[BONUS] Skull Scouts!

OK so this may be one of the most awesomely random things that have come out of the Skull-A-Day project... A little while back our friends at Nerd Merit Badges asked for permission to use my Skullphabet font skull for a special patch for a conference. The patch caught the eye of Melissa, a Girl Scout troop leader in California, who wondered if she could get a special patch made for her girls. Needless to say both I and the Nerd Merit Badge folks were happy to oblige and a special Skull-A-Day Troop Crest was created! Then just a couple of weeks ago the troop finally received their patches and here's what Melissa had to say about it:

We had our end of the year awards ceremony, and to commemorate the new troop crests, we decided to hold it in the local Victorian cemetery.  As part of the ceremony, each girl listed a few things on her personal bucket list!  We hiked back to my house and enjoyed snacks and Brianna Ariel's Whimzkulls cookies. Thanks so much to the guys at Nerd Merit Badges and of course Skull-A-Day for giving Troop 202 a crest that truly matches the group personality!

What can I say, I am just honored that my work will be gracing the sashes of clearly the coolest Girl Scout troop around!

P.S. I actually ended up with a small amount of these patches myself, and I would like to give them away, but like the Girl Scouts you have to earn them. So here's the deal, the first five people to get June 4, 2011 officially recognized as "Skull Appreciation Day" in your city, state, or country (and send in proof), will get one!

[BONUS] Skull In Use: Nerd Merit Badge

The cool nerds over at Nerd Merit Badges recently asked my permission to use the skull from my Skullphabet #1 on a patch they made for a recent JavaScript conference! If you're not familiar with them, they sell these Boy/Girl Scout-like patches for achieving geeky milestones (like getting mentioned on Boing Boing). While the skull ones are only available to the attendees of the conference they did manage to sneak out a few for me and the guys here!

Embroidered Patch Skull

Robert Deecke of Hamburg, Germany sends us this embroidered patch and tells us, "Hi, I'd love to submit a picture taken by myself, made by an art director for us, who also would love to see this piece on your site."



"The Boys & Eve", Hamburg, St. Pauli, Germany

They say a stitch in time saves nine, but I'll bet it took a bit of time to make this piece. Thanks for displaying the handy stitchwork! For those of us who can't read German here's a translated link of their site.

Stop your stitching and tie that string around your finger to remind you that the "Countdown To Halloween" is down to it's final week.

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193. Felt Skull Patch

Cut & Glued Felt on Thrift Store Jacket (approx. 8.5 in x 11 in). Folks from Current came by to film a segment about Skull-A-Day. As part of the shoot I made this skull for the host J.T. to wear.

The segment should be done in about a month. I'll let you know when it's online!