Welcome to the 2012 Holiday Gift Guide for Geeks! This guide is brought to you by:
Just a Dash of Geek and Metallman’s Reverie
2012 Holiday Gift Guide for Geeks
I love the holidays! The sites and smells of Christmas (we celebrate Christmas in my family) always sends a feeling of happiness through my body. I also love shopping and finding just the right gift for each person (that is if I am not making it). We went through and compiled a list of fun shops to visit and find what each Geek on your Christmas list would want.
**Click each black box to go to the list**
If you like browsing through stores instead of just getting a group, here is the alphabetical listing of each store involved, and a brief explaination of what they carry.
Ardent Argent
Ardent Argent specializes in unique geek jewelry.
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Beanforest specializes in pin-back button with witty sayings. Perfect Stocking stuffer or co-worker gifts….also fits great in a greeting card!
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Specializes in polymer clay magnet people that look like Star Trek characters and other popculture characters!
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Bohemian Craftsody
BohemianCraftsody specializes in necklaces, earrings, and keychains with a design they made of a Tardis flying through Van Gogh’s famous Starry Night painting.
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The Bowler Hat Budgie
The bowler hat budgie Specilizes in Tardis and other iPod, iPad and Cell phone cases.
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Chasing At Starlight
Chasing At Starlight specializes in handstamped jewelry and accesorries. Each letter is handstamped ensuring that you are wearing a unique piece that has its own quirks.
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Craftelle
Craftelle specializes in Pixel Art (perler beads) magnets and keychains. Perfect for stocking stuffers and co-workers….most fit well in a greeting card!
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CrayonMavens
CrayonMavens specilize in crayons that are in fun shapes. Perfect for kids and kids-at-heart!
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Crimson King
crimsonking specializes in lego people turned into cufflinks, necklaces, and earrings, plus other geekery.
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CustomTungsten
CustomTungsten specializes in Tungsten Carbide laser designed ring. CustomTungsten has a ton of designs. Don’t see the design you are looking for? They may be able to do a custom order for you…email them for details.
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Darling Army
Darling Army creates beautiful custom cosplay aprons and pinafores.
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DeeZignZ
Dee~ZignZ has a diverse product line. They carry handmade oven mitts, coasters, and dice/drawstring bags in wonderful geek patterns as well as handmade teddy bears and non-geek handmade jewelry.
Review of DeeZignZ Batman Oven Mitt
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Desolation Allie
desolationallie specializes in etched glass, custom etching, geekery and weddings. Don’t see the design you want? desolationallie can create a custom etching from either your graphic or an image you love.
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Digital Soaps
Digital Soaps is the original inventor of gamer soap. (Yes, soap shaped as very realistic looking gaming controllers and cartridge games) As seen in: GamePro, GamesMaster, Official PlayStation Magazine UK, Wired UK, Wonka Vision
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Functional Nerd
Functional Nerd specializes in Door Chibis of popular characters. Made of laminated paper make cute decorations for scrapbooking, wall space or their namesake – your door!
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Fantastic Folds Shop
Fantastic Folds Shop specializes in Braclets and earrings made from comic books, as well as bracelets made from oil cloth and Duck tape! Each bracelet is secured at the end with snaps, which makes it easy to put on and take off.
Review of Fantastic Folds Shop
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Fat Cat Crafts
FatCatCrafts specializes in pincushions that look like cat. The best part? A lot of the cats are dressed up as characters, such as Mario and Luigi.
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The cutest in today’s baby geekery. Bibs, crib set, Yoda hats – They have a little bit of everything!
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The Geekerie
TheGeekerie specializes in Geek art prints. Science, Dr Who, Star Wars, X-Men, is just the begining of all the wonderful Geek prints that The Geekerie carries.
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Geekling Designs specializes in Maternity t-shirts, baby onesies, bibs, toddler t-shirts, and other accessories decked out in different geek themes.
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Ginger Pots
GingerPots specializes in painted flower pots and painted glass ornaments.
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The Gorgonist
The Gorgonist specializes in art prints that are like story book illustrations, and yet a lot of them are popculture/geek related.
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Hero Squares by TheDrewBlank
Hero Squares by TheDrewBlank has a unique art style that is great for children, as well as styles that are more for adults that are kids at heart. Hero Squares by TheDrewBlank sells art prints, bumper stickers, and greeting cards. Drew Blank also wrote Memoirs of an Antihero which can be purchased in paperback HERE or you can buy the Kindle edition HERE
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Ilmostro
ilmostro specializes in Robot coin banks painted in the likeness of geek characters. These banks are great for kids or just the kids at heart. ilmostro makes saving money fun!
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Jimbeanus
Jimbeanus specializes in movie art prints. Jimbeanus finds an iconic movie scene and brings it to life through his art.
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Kelly Creation Decals
Kelly Creation Decals has Geek oriented decals for your car. Don’t see a design you want, or have a certain design in mind? They do custom orders as well!
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Light carvings
lightcarvings specializes in wooden Star Wars ornaments and flasks with Star Wars logos on them.
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Megan Lee Studio
meganlee specializes in high quality art prints, t-shirts, and stickers featuring scientists, Dr Who villians, literary greats, and astronomy. All prints are printed on Kodak Professional Digital Paper and have a standard archival value of 100 years.
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Muluk
Muluk creates eco-friendly hats, skirts, ties and wallets using recycled materials. They specialize in ties and wallets that have Star Wars and Star Trek additions to them.
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Nerdy Robots
Nerdy Robot specializes in geeky/nerdy/popculture jewelry and keychains.
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Poster Explosion
Posterexplosion specializes in movie posters.
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ReGeekery
ReGeekery takes old geeky stuff and turns it into new geeky stuff. Recycle. Repurpose. Reuse. ReGeek!!!
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The Rice Hat Samurai
TheRiceHatSamurai specializes in jewelry for geeks, by a geek.
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Starbright Silver
Starbright Silver specializes in Sterling Silver Geek Jewelery
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Surly-ramics
Handmade ceramic jewelry for men and women. Each piece is formed by hand and handpainted. Inspired by nature.
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Timothy Anderson Art
Timothy Anderson Art specializes in art prints. They have Star Wars prints done as Spegghetti western art
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TheWallaroo
TheWallaroo specializes in greeting cards and art prints
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Windsday
Makes big stuffed Chewbaccas!
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Yumes Pixel Crafts
YumesPixelCrafts specializes in high quality perler (fuse) bead products that are made to look like 8 bit characters. YumesPixelCrafts makes frames, magnets, ornaments and other cool 8 bit looking doo-dads.





















































Ann says:
Looking forward to seeing what your gift guide looks like when your post it!
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Connie Seattle Mom Blogger says:
I can’t wait to see it! I think I’m geeked out but I’m hoping for a spa Christmas this year!
geekgirldythia says:
Awe thanks – working hard on it! A spa Christmas would be awesome!
Jennifer H says:
I’m working hard on mine too. Looking fwd to seeing what’s on you list!
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geekgirldythia says:
Thank you:) And I will come visit yours when it is done also
Amy says:
I’m such a geek so I look forward to seeing what is listed!
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Kathy says:
I can’t wait to read all about your gift guide!
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geekgirldythia says:
Well thank you! It has been gruelling all the cross referencing…..I may be insane by launch date – 11/4
Maggie says:
Whooo! I love seeing other gift guides so I can get gift recommendations!
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Jenn says:
My favorite thing; visiting everyones gift guides. i am so excited
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Mattie says:
OH MY GOD! The Edward Elric apron in the Geeky Girl section. I almost died!! And then the Dr. Pepper lotion! Forget Christmas, I may buy it all right now.
geekgirldythia says:
Right???? Putting it together made me want so many items…
amanda says:
If you like it all what kind of geek am I? Lol
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geekgirldythia says:
You are the right kind of geek!
Amadna says:
Well thank you

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Becky L says:
I love all your geeky gift ideas! The knit Yoda hat is so adorable..I would have loved that when my son was a baby!
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geekgirldythia says:
I loved that one as well….makes me wish my son was smaller again
Christina says:
https://www.etsy.com/listing/112287306/strawberry-rosewood-perfume-oil-kawaii
https://www.etsy.com/listing/70598864/china-rain-musk-cologne-allonsy-roll-on
Please give some love to our many geek-themed perfume and cologne oils! Many of our scents are inspired by geek themes and internet memes, and those that aren’t are still unique to our shop – you won’t find these blends anywhere else!
geekgirldythia says:
Those look very nice!
Frank says:
What about these… http://www.etsy.com/shop/RandomlyGenerated !
geekgirldythia says:
Those are very very cute! I love all the different characters they have
Pam says:
Although it is well past my time, I love the Geeklings Design t-shirt featured here as well as the ones on their site. So cute!
The Fantastic Folds bracelet is very unique also. Great ideas.
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Shauna says:
ha, ha, ha… Love the stuffed chewey
julieann r says:
I really like the piece from Bohemian Craftsody. Thanks for posting.
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jheylo says:
wow! awesome, you got cool stuff to share. thanks for posting those stuff
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LisaLisa says:
Wow, can’t wait to see more. Great stuff!!
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Maryann says:
some of those are too funny!
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Rosey says:
Ohh, I like that Star Wars mitt!
Raine says:
WOW-you put together the best huide/list of killer things I’ve seen-my entire family is made up of geeks & nerds lol-this is perfect! TY
geekgirldythia says:
Thank you so much, makes me feel good that you like it – and I am glad I could be of help
Nancy says:
Wow! This is amazing!
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geekgirldythia says:
You are awesome – Thanks!:)