Mother's Day for Trekkie Moms

Mother's Day is right around the corner and I don't have a lot of money to buy my mother a nice present, so I decided to make one. My mom is a trekkie and a big tea drinker so I made this cool Captain Picard tea cup filled with her favorite candies (it was between that or filling it with teabags).

To make the tea cup I got a mug at the dollar store and printed off a Starfleet logo off the internet. I cut out and taped the logo onto the mug and traced it onto the mug with a dry erase marker (it's easy to wipe off if you make mistakes) and then went over it in black sharpie. Then on the opposite side I wrote "Earl Grey. Hot." -Picard in sharpie. Then baked it in the oven for a half hour to keep the sharpie from washing off or fading. 

Hope this helps anyone out there struggling to think of what to get their trekkie mom for mothers day!

Crafty Trekkies!

Hello blogosphere!
I have recently discovered a great blog that I want to give a shout out to called Glue Guns and Phasers. This awesome blog is run by two ladies who post tutorials on how to make an assortment of Star Trek themed crafts like borg cube tissue box covers and decoupaged Star Trek high heels.
I just made a great borg necklace out of scrabble tiles that they had instructions for on their site.

Visit them at http://gluegunsandphasers.blogspot.com/

-trekkie_girl42

Hello people of the internet!
August is quickly approaching and that means something very important is about to happen. My hometown (Las Vegas) will be having its annual Star Trek Convention! Unfortunately I was unable to attend last year's convention but I was at the previous Las Vegas Star Trek Convention where I was part of breaking the world record for "the most people in Star Trek costumes in one place" (and  I have a certificate to prove it!)

The Las Vegas convention last year broke the world record once again and they plan on attempting to beat their record once more this year. Anyone who will be in the Las Vegas area on Saturday, August 11 should definitely throw on a pair of vulcan ears and get down there to help break the record.
P.S. I'm in that picture somewhere, I promise! lol

Tutorial: How to make a Starfleet uniform

Based on Uhura’ s costume in the 2009 Star Trek movie:

1. Start with an overized t-shirt

2. While wearing the shirt, use a marker to mark where you’ll need to sew on each side of the t-shirt to make it very form fitting. Once you’ve taken it off, put pins on your marks and sew the new seams.

3. Cut the sleeves shorter and hem them if necessary.

4. Cut the neck into a v-neck.

5. Get a black shirt to wear underneath your dress with a fairly high neck line (you can probably find a cheap one at your local thrift store).

6. You can draw a com badge on a piece of stiff, but fairly thin cardboard. Then paint and cut out the badge and hot glue it to a safety pin (that’s not what I used for this particular one, though. I found a button at the craft store that was the perfect shape and painted it to be the correct color and design).

7. The finished product!

Confessions of a Closet Trekkie

The secret sci fi obsession
Revealed in my DVD collection,
Every Star Trek ever made
I have safely hidden away,
Going to comicon dressed in costume
As Star Trek posters line my room.
My dresses and make-up provide no clue
That I own vulcan ears and a Starfleet uniform too.
Beam me up, Scotty,
I am a closet trekkie.