My son, he who inspired the Clone Trooper Cupcakes, Dragon Cake, and Perry the Platypus Cake, is obsessed with Angry Birds.  Well, he’s really obsessed with about a dozen games on the iPhone or Android when we’ll let him play them — and he got to play a lot while we were on vacation in Mexico.  And we had a 4 hour delay so I played my share of Angry Birds, too.  Anyway.  So here they are in cupcake form (here are a bunch of other Angry Birds creations, too).  Lots of fun to make, and quite tasty, too!

Wanna make them yourself?  They really aren’t that hard.  But I will warn you, they are definitely time consuming!

OH YEAH! Please go vote for these in the instructables cupcake contest!

More photos on Flickr

Basically, on top of your standard iced cupcakes, you place a bird.  The birds (and pigs) are made out of donut holes covered in marshmallow fondant, (the smaller birds are wrapped up mints or whoppers or similar).  It’s like playing with playdoh, and my 6 year old actually helped me make one of the set of 3 little birds (those are easier to make because with a hard center, you don’t have to be as careful while wrapping them).  Really, this is not that hard to do, it does take a little time and patience though, especially to kneed all those different colors into your fondant!

I wrote up an Instructable with everything step by step, and you can download it here: PDF: How to Make Angry Birds Cupcakes

For my birthday I decided to be crazy-go-nuts on my own birthday cake and really push my boundaries as a novice baker. I figured since the only one to disappoint is myself, no harm in trying something that can fail horribly, right? And ya know what, I didn’t do too bad.

I didn’t use any fondant, since I hate the stuff. It’s almond cake and rice krispie treats with modeling chocolate for the cake and gumpaste for the Daleks. Did you know modeling chocolate is remarkably easy to make? I did learn that you can’t paint it like fondant. It acts like a waxed car. But it tastes DELICIOUS. I mean, who wouldn’t love cake covered in chocolate?? So yup, besides the wooden dowels, it was 100% edible! I’m quite proud of that.

Go read the whole thing!

Who is going to Dragon-con in Atlanta this year? Labor Day Weekend?

Lots of geeky fun, and worth going just to see the cool costumes… If so, let me know, maybe we can do a meet up! I’ll take lots of pictures of course, for those of you who have to miss it.

Update: The Domestic Scientist & Dabbled are thinking about doing a geek craft chick meetup at D-con. Details to come! Let us know if you’re interested!

While I’m on the subject of reveling in my geekiness, here are some cool geeky links:

• If you’re into making amigurumi, or just think it’s cool to look at, here is a roundup of some great geeky ones at The Domestic Scientist
• For fabulous geekiness, check in regularly with The Evil Mad Scientist Labs… Here’s their Linkdump for August
• Geeky Papercraft
• Geek Art and Technology @ Web Urbanist – Great Roundup…  Love the Pac-Mac stool, the robot sculptures, and the steampunk guitar!
• The Science of BBQ-ing
• I need to send this xkcd comic to my parents & in-laws who we do tech-support for: http://xkcd.com/627/
• Love these Star Wars trash compactor book ends! http://is.gd/2ojWI(found via twitter from @make & @avgjanecrafter)
• I meant to link to this last week, but check out all the cool star wars crafts from Dollar Store Crafts
• Finally, not sure if it’s really geeky per se, but I love this plush Green Eggs and Ham!

Inspired and ready to bring out your inner nerd?  Here are a few shots from last year:

1. The Cookie Monster Slayer, 2. Watercolor Robot made for me by Gus Fink, 3. Don’t Blink (Dr. Who), 4. Dragon*Con 08 Parade, 5. Yip Yip Alien!, 6. Cool costumes, 7. Box Star Wars Costumes, 8. Flying Spaghetti Monster Hat (Camera phone)>, 9. eye-candy: Dragon*Con 08 Parade

1) So, first off, the easy stuff… In 5 sentences or less, who are you, what do you do, how long have you been doing it?

Basically I’m a geeky mom that gets bored easily.  Since I like working with my hands and love learning new things, crafting just seemed natural.  I also like to make people laugh, so stories about my weird little kid often show up on the site, along with ways I incorporate my nerd heritage into our family.  As for how long I’ve been doing this- the mom gig for two years, and the crafting for one.

2) You have some great stuff… How did you get into creating your clever geek ware?

I wanted to learn how to cross stitch to make my mother a piece that said “Be excellent to each other” (a quote from “Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure”) since she said that to my sister and I a lot when we were fighting as teens.  When looking for fun cross stitch patterns on the internet, I stumbled across Sprite Stitch.  It was like a switch flipped in my brain.  Oh, the possibilities!  I used Johloh’s (the creator of Sprite Stitch) patterns to teach myself how to stitch.  But then I would think of other things that wouldn’t work in cross stitch, so I taught myself how to crochet, knit, and sew after that, so I could cover all my bases.

3) So, what’s your favorite creation?

The Space Invaders guitar strap (http://www.thedomesticscientist.com/2008/07/25/space-invaders-rawk/), hands down.  I love just love the colors on it AND it’s functional!  Function rocks.

4) You’ve been published in gamer magazines right?  Are you now the idol of all gamer geeks everywhere?

Yup, Nintendo Power published me.  That magazine has a real love for geeky crafters.  They also published Cassie from the Mario Scarf Blog and Johloh from Sprite Stitch.  I got a lot of requests for the Guitar Hero scarf pattern after that was published.  As for an idol?  I wouldn’t go that far.  I think Cassie and Johloh are of idol status, but not me, yet.  I am trying to build my readership, though, and appreciate anyone that comes by!

5) Do you just do this for fun, or do you sell your stuff?

I just do it for fun, mostly.  I tend to give away most of my stuff as gifts, but the leftovers usually end up on Etsy.  Right now, though, the only things left in my Etsy shop are some dice bags.  I really need to get on that….

6) Why did you start your blog?
I started my blog mostly to keep connected with the outside world.  I was having a hard time transitioning to being a stay at home mom in the middle of NOWHERE and needed mental stimulation and adult interaction.  The blog has definitely taken on a life of it’s own and I’m happy to have met so many wonderful people from around the globe because of it!

7)  Anything else you want to add?
As soon as life calms down, I’m going to be doing a full overhaul on the site. I’ll be adding a forum, concentrating the post topics (and hopefully posting more often!) and in general making the site more domestic-ey and science-ey.

Wow, we can’t wait!  Thanks for sharing, Renee, and for all the great inspiration!  We here in Dabbled upper management always love a geeky project, and are looking forward to seeing what you do next!  Be sure to check in when your overhaul is complete…

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Some Dot Picks:

• The Guitar Hero Scarf
• Guitar Hero Cupcakes
• Space Invaders Guitar Strap
• Magic The Gathering Cookies

Related:  Geeky Cakes

More Dabbled Interviews, including Jennifer Nakatsu Arntson – (Vinyl Designer), Dave Gugel (Halloween), Naomi Henderson (Cupcakes), Cory Godbey (Author/Artist), Shannon Riffe (Silkscreening Entrepreneur), Diana Evans (Artist), & Diane Gilleland (Crafter Extraordinaire)

PS: DABBLED still needs your help! Pretty Please?