's even a glow in the dark version (Go, Nigel, go!).

BabytalkDesigns (Thanks, Fipi Lele!)

C3PO dress

Cory Doctorow — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 20:05:13 +0000

The "Gold Metal Man Dress" by Etsy seller GeekyU1 is a pretty good stab at a C3PO frock. Made to order for $200.

Gold Metal Man Dress (via Neatorama)

3D-printed weighted companion cube dice

Cory Doctorow — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 21:08:48 +0000

Etsy seller Niquegeek made these 3D printed stainless steel dice that resemble the beloved weighted companion cubes from the game Portal. They're hollow, and retail for $29.

This unique die (singular dice) is made layer by layer in a 3D printer and then fired to fuse the metal particles into solid steel.
It is available in a numbered version, a version with just hearts (similar to the pendant I also make) and now a numbered version with a heart for the 1! It makes the perfect gift for the Portal fan in your life!
Each side of the cube measures 9/16" across and it is hollow so it's much lighter than it looks. Each pendant is unique and the finish may vary slightly from the images.

Weighted Companion Cube Die - Stainless Steel - (Portal Dice) (via The Mary Sue)

Regretsy is shutting down

Cory Doctorow — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 06:53:20 +0000

April Winchell is shutting down Regretsy, the site where she has tirelessly cataloged the most horrible things on Etsy, from "an oil painting of a couple copulating inside a burger bun, called Sex Burger; a vulva-faced zombie ornament; a custom unicorn hoodie and a cat hairball necklace." She explains to Wired UK what it was like to run the site:

You would think that a joke and a photo wouldn't take that long to crap out, but this site was a time suck like you would not believe. There would be days when I would be on the couch with my laptop for 16 hours, just exhausted and in tears.
First, you have to find the stuff. And you have find great stuff. And that gets harder because the shock needle keeps moving. After a year or two you're like, "Eh, another teddy bear with a vagina, who cares." Bad crafts are like drugs; you have to keep upping the dose to feel anything.
Then you have to write the joke or do the Photoshop or come up with the contest. You do the coding and resize the images and read hundreds of emails every day. We mailed thousands of books and packages, we fulfilled hundreds of charity requests, we did sales and fundraising and fan meet-ups and Secret Santa for underprivileged kids, and at one point I was writing four posts a day. I loved every second of it. But you can't do that forever.

Regretsy closes, the world mourns the end of DIY meets WTF [Wired/Olivia Solon]

(via Beyond the Beyond)

Titanium multitool ring with five tools

Cory Doctorow — Wed, 30 Jan 2013 16:52:25 +0000

Etsy seller boonerings has a $385 titanium "utility ring" with five in-built tools: "a working bottle opener, a straight blade perfect for cutting packing tape or fishing line, a serrated blade for tougher things like nylon strapping or those tough to open electronics heat sealed packages, a saw for cutting plastic and wood, and it has a comb" (the comb is recommended primarily for mustaches.

The Man Ring: Titanium Utility Ring (via OhGizmo)

Zombie teddy bear: Undead Ted

Cory Doctorow — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 22:01:23 +0000

Eclectech sez, "UK artist Phillip Blackman is creating fantasic and gruesome zombie bears (undead teds), including this excellent valentines bear offering you his heart."

Valentine UnDeadTed offering you his heart (Thanks, Eclectech!)

Guitar picks made from coins

Cory Doctorow — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 16:43:04 +0000

Etsy seller GuitarPickCollection sells handmade guitar (mandolin, banjo, etc) picks made from coins and slugs that have been formed to suit. I was never much of a guitar player and so I can't guess whether this would be good news for your favorite axe, but if you do fancy a coin-pick, this maker's stuff is rather beautiful.

Guitar Pick Collection Handmade Artisan by GuitarPickCollection (via OhGizmo)

Zombie attack sheet-set

Cory Doctorow — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 02:03:22 +0000

Melissa Christie's screen-printed zombie sheet set is sadly no longer in the stream of commerce, but it's a very nice -- and well-executed -- idea.

I never sleep alone (via Crazy Abalone)

Super Mario belt depicting the final level of the game

Cory Doctorow — Fri, 28 Dec 2012 17:40:19 +0000

This handmade custom Super Mario belt, depicting the final level, was apparently created by Etsy seller SalukiFeathers, though the belt is not actually available through that store. The corresponding Reddit thread is kind of a mess, with the poster claiming that the belt was made as a Christmas gift for himself and/or his brother, by his sister, and so forth. Nevertheless, this definitely falls into the category of "awesome nerdcraft," and also, "shut up and take my money."

Super Mario Leather Belt with the exact layout of the final level in the original Super Mario :) (imgur.com) (via Reddit)

Steampunk wrist-keyboard in a leather buckler

Cory Doctorow — Thu, 27 Dec 2012 05:47:26 +0000

OK, so this is pretty amazing: Etsy seller Brute Force Studios has leather, steamed-out buckler with an equally steampunk wrist-keyboard/touchpad, which talks to your computer over Bluetooth and just, you know, wow.

-- 3-in-1 multimedia wireless keyboard (Keyboard, TouchPad, Laser Pointer)
-- Control your media while sitting on the sofa, lounging in bed, up to 100 feet away
-- Built-in rechargeable lithium-ion battery with a short re-charge time
-- Includes mini 2.4 GHz USB wireless receiver
-- Wireless receiver stores inside keyboard when not in use
-- Stand-by time: 500 - 700 hours

FUNCTIONAL Typewriter Arm Guard with Bluetooth and Touchpad (Thanks, Roger!)

Etsy seller's awesome, 3D printed nerdy cookie-cutters

Cory Doctorow — Sun, 23 Dec 2012 20:00:15 +0000

Wired profiles Athey Moravetz, a game developer who quit the business to raise her kids, who built WarpZone, a massively successful Etsy store selling 3D printed, nerdy cookie-cutters:

While many homemakers have a secret cookie recipe, Moravetz has a small fleet of MakerBots. Her four MakerBot Replicators run simultaneously to keep up with the demand for her products. She says "I turn the bots on when I get up in the morning to get my daughter ready for school. So they turn on about 8 am, and they're running all day long from that point until an automated timer I've got them plugged into, turns them off at 3am. That way I can get in one last print started as I'm going to bed."
...Designing cookie cutters requires design skill — not every game character makes for a good cookie. Moravetz says "I had a lot of people requesting Dr. Who stuff — Tardis and Dalek specifically. A Dalek just doesn't read unless you include the inner detail — the silhouette is only readable to a certain degree. It needs the inner detail. But it needs a lot of small inner detail, and I try to avoid cutters going over three and a half inches in any direction. I made a four inch Dalek, but it took nearly two and a half hours to print, and when you're getting as many orders as I am right now, any cutter that takes that long to print is hardly worth it." Like Dr. Who, she outwitted the Dalek and now offers it for sale alongside the Tardis.

Maker Mom Builds Cookie-Cutter Empire With 3-D Printers [Joseph Flaherty/Wired]

Crocheted knight's helmet, with movable mouthguard/visor

Cory Doctorow — Fri, 21 Dec 2012 20:20:38 +0000

Etsy seller Dee Forrest has an unexpected hit with this $40 crocheted knight's helmet with a clever movable visor. The item is waitlisted for a very, very long time. Get in line now, you might have it by next winter!

Knight's Helmet, Adult, approximately 20 weeks before shipping, please read entire listing before ordering (Thanks, Fipi Lele!)

Adjustable wrench wedding-ring

Cory Doctorow — Tue, 11 Dec 2012 14:33:28 +0000

Etsy seller BandScapes offers this lovely, makerish wedding-ring featuring a sterling silver adjustable wrench, clutching a sapphire:

The jaws are pinching a .06ct medium-blue natural sapphire. Overall, the profile is low to be comfortable, not too wide and not heavy, but sturdy. A ring that can be worn continuously as any wedding band would be.

WRENCH WEDDING BAND with Genuine Sapphire. A real wedding ring. (via Neatorama)

Fused glass trilobite menorah

Cory Doctorow — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 20:14:24 +0000

For a truly old-school Hannukah, you couldn't do better than to pick up one of these fused-glass trilobite menorahs, made by Etsy seller Trilobiteglassworks (who, delightfully, produces every conceivable variation on the themes of glass and trilobites).

Fused Glass Trilobite Menorah Made to Order (Thanks, Michelle!)

Knit muffler

Cory Doctorow — Wed, 14 Nov 2012 17:23:51 +0000

Etsy seller LoveandKnit (AKA Mine Kurtulmus) makes lovely alpaca wool accessories to order, including this great muffler, which looks like something that you'd see on in an anime adaptation of Fat Albert. In a good way.

Womens Dark Grey Cowl (via Crazy Abalone)

Encrusted, elaborate assemblage sculptures

Cory Doctorow — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 17:03:17 +0000

Richard Symons, an artist based in London, makes elaborate, gadget-encrusted sculptures, and sells them on Etsy. The teapot above sells for USD130.00. The mask on the right sells for USD60.00.

Richard Symons (via Super Punch)

Nerdy custom dresses

Cory Doctorow — Fri, 12 Oct 2012 01:13:27 +0000

Etsy's Lameasaurus Awesomesauce makes and sells these custom nerdy dresses, including R2D2, Tardis, Dumbo, Vader, Mickey, Snow White, and many others: "The dress is fully lined dress with a semi-fitted bodice and elasticized back, circle skirt that twirls and swishes beautifully. It is made of 100% cotton with the exception of detailing. The dress can be ironed and washed."

Lameasaurus (via The Mary Sue)

Video-game tights

Cory Doctorow — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 20:48:07 +0000

Etsy's eatmeclothing makes kick-ass video-game themed tights, including a Galaga set, Wonderboy, and Bubble Bobble

(via The Mary Sue)

Brightly colored Guy Fawkes mask-scarves

Xeni Jardin — Wed, 10 Oct 2012 01:35:38 +0000

$15 a pop, in red, orange, blue, and violet, as well as the more traditional black. Hot Occu-Babe not included. Giant Eye/sleekanddestroy.com. I'm also feelin' the Kraken Loves Galleon - Laser Cut Paper Eyelashes and the Pedobear Earrings.

Update: Here's Cory modelling one! And here's a previous post about the black ones. Cory says, "They make several appearances in HOMELAND, the forthcoming sequel to LITTLE BROTHER." (The thing that's new here is the colors.)