Runs on Coffee and Cream

If you follow any IGGPPC social media you would have seen I made an Earl Grey Tea and French Vanilla Cake for the IGGPPC birthday. You can find the recipe here.


Turtles!



I'm finally seeing some hair growth (and I had the a-line fixed up and my hair is now all one length, except for normal layering) which makes me happy. I just need another 6 months of hair growth before I'm content!


Strawberries have been absolutely delicious lately. I can't stop buying them at the grocery store.


The cutest little Ewoks that Adam surprised me with for Valentine's Day.



I found the cutest cupcake liners the other day and now I'm super excited to make cupcakes. What flavour shall I make...


How has March been for you?
xo Jen

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