Recycled technology transformed into artisan jewelry, accessories, and unique gifts

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...beautiful, steampunk, green, and/or geeky jewelry such as earrings, necklaces, bracelets, rings, and wine glass charms; cute, cyberpunk, and/or nerdy hair clips and bobby pins; computer and electronic component cuff links, business card displays and cases; and much more, hand-crafted from upcycled / recycled and/or surplus circuit boards and computer, electronic, engineering, and industrial hardware components.

...robot-adorned laptop sleeves and cases, camera cases, and cell phone pouches; geeky and/or girly t-shirts; artwork prints, decals, note cards, stationery, magnets, bubble jewelry, and other items featuring robots, dragons, kitties, clever geekiness, humor, whimsicality, adorableness, and/or amazing artwork.

...and also, of course, the girlgeekboutique Lucky Capacitor, which no peep should ever be without.

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...computer parts and electronic components such as circuit boards, resistors, capacitors, LEDs, wire, cable, toroids, inductors, choke coils, diodes, hardware, gears, springs, and nuts.

Memory chip circuit board pieces destined for epic geekery

It all started long ago in a lab deep within NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL). Captain Girl Geek (CGG) rued the dearth of truly geeky jewelry and accessories...the fact that the inherent beauty of engineering components goes so often overlooked and that their artistic potential is rarely, if ever, utilized. And so, within the heart of JPL was forged a crude bracelet from copper wire and the remains of a memory chip. While the bracelet was, sadly, virtually unwearable, CGG kept it in the hopes that one day it could be crafted into a beautiful and mighty--and wearable--creation.

But years went by and CGG became increasingly discouraged that the bracelet would ever fulfill its destiny. Then one day, as CGG was deciding what to wear to the next Caltech Ballroom Dance Club party, inspiration struck like an arc from a discharging capacitor. CGG pulled out her tools and electrical components and, through several iterations of trial and error, created a pair of earrings with dangling resistors and circuit board pieces. And thus was born the One Pair of Earrings to Rule Them All. The earrings were universally praised and admired among CGG's geeky friends, planting a tiny seed in the back of CGG's mind. Months later she found herself between jobs, and the seed began to slowly swell. When she found that the domain name "girlgeekboutique.com" was not taken, destiny became clear and the seed began to sprout.

The One Pair and the matching Hair Stick

Girlgeekboutique has grown and evolved significantly since then. Captain Girl Geek is now aided by the wit and brilliance of her First Mate, who boasts a PhD from Caltech, the talent and creativity of her Master Gunner, a young and truly gifted artist, and the connections and savvy of her Swashbuckler, a professional baseball player. We combine recycled and surplus components such as circuit boards, resistors, capacitors, inductors, LEDs, fuses, cables, gears, springs, washers, duct tape, etc. with robots, art, sparklies, and adorableness to hand-craft jewelry and accessories for both guys and girls, geeks and non-geeks alike--all who seek truly unique, green, and meaningful creations.

Girlgeekboutique is run by engineers-become-artists who not only know how to create beautiful and unique pieces, but understand the science behind the components as well. Want to know how the electronic components in that pair of earrings power your computer, your stereo, your microwave, your phone, etc.? Just ask us! Not only will you have a unique and beautiful creation, but you will be able to explain the functionality of its components, impressing friends and family with both your intelligence and fashion sense!

And let us not fail to mention the beautiful and whimsical artwork of our Master Gunner Bunny Froofroo. From lovesick robots to adorable dragons to confused fish, her creativity and talent add yet more awesome to girlgeekboutique.

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