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What happens when you find an unopened container of Perler Beads at the thrift store? You buy them and spend numerous hours making designs with them. This also includes cursing when you accidentally bump your peg board and knock over beads or spending way too much time than you'd like to admit searching and sorting colours. It's been fun and addictive and sometimes a little frustrating.


So what are Perler Beads?

"Perler beads (as known as Hama beads or Nabbi beads) are plastic fusible beads. These colorful beads are usually arranged on plastic pegboards to form patterns and then fused together with a clothes iron."
Thank you Perlest for the easy description.

Let me show you some of our finished designs.  



I'm so in love with how everything turned out! I've turned most of these into magnets. We have a few more designs resting on our bookshelf that I haven't photographed or glued magnets to yet.

There are a lot more designs I want to try, especially a black cat (I can't just make an orange Seymore, I need to make Logan too). But we're running low on black beads so until we pick up more, we have to make more colourful designs.

Have you used perler beads before? They're fun but they require patience. And steady hands.

xo Jen

December was the month of Star Wars for many. The month was filled with Star Wars movies rewatches, new and old merchandise being bought, DIYs and recipes being made - all to get ready for Star Wars: The Force Awakens.

Our household was no different. We rewatched all six Star Wars movies, I bought and made R2-D2 cookies, and wore all my Star Wars fashions in preparation to seeing the movie. It was fun and exciting waiting for the movie to arrive.





Once we saw the movie, the Star Wars craze didn't stop there. We found ourselves surrounded my Star Wars merchandise at Kool Stuff Toys in Hamilton on Christmas Eve.


I also have an amazing husband who ran out and picked me up this BB-8 Pop! Vinyl last minute because of my new obsession with him after seeing the movie.


I also received two new Christmas ornaments for the tree on Christmas morning. Needless to say, it was a Star Wars Christmas.


Now onto the movie, I'm sure you've read numerous reviews (with and without spoilers), interviews, and theories. So what's my take on the movie? I loved it. It felt like a Star Wars movie. The cast, new and old, were brilliant. I have no complaints. I have about a million questions that haven't been answered, but I know the future movies will answer and explain more. I'd like to say my newest obsession is Rey and BB-8, but Finn and Poe won me over too. They all made me feel so much.

Have you seen the movie yet? Did you enjoy it?
xo Jen