Here are some random horror Perler bead sprites I've done. I honestly can't remember when, because I didn't keep the photos for some reason, but they are on my IG!! I think I did them in 2021.
Pennywise, Michael Myers, and Jason using regular sized Perler Beads. Michael looks... weird.
Here are some more mushrooms I did. I've wanted to do these for a while. I used regular sized beadss for this one. I thought it was really cute.
I made some really cool mushrooms lately out of both regular size and mini beads!
These didn't come out great... sometimes I melt them too much.
More Daria Love! I made these using the mini beads and Mounted them in these frames. I can't put glass in, because the beads are too thick, so let's hope they stay put!
I did a few more Perler bead pieces last night.
This is from a cross stitch pattern. It's from The Witchy Stitcher's Cryptid Stitch Along. I just wanted to see how easily it would translate. I used mini beads.
Here are a few more Perler bead pieces I've done recently...
Misfits Logo
I made this as a coaster using mini beads.
More to come, trust me. I can't stop making these!
I love The Office so much. One of my favorite episodes is when the employees say that prison sounds better than work, so Michael decides to teach them a lesson. They do a play on "Scared Straight", where an inmate comes and gives a speech about how horrible being locked up is. It backfired...
Pattern by KnotsAndCrossesCraft
My sister is a massive Simpsons fan, and she has passed that love on to my nephew. I really wanted to make him something cool, so I made this Homer Simpson bursting through the wall. It didn't really take super long to make him it's a large piece and so ironing it was a little hard. I'm not great at ironing big projects, and some of the beads didn't quite melt and I had to re-add them and ugh.
But I love how he came out. I hope my nephew will like it...
Okay, so the Perler Bead community is full of fellow nerds, thankfully, and so they post their patterns and finished pieces they did from their fandoms.
I love these Lord of the Rings guys. I don't know what I'll do with them because I can't really paint shapes and backgrounds, just solid colors, but I'll figure out something. Maybe I'll make magnets... can you tell the Hobbits apart? Allen says the ring looks like a donut and... well, I can't disagree. LOL
I will forever love Invader Zim. It's so silly, but so cute. I love that it's getting a revival of late!
I love how this turned out, how the pink is kind of streaky. It kind of adds to the chaos. I like doing these bigger pieces for canvases.
Goats are my favorite animal. I have this cross stitch pattern by LolaCrow of goats wearing sweaters, and I thought the pattern was translate pretty well to perler beads, so I made these cute little goats using mini beads!
Cross stitch patterns 99% of the time translate into great perler bead patterns, and vice versa!
I think I'll make a fridge magnet from the Baggins' door. I would love to get a gold brad to put in the middle of this to make it into a gold handle but I'm not buying a pack of 100 for just one...
Well since I am hyper-focused on Perler Bead projects, that's all you're gonna see for a while.
I am a Pezhead and have been collecting since I was 15. I have about 1500 or more, and I have them displayed in the house. There was a big gap between this little shelves that I wanted to fill, and so Allen helped me make a Pez sign! How cool is this? I made it from the mini beads.
I think they look so cool!
Happy late new year! Usually I stitch my ass off at the end of the year between gifts and just doing ornaments for the hell of it, and so I need a break. Sometimes I don't do anything, and sometimes I find another hobby to obsess over.
There are a few companies who make these beads. I call them "melty beads" (I think the proper term is "fuse beads) or "Perler Beads", because Perler is the main brand who makes them in the US. They make larger and smaller beads. The smaller beads are good for more detailed projects and the bigger ones are ideal for either really large pieces or projects that don't need as much detail.
It's almost like cross stitching but rather than placing Xs of thread on fabric, you place beads onto pegboard and then melt them using an iron. I really love doing these.
I did this one on New Year's Eve. It's from a Tusk and Cardinal cross stitch pattern, but I used little beads. It's a Ghost Tea Party!
Happy new year! 2023! I'm excited to see what this year brings!
Instead of looking forward, we're looking back, again, on this post, and it's Mini Time- 2020 edition.
I think I've probably posted this one- I made a little button out of it.
Christmas is fast approaching! Here are some ghosts from Stitchmas past...
I know I posted the Ermahgerd one before, but I don't think I have posted the others. The one of the left is a snow globe for which I used Etoile floss but of course, you can't see it. I made it for my Granny and Grandad. They are now gone but my Mom always hangs it on her tree. The middle one is one I made for my mom. And the other one is a repeat post of Ermahgerd Ernamernts that I made for my sister! These were all done in 2019.
The Jersey Devil is a creature dwelling in the Pine Barrens
of New Jersey. Legend has it that in
1735, a witch named Mother Leeds gave birth to a horrifying monster with
glowing red eyes that flew up the chimney of her home and disappeared into the
Pine Barrens. It is often described as a
kangaroo-like creature having hooves, horns, a forked tail, bat wings, and a
head that looks something like a horse.
Its screams are said to be quite chilling. Belief in the Jersey Devil is quite real and
based on records of concrete occurrences.
To this day, people traveling down the Garden State Parkway or the
Atlantic City Expressway report sightings and tell stories of strange
occurrences. Many continue to believe
that the legendary being is still around disturbing the region and will
continue to do so for generations to come.- The Witchy Stitcher, Cryptid Wiki,
Pine Lands Alliance
I purchased this Stitch-along a while back, I don't even remember when. Maybe 2019? Maybe later.. regardless, I can never do these things properly. I don't have the patience to stitch the entire frame first or to deal with a giant piece of fabric, so I decided to do all of these separately! I haven't heard of many of the cryptids in the stitch-along, so this is going to be a cool lesson as well!
Here are the first couple. I did Mothman about a year ago, and I just finished the Nightcrawler earlier this week.
The Fresno Nightcrawler is also known as the Fresno Alien and has been spotted in Fresno, CA in Yosemite National Park. Though there have only been a few sightings, they have amassed quite the cult pop culture following. They appear to be relatively short creatures (approx. 1.5 m) with most of their height being made of their legs and an extremely small upper body. It is an extremely thin, white humanoid with no arms. As a cryptid, little is known about it. Its presence in grainy security camera footage leaves more questions than answers.” The Witchy Stitcher, Cryptid Wiki, and Weirdo Fresno
The Enfield Horror is a cryptid observed by several people in 1973. Also known as the Enfield Monster, this disturbing looking beast makes its home in Enfield, IL. The Enfield Horor is described as having no less than three legs, grayish slimy skin, clawed hands and reddish eyes. It has been described as humanoid or ape-like in appearance and boasts impressive speed and agility. It is said to screech like a wildcat. While frightening in appearance, it was reported to have done no real damage- The Witchy Stitcher, Cryptid Wiki, Ranker
