Runs on Coffee and Cream

My goal in November was to get my Etsy shop updated 100% and I'm almost there! We lose sunlight so early in the day now that it's hard to photograph products but I'm finding some tricks and places in the house that work.

Here's just a snippet of what I've added to my Etsy shop:




Since it's now December there's not much more time to place orders to have them arrive in time for Christmas. If you need a special order or faster shipping, send me an email!

xo Jen

Halloween weekend was fun since we had a costume party to attend. We're so bad coming up with costume ideas. We always have been. Our problem is we don't like spending a ton of money and we also don't have a lot of free time to make or come up with cheaper ideas. But after some brainstorming we both came up with some fairly easy costumes.

After realizing I could wear my own glasses with a Where's Waldo costume, I went on a hunt for a striped shirt. Surprisingly I found one quickly and on sale. So that was me done. Adam decided to be Ash (from Evil Dead) without the chainsaw hand. Though I insisted he find a Boomstick which we found at a dollar store. I'm happy with how easily our costumes came together. They weren't super original or completely authentic, but I think they're pretty darn good considering how much time and money we spent on them.



Our yearly Halloween tradition is to carve pumpkins which we did Sunday night after watching the original Halloween movie. Adam picked a super complicated design but it was worth it. Bowser looks amazing. Mine is a little more basic considering I needed some help with the carving and used my left hand when I could.


I'm a little sad the fall season is over here. Leaves are gone from the trees, pumpkin decorations are on clearance, and the chance of snow is high. But that also means I'm allowed to embrace the Christmas season fully.... so I apologize in advance if you follow me on any social media. Be prepared for Christmas everything!

xo Jen

Hello! Since my last Etsy update I've been busy taking more pictures and posting new products up on Etsy. Pouches and totes are filled up in my shop!

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I believe I was always a geek. Growing up with two brothers who I was pretty close with opened my world up to more video games, action figures, cartoons, and movies than I think I would have been exposed to if I didn't have brothers. Honestly, they actually introduced me to some of the fandoms I'm still into today.

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

Tomorrow is the first day of December which means no one can look at me funny when I talk about Christmas movies, sing along to Christmas songs, or post pictures of my Christmas decorations! Honestly, our decorations have been up for about three weeks now and our tree was put up two weeks ago. Canadian Thanksgiving is in October, so I see no reason to hold off on decorating for my favourite holiday once Halloween is over.




We've been picking up more ornaments when we go out shopping. The Mario ornaments were a set of 4 that we just bought at EB Games. We've also been eyeing up some Marvel and Star Wars ones from Hallmark so I'm sure we'll be adding some more over the month of December. The bottom picture is of my Rudolph Pop! Vinyls I've collected so far. I really, really want Bumble but I haven't seen him in any stores unfortunately.

Are you decorated for Christmas or do you wait until it's closer to the holiday?
xo Jen

Like I said in my previous post, me and Adam went to New York City last week from Monday through Thursday. We decided to go a couple of months ago and booked our flight through Porter Airlines and decided on a boutique hotel near the Empire State Building. We didn't have many flight options but Porter is a great airline to fly with. They have Porter lounges at most airports and offer free wifi, coffee, tea, juice, water, and snacks. And free is always good! And I highly recommend the hotel we stayed at - Herald Square Hotel! It was clean, quaint, and you get a private bathroom. And we never once didn't feel safe in that area and the staff was super helpful. Plus it was so close to Penn Station for the subway.

It's been a busy weekend for me. Today was shift number 4 of 5. Tomorrow will be my 'Friday' and then I'll get 2 days off which is very much needed. I have a lot of projects to finish up... I have more pillowcases to post on Etsy, I need to take photos of my pouches so I can post them, and I have another custom order to start on.

I hope everyone had a great weekend and in the meantime, check out my new treasury:

xo Jen