http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/MakesThingsGo/24154 As much as I like talking about me, sometimes I like to talk about others as well.&nbsp; This week I wanted to talk about a local crafter/maker who runs My Imaginary Boyfriend.&nbsp; Her work has been in a number of magazines like Adorn and Bust and featured on boingboing and a whole host of other online sites.&nbsp;&nbsp; The proprietress (and dear friend of mine) Erika has been in the crafting business for a few years now professionally, but my own shelves are adorned with her cool stuff going back 10-15 years.&nbsp; She's been showing at craft fairs across the country from New York to San Francisco and will be at the Maker Faire in San Mateo on May 3rd and 4th.&nbsp; I wrote a piece on my trip to the Maker Faire last year and I'm looking forward to seeing her set up there. Her work is pretty wide ranging, but most of it is either a bit geeky, a little kitsch, or just pure awesome style.&nbsp; She has a felt pillow that looks like a log and small felt robots.&nbsp; She's also made some really cool geek gear like a tie that is quite reminiscent of Doctor Who's tie (the 10th doctor).&nbsp; What would you expect from someone who made a tiny felt TARDIS to hold her cell phone?&nbsp; On top of that, the other half of her items would look quite at home in a high end shop or in a quite stylish home. It's always fun to spend time with people who love making stuff but love making stuff so different from the stuff I can make.&nbsp; Anyway, if you like the pictures, head on over to her website and check out her blog and show her some love.&nbsp; You could also head to her store and show her some love too.&nbsp; :) &nbsp; [edit: Looking through the photos I chose, I pulled a lot of wood grain.&nbsp; This isn't a representative sample, just stuff that jumps out at me.&nbsp; You should definitely click here.&nbsp; Heh. ] &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; As much as I like talking about me, sometimes I like to talk about others as well.&nbsp; This week I wanted to talk about a local crafter/maker who runs My Imaginary Boyfriend.&nbsp; Her work has been in a number of magazines like Adorn and Bust and featured on boingboing and a whole host of other online sites.&nbsp;&nbsp; The proprietress (and dear friend of mine) Erika has been in the crafting business for a few years now professionally, but my own shelves are adorned with her cool stuff going back 10-15 years.&nbsp; She's been showing at craft fairs across the country from New York to San Francisco and will be at the Maker Faire in San Mateo on May 3rd and 4th.&nbsp; I wrote a piece on my trip to the Maker Faire last year and I'm looking forward to seeing her set up there. Her work is pretty wide ranging, but most of it is either a bit geeky, a little kitsch, or just pure awesome style.&nbsp; She has a felt pillow that looks like a log and small felt robots.&nbsp; She's also made some really cool geek gear like a tie that is quite reminiscent of Doctor Who's tie (the 10th doctor).&nbsp; What would you expect from someone who made a tiny felt TARDIS to hold her cell phone?&nbsp; On top of that, the other half of her items would look quite at home in a high end shop or in a quite stylish home. It's always fun to spend time with people who love making stuff but love making stuff so different from the stuff I can make.&nbsp; Anyway, if you like the pictures, head on over to her website and check out her blog and show her some love.&nbsp; You could also head to her store and show her some love too.&nbsp; :) &nbsp; [edit: Looking through the photos I chose, I pulled a lot of wood grain.&nbsp; This isn't a representative sample, just stuff that jumps out at me.&nbsp; You should definitely click here.&nbsp; Heh. ] &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; en-us <p>&nbsp;BTW, lemme know what you all think of her website.&nbsp; We're getting ready to do a big overhaul so input is welcome.&nbsp; In the meantime, this is also, as always, your building, construction, green energy and (apparently now) crafting open thread.</p> <br /> http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/MakesThingsGo/24154/#c_219484 http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/MakesThingsGo/24154/#c_219484 <p>&nbsp;BTW, lemme know what you all think of her website.&nbsp; We're getting ready to do a big overhaul so input is welcome.&nbsp; In the meantime, this is also, as always, your building, construction, green energy and (apparently now) crafting open thread.</p> <br /> <p><span style="font-size: small;">Cool stuff~ love the semi &quot;scotish&quot;</span> <span style="font-size: small;">purse!</span></p> <br /> http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/MakesThingsGo/24154/#c_219552 http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/MakesThingsGo/24154/#c_219552 <p><span style="font-size: small;">Cool stuff~ love the semi &quot;scotish&quot;</span> <span style="font-size: small;">purse!</span></p> <br /> <p>&nbsp;I love <a href="http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=10322349">this tie</a>.&nbsp; Not only is it in the color scheme of the new parenting website we've been working on, <a href="http://raisingbakersfield.com">RaisingBakersfield.com</a> (launch coming soon!), but it's inspired by Doctor Who!&nbsp; That's awesome!</p> http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/MakesThingsGo/24154/#c_219593 http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/MakesThingsGo/24154/#c_219593 <p>&nbsp;I love <a href="http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=10322349">this tie</a>.&nbsp; Not only is it in the color scheme of the new parenting website we've been working on, <a href="http://raisingbakersfield.com">RaisingBakersfield.com</a> (launch coming soon!), but it's inspired by Doctor Who!&nbsp; That's awesome!</p> <p><span style="font-size: small;">I want the Tardis cell phone cover!!!</span></p> <br /> http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/MakesThingsGo/24154/#c_219597 http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/MakesThingsGo/24154/#c_219597 <p><span style="font-size: small;">I want the Tardis cell phone cover!!!</span></p> <br /> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Yeah, I may have to buy that tie.&nbsp; And a log.&nbsp; And a few other things too.&nbsp; :)</p> http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/MakesThingsGo/24154/#c_219598 http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/MakesThingsGo/24154/#c_219598 <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Yeah, I may have to buy that tie.&nbsp; And a log.&nbsp; And a few other things too.&nbsp; :)</p> <p>Sage, don't know what happened to my comment.&nbsp; Anyway, she can't sell the TARDIS cases because of licensing (the BBC might send the Daleks for her), but she did post the pattern for them here: http://community.livejournal.com/crafty_tardis/60487.html</p> http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/MakesThingsGo/24154/#c_219619 http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/MakesThingsGo/24154/#c_219619 <p>Sage, don't know what happened to my comment.&nbsp; Anyway, she can't sell the TARDIS cases because of licensing (the BBC might send the Daleks for her), but she did post the pattern for them here: http://community.livejournal.com/crafty_tardis/60487.html</p> <p>&nbsp;Okay, we're getting off-topic a bit here, but I went to that <a href="http://community.livejournal.com/crafty_tardis/">LiveJournal community</a>, and this is just classic:&nbsp;</p> <div class="title"><i>Crafty Tardis: </i></div> <div class="subtitle"><i>For when you absolutely, postively must have a macrame Dalek </i></div> http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/MakesThingsGo/24154/#c_219624 http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/MakesThingsGo/24154/#c_219624 <p>&nbsp;Okay, we're getting off-topic a bit here, but I went to that <a href="http://community.livejournal.com/crafty_tardis/">LiveJournal community</a>, and this is just classic:&nbsp;</p> <div class="title"><i>Crafty Tardis: </i></div> <div class="subtitle"><i>For when you absolutely, postively must have a macrame Dalek </i></div> <p>&nbsp;The nice thing about MTG Jason is that it's a semi-open thread.&nbsp; There is no &quot;off topic&quot;.&nbsp; And c'mon:</p> <p><i>absolutely, postively must have a macrame Dalek? </i></p> <p>That happened to me twice last week.</p> http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/MakesThingsGo/24154/#c_219631 http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/MakesThingsGo/24154/#c_219631 <p>&nbsp;The nice thing about MTG Jason is that it's a semi-open thread.&nbsp; There is no &quot;off topic&quot;.&nbsp; And c'mon:</p> <p><i>absolutely, postively must have a macrame Dalek? </i></p> <p>That happened to me twice last week.</p> <p>&nbsp;When I click the link, the firewall says &quot;No&quot; because it is classified as an &quot;adult&quot; site.</p> http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/MakesThingsGo/24154/#c_219642 http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/MakesThingsGo/24154/#c_219642 <p>&nbsp;When I click the link, the firewall says &quot;No&quot; because it is classified as an &quot;adult&quot; site.</p> <p>&nbsp;Witbee: which link?</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/MakesThingsGo/24154/#c_219646 http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/MakesThingsGo/24154/#c_219646 <p>&nbsp;Witbee: which link?</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: medium;">That happens so much to me...Dr.Who fans,gotta love them One question can the macrame Dalek say &quot;must exterminate?&quot; Looks like you could have used it for the newsroom :-)</span></span></p> <br /> http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/MakesThingsGo/24154/#c_219649 http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/MakesThingsGo/24154/#c_219649 <p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: medium;">That happens so much to me...Dr.Who fans,gotta love them One question can the macrame Dalek say &quot;must exterminate?&quot; Looks like you could have used it for the newsroom :-)</span></span></p> <br /> <p>&nbsp;Sage, if you come to the Bloggers' BBQ, my cell phone has the Dalek &quot;EXTERMINATE&quot; followed by the Doctor Who theme as the ring tone.&nbsp; If you wanted though, you could add a little sound chip to the macrame dalek.&nbsp; They are about 15 bucks at Radio Shack (cheaper online) and then you can download all the Doctor clips you want: http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/sounds/</p> <br /> http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/MakesThingsGo/24154/#c_219655 http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/MakesThingsGo/24154/#c_219655 <p>&nbsp;Sage, if you come to the Bloggers' BBQ, my cell phone has the Dalek &quot;EXTERMINATE&quot; followed by the Doctor Who theme as the ring tone.&nbsp; If you wanted though, you could add a little sound chip to the macrame dalek.&nbsp; They are about 15 bucks at Radio Shack (cheaper online) and then you can download all the Doctor clips you want: http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/sounds/</p> <br /> <p><span style="font-size: medium;">That is so cool~ Mr sage will love this!!&nbsp;</span></p> <br /> http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/MakesThingsGo/24154/#c_219660 http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/MakesThingsGo/24154/#c_219660 <p><span style="font-size: medium;">That is so cool~ Mr sage will love this!!&nbsp;</span></p> <br /> <p>&nbsp;TW: <a href="http://www.myimaginaryboyfriend.com/" target="_blank">My Imaginary Boyfriend</a></p> http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/MakesThingsGo/24154/#c_219705 http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/MakesThingsGo/24154/#c_219705 <p>&nbsp;TW: <a href="http://www.myimaginaryboyfriend.com/" target="_blank">My Imaginary Boyfriend</a></p> <p>&nbsp;Weird, witbee.&nbsp; I'm guessing your website guard either doesn't want to allow anything with &quot;boyfriend&quot; or they've set it to disallow anything that has to do with using your imagination.&nbsp; :)</p> <p>Try this:&nbsp; http://72.14.253.104/search?q=cache:fHFN9yCY-EoJ:www.myimaginaryboyfriend.com/+myimaginaryboyfriend&amp;hl=en&amp;ct=clnk&amp;cd=1&amp;gl=us&amp;client=firefox-a</p> http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/MakesThingsGo/24154/#c_219725 http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/MakesThingsGo/24154/#c_219725 <p>&nbsp;Weird, witbee.&nbsp; I'm guessing your website guard either doesn't want to allow anything with &quot;boyfriend&quot; or they've set it to disallow anything that has to do with using your imagination.&nbsp; :)</p> <p>Try this:&nbsp; http://72.14.253.104/search?q=cache:fHFN9yCY-EoJ:www.myimaginaryboyfriend.com/+myimaginaryboyfriend&amp;hl=en&amp;ct=clnk&amp;cd=1&amp;gl=us&amp;client=firefox-a</p> <p>&nbsp;That's funny, witbee, are you on a school computer?&nbsp; :)&nbsp; Can you see the Etsy link, or are crafts or all kinds banned?&nbsp; Heh.</p> http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/MakesThingsGo/24154/#c_219748 http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/MakesThingsGo/24154/#c_219748 <p>&nbsp;That's funny, witbee, are you on a school computer?&nbsp; :)&nbsp; Can you see the Etsy link, or are crafts or all kinds banned?&nbsp; Heh.</p> <p>&nbsp;TW: the link works, but I can't see anything because the pictures are blocked. I'll see it when I get home.</p> <p>It is a district computer and Lightspped systems blocks about 75% of what I try and view. I can never do lesson planning at work because of it.</p> http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/MakesThingsGo/24154/#c_219766 http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/MakesThingsGo/24154/#c_219766 <p>&nbsp;TW: the link works, but I can't see anything because the pictures are blocked. I'll see it when I get home.</p> <p>It is a district computer and Lightspped systems blocks about 75% of what I try and view. I can never do lesson planning at work because of it.</p>