Release your inner geek!

For years, tee shirts have been the most prominent way to show off your love of all things geek.  The hunt for cute shirts for my 9 year old daughter caused lots of frustration.  There are lots of "boyish" super hero shirts, but not many for girls.  She wanted to wear her favorite characters, but she didn't like the options.  So from that, Geek Girl Accessories was born.

I've been making portrait jewelry for a few years, and the idea hit...why not make fun jewelry and accessories by upcycling comics!  I made my first few pieces with a vintage Superman comic and they were great.  I had a happy girl, so I decided to go further.  My husband is a life-long comic fan, so I enlisted him in the hunt for great back issues with popular characters.  He's also a computer geek, so he built a website for me.  After I made quite a few pieces, I approached the owner at Collectomaniacs in Ozark, Missouri, and they now carry a great selection of Geek Girl Accessories pieces.  We have an Etsy shop and also take custom orders for hard to find characters.

When I couldn't find everything I wanted in existing comics, I decided to use some of my Photoshop "skills" and create some quote graphics, which have been fun to introduce, and also purchased books to make what I call "literature lockets".  The literature lockets each contain clippings from books such as The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, The Hunger Games and more.  Our family loves Doctor Who, and aside from the comics, I couldn't find images to use, so I held an original art contest.  We had some amazing entries, and the winning pieces were spectacular!  Each winner won credit towards their own Geek Girl Accessories pieces, and we now have some Weeping Angel and TARDIS designs you won't find anywhere else.

 I also came up with a little bit of Whovian coolness when I found a vintage dress (TARDIS blue, how appropriate, hehehe) with buttons that looked like Dalek bumps.  This particular button style was limited to 8 pieces, but I just found another vintage dress with gold matte Dalek bump buttons, so I'll be making a new design with gold Dalek bumps, like the bumps found on the Daleks in "Revelation of the Daleks" from 1985.

In our search for comics, I decided to look through some Magic: The Gathering cards to see how they'd work for pendants.  The art is amazing, so I decided to add those to the line too.

So, if you're looking for a fun way to show off our love of all things geek, look no further than Geek Girl Accessories.  I use jeweler grade resin and high quality components to make jewelry that you can wear and enjoy for the long haul.  Custom pieces are available, and I can even use art that you've created, pictures of your cosplay or maybe that awesome image you have from when you met your favorite actor at a con...you name it, I can do it.  Geek Girl Accessories is ready to help you get your geek on!  Use the code "blog15" for 15% off your order in my Etsy shop.