A look at the ways fans incorporate their fandoms into their everyday lives, from home decor to craft projects to cakes and beyond.


Fandomestic: Beam Yourself Into These 10 Star Trek Tees

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This week saw the release of the long-awaited MMO Star Trek Online, bringing the franchise back to the forefront of many geeks’ minds. These ten t-shirts may not be Federation regulation uniforms, but they’ll allow any Trekkie to showcase his or her fandom in style.

Fandomestic: Crafting Lost’s DHARMA Initiative

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After an almost nine-month hiatus, Lost returns for its sixth and final season this coming Tuesday. Last season left off with much of the cast enmeshed in the daily workings of the mysterious DHARMA Initiative, so it seems fitting to feature fans’ crafty tributes to the iconic Taoist-inspired DHARMA logo and those of the individual stations on the island.

Fandomestic: 10 (Dr.) Horrible Inventions

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Since Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog was first released in July 2008, Joss Whedon’s web movie musical has been a cult hit. So, as is usually the case with geeky cult fandoms, there are some very talented folks who have been inspired by the “evil” Dr. Horrible, the cocky Captain Hammer, and sweet Penny to create awesome crafty goodness.

Fandomestic: 10 Fandom-Inspired Fingerless Gloves & Mittens

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It’s that time of year when it gets to be pretty chilly in many parts of the world, so people start to bundle up. Here are ten pairs of geeky gloves and mittens — fingerless, because while you want to keep your hands toasty, geeks still need their digits free for those touch-screen smart phones, computer keys, and video game controllers!

Fandomestic: Jason and Celeste’s Geeky Wedding

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If you follow the Fandomania Podcast, you probably know by now that my co-host Jason and I got married on November 14th. Of course we had to throw in some geeky elements, so for this week’s Fandomestic I thought I’d highlight those.

Fandomestic: Star Wars & Star Trek Nutcrackers

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For the final installment of this year’s posts on geekifying your holiday season, here are some Star Wars- and Star Trek-themed nutcrackers. It’s too late for this year, of course, but you could get a jump on next year’s decorations!

Fandomestic: 5 Geeky Menorahs

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Last Friday through this Saturday is Hanukkah, and as most people know, one of the most iconic elements of the Jewish Festival of Lights is the menorah. As with Christmas ornaments and nativity scenes, geeky Jews have found ways to bring their fandom to their religion. Here are five geeky menorahs, plus a bonus geeky dreidel!

Fandomestic: 10 Handmade Geeky Christmas Ornaments

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Along with the store-bought licensed Christmas ornaments that you’ve probably seen before, there are a lot of very creative geeks out there making their own. Here are ten handmade geeky Christmas ornaments.

Fandomestic: Geeky Nativity Scenes

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Nativity scenes are a traditional Christmas decoration, but — perhaps inspired by the famous skit from “Merry Christmas, Mr. Bean” wherein Mr. Bean plays with the nativity scene in Harrod’s department store — geeks around the globe have made their own fandom-inspired versions of the nativity scene.

Fandomestic: Thanksgiving Robots

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The very creative folks at Bolts & Bots use polymer clay to make adorable little robots themed on hobbies, characters from pop culture, and holidays. One of those holidays just happens to be today, so I found these three adorable Thanksgiving-inspired bots while searching for this week’s feature and couldn’t resist making a whole post just for them.