Wednesday Wants: Gifts for Geeky Tea and Coffee Lovers

Welcome to the first of hopefully many 'Wednesday Wants' posts.  My goal is to have a weekly Wednesday post that features some of my favorite geeky items I have found on the web that you can easily purchase for your geeky self or maybe that special geek in your life.  Each post will have a theme.  This week its gifts for people that love coffee and tea (I am firmly in the tea camp)! 

Death Star Tea Infuser @ Think Geek

Take your tea over to the dark side.  

House Lannister Mug @ TFAW

A Lannister never forgets his morning coffee.  

Zelda Its Dangerous To Go Alone Mug @ Etsy Shop  desolationallie

Recharge after all of that strenuous bush cutting.

Starfleet Academy Mug @ The Official Star Trek Store

Because space and San Francisco are both awesome places to explore.

Officially Licensed Star Trek Tea @ Think Geek

WWPD:  What Would Picard Drink?  This.

Robot Tea Infuser @ Think Geek

This robot isnt programed to make your tea for you, but he is programed to be cute.

Tardis Tea Pot @ BBC America

Because both tea and 'Dr. Who' are very British.

Witchcraft & Wizardry "Remedy Kit" @ Etsy Shop  WortsandCunning

Because Harry Pottery knows tea is magical.

Circuit Board and Map Espresso Cup and Saucer @ Etsy Shop  inaeent

Time for a re-charge?

10 x 8 Tea-Rex Dinosaur Print @ Etsy Shop Vividplease

Who cares if there is no way poor tea-rex can actually drink tea with those tiny arms.

The Marvel Comic Infinity Scarf

Its ok to wear a scarf with a tank top right?

So here it is.  My favorite item of geek clothing.  I just wish that San Diego would give me just a few more cool days a year to wear the darn thing!

I found this fabric at fatquartershop.com awhile back and knew it would make a great scarf.  I like that the color pallet is neutral and the print is large enough that from far away you would never know it was so geeky (kinda like me!).

I found this great tutorial online over at the Kill Them With Craftiness blog.  I am a self taught very amateur sewer that uses my mom's old ornery 30 pound Singer sewing machine and was able to figure it out just fine (but I should probably mention I pick things up quickly, so if you have coveted fabric you might want to do a trial run).  I will note that the pattern calls for 2 yards of fabric in order to have the length required for the double loop scarf.  Since the fabric is not cheap and you have to take into account S&H, I winged it with one yard, but I did have to change the dimensions a bit and tack on some length to my fabric strips, which resulted in some interesting face mashups (Spidy Hulk Smash!).  Luckily this huge print and the gathered nature of the scarf is very forgiving!

Spiderman/Hulk
face mash up!

If you like this scarf and sewing is absolutely not your thing, the Rebel Downtown Etsy shop has a great selection of comic fabric infinity scarfs for sale.  And for $25 a piece they are a total deal, since that is about the price you would pay just for two yards of this fabric alone.  I havent seen her use this particular fabric for the scarves, but I wouldnt be surprised if she was open to requests!  I really want a wonder woman scarf to add to my collection, but it seems as though every female super hero fabric is geared for 2 year olds.  One of the things on my to do list is to start screen printing my own fabric, since its so hard to find fun prints that arent childish.  Hopefully this is something I will be able to share in the near future!

Question of the week:  Whats your favorite item of geeky clothing?  My readership is probably at one at the moment (me!) but I like being consistant, so maybe one day people will be willing to share with me.  This is for you future readers!

And So it Begins

Ok, lets try out this blog thing.  My main intention is to have a place to document my love of the geek world, and how I show off that love in my everyday life.

I am not an obvious geek.  When most people look at me, they would never guess that I love playing obscure table games, that I used to have a MMORPG addiction, and I spent more time in high school posting on an X-Files message board than hanging out with people my own age.  But once I open my mouth all of this stuff becomes fairly obvious.

I love geeky things, but I am also a minimalist.  I like things in my house to serve a purpose, and you wont find busts of Buffy the Vampire Slayer characters on my bookshelf.  But I do try to work in geeky touches where I can, such as my beloved infinity scarf made out of Marvel comic character fabric.  I like things that look normal to the general public, but are noticed and appreciated by geeks that know whats up.  And ok, maybe I would have a collectible Willow statue, but I would be using it as a bookend.

Us geeks have it pretty well off these days, and manufactures have started to cater to the geek crowd, and there are awesome websites like Etsy where we can buy and sell custom geeky things for other geeks.  But we still dont have everything available to us.  But we also tend to be a creative folk, and if something cant be bought, it can always be made.  I dont think I will be posting full tutorials.  It will likely be links to other tutorials, and how I went about tailoring them to my geeky tastes.  I also have the benefit of living in San Diego and attending comic-con every year, so you will be hearing about those exploits, as well as me featuring some of my favorite geeky items out there to buy.  I hope it gives you inspiration to embrace and love your inner geek!