We’re at the Edmonton Fringe Theatre Festival all this week and it’s going AWESOME! It finishes on Sunday so be sure to drop by the booth and see what all the buzz is about!!

Here’s some pics from the show so far. Lots more pics over on our Facebook page

The festival runs until Sunday and the GEEKWARE booth will be open from noon - midnight daily. See you there!!!

Can’t make it? Check out our Facebook page for a coupon for 20% off from now until Sunday!

Having so much Summer fun! I love all the festivals we have here in Edmonton. 

This weekend is the Edmonton Folk Music Festival and I’ll be selling lots of new music-related GEEKWARE in the craft tent!  Hope you get chance to drop by and check out the new goodies.  

Here’s a special sneak peek at what’s in store…. 

Keep your cool in the summertime with a record album fan!  This is human-powered cooling for a hot hot world! Build your biceps, burn calories and, save the planet while you’re at it :)

They are all cut and stitched by me and my not-so-happy sewing machine.  It doesn’t like sewing through thick cardboard but it has held up well!

Record Spindle Earrings for the real vinyl lovers, packaged in recycled metal CD tins originally from Canada Post’s Millenium coin.

These Cassette Tape Notebooks are the perfect size to pop in your bag.  And you get to show off your ’80’s musical tastes at the same time!

I thought the music fans at Folk Fest might like some record player cards too. The record part of the card is made from the insides of a diskette! Good recycling eh?

And record clocks of course! I’ll be taking all the record clocks off the website for the duration of the show, so that they don’t accidentally sell twice.

Really looking forward to the festival! I’ll be open from 4.30 - 8pm on Friday, 10am - 8pm Saturday and 10am - 7pm Sunday. This weekend: Aug 6, 7, 10. See you there!

For the 1st time ever, all record clocks are on sale for $25 this week! 

Yep, even the Beatles record Clocks and Elvis Clocks, which are regularly $40 and have never been put on sale before!

I’ll be taking all the record clocks to the Edmonton Folk Festival and the Fringe Festival next week (where they always sell out) so this is your last chance to snap up your favourite titles for yourself or shopping ahead for Christmas gifts, at a greatly discounted price. 

Next week the record clocks will be *gone* from the website…. “poof” 

Well June just zipped by so fast!  Here’s a summary of how I spent these sunny days in June - a mix of work, holidays and running around outside:

Watching a momma bear and her cubs in Jasper National Park. The cubs climbed a tree and one fell asleep on a branch, while the other kept poking him wanting to play :)

Picking flowers with my neice in England

Meeting my cute little nephew - look at those big eyes!

Enjoying “afternoon tea” in lots of different tea rooms with the family.

My nephew and his new friend, the goat

3 generations swinging on the swings

My lovely mom, and my sisters

Spending quality time with Mr Wiggles (AKA Kitt)

And, of course, making some GEEKWARE too!  This was an earring-making-marathon
 

Ta Da! Some finished earrings ready for the Summer Festivals.
 

 

I wonder what kind of fun I’ll have in July?

I’m flying to England today to see my family, so I’ll not be available to make and mail out your orders until June 17th. 

You can still browse the website and place orders (I’ve not disabled the shopping cart), however, all orders placed during this time will ship on June 17th.

Check out the GEEKWARE Facebook page for updates on what I’m up to on holidays!

~ from Nicola

Don’t forget that the Free Shipping offer at www.GEEKWARE.ca ends on Sunday May 30th at midnight!

Simply enter coupon Code FATHER10 in the box at checkout for free worldwide shipping when you spend $25.

Check out all the geeky gifts you could give Dad for Fathers Day over at www.GEEKWARE.ca now!  

Sometimes it’s hard deciding which gift to buy from www.geekware.ca . That’s why we’ve put together a special gift bundle package, featuring our most popular items together! 

- Floppy Disk Notebook ($9.95 value)

- Circuitboard Keychain ($4.95 value)

- Circuitboard Business Card Holder ($16.95 value)

- Gift-wrapped in handmade paper and tied with ribbon.

A $46.80 value, all for just $39.95!  Plus, Shipping is free until midnight Sunday with coupon code FATHER10.

Note: The GEEKWARE store will be closed June 1 - 15. Please place your Father’s Day orders by Sunday to receive your orders in time for Father’s Day. And enjoy the free shipping offer!

Father’s Day is coming and you still have no idea what to buy?

Score points for originality. Check out a few of our top gifts for dad that will help you think outside the tie box, with FREE Shipping on Orders of $25 or more!

GIFT IDEAS UNDER $10

Keyboard key thumbtacks spelling a message for Dad. Customers have been selecting: 1<3 DAD , LUV  DAD, FATHER1 this week to give to their lucky dads.  $9.95

 Home Key Keychain, reminding dad how much you love Home Sweet Home.  $4.95

We’re sure Dad will remember playing games on these giant computer disks in the 80’s!  Floppy Disk Notebooks $9.95.

GIFT IDEAS UNDER $20

Custom Keyboard Cufflinks, in Dad’s initials, or any keys you like!  Only $14.95

Circuitboard Business Card Holder, perfect for organising all of Dad’s cards.  You know he normally keeps them all in his back pocket!

GIFT IDEAS UNDER $40

Record Clocks from all of Dad’s favourite bands!  Is he a Rolling Stones fan or more a Beatles guy?  There’s even a country music section, and 80’s metal.  These record clocks make fantastic gifts, and we’ve been mailing them out all over the world to lucky Dad’s everywhere.

FREE SHIPPING OFFER

Enjoy Free Shipping worldwide for the next 5 days, on all orders over $25

Enter coupon code FATHER10 at checkout. Ends midnight Sunday May 30.

I’m flying to England next week to see my family, and the GEEKWARE store will be closed June 1 - 15. Please place your Father’s Day orders by Sunday to receive your orders in time for Father’s Day. And enjoy the free shipping offer!

 This would work well for the iPod touch too.  Such a simple idea and good recycling.

via Flickr 

Lots of people have been buying up stacks of GEEKWARE diskette notebooks lately, so I decided to offer them in this special raainbow bundle pack, at a savings of nearly $8 off if bought separately!

They even look like the old Apple logo colours too, fun fun :)

Diskette Notebook Rainbow Bundle Special only $26.95.

Become a master of your own you-niverse with your very own custom pins and thumbtacks.  By popular request, we’ve added the option to select ANY letters for your keyboard pins and thumbtacks.

Geek up your pinboard with custom thumbtacks!  Want your thumbtacks to spell ’I Love U’ ?  Now you can!  How about your name?  We can make that for you too! 

Tie Tack Pins Sets are also now available in CUSTOM, whoo hooo!  You can pick any 4 letters you like, to spell secret codes or your fave acronym.   What custom keyboard pin letters will you pick?

You asked for custom and we listened!

Spring is such a fun time for working on new product designs.  There’s no pressure of Christmas shows, and I get to watch the snow melt and new things popping up in the garden. It’s a very inspiring time for me, and that’s why I’ve been having a blast coming up with all these crazy new products.

Introducing new products in the MACware line, perfect gifts for your Mac-crazy boyfriend of Apple-loving Dad.  

MacBook Pro Cufflinks - I had loads of requests for thinner cufflinks, so this should fit the bill.  I only have a few, so if you’d like a pair, better grab one before they are *gone* forever.

Another one for the Mac Fans…. MacBook Power Button Earrings!  Arent they cute?!  I don’t usually make stud earrings, but the round shape was just asking to be made into studs rather than drop earrings. 

Mac Diskette notebooks are back in stock too.  I only have 4 at the moment, so they won’t be here for long.

 Let me know what you think.  I’ll be back soon with some more new geek gifts, so stay tuned! 

And at the end of the party, the Death Star melon explodes!  Unless it’s eaten by then :)

via Flickr  

It’s compost awareness week! 

Did you know that all our garbage from the garbage trucks in Edmonton goes to the Composting Facility?  It’s actually the biggest of it’s kind in North America.  I feel quite proud to live in a city with such good waste management practices.

For a sneak peek inside the composting facility, check out this 3 minute video:  Sneak Peek inside the Edmonton Composting Facility on YouTube 

Long live the old Apple Logo! Although, being made of Hershey chocolate, I doubt this logo lasted long at all.