Ode to My Little Sister

This post is dedicated to my little sister. I don’t get to see her NEARLY enough, and she's been on my mind today. She’s about 6 years younger than me and when we were kids, we were typical sisters. One minute, we were snuggled up together reading or watching TV, and the next minute, I was slamming her head in the door (TOTALLY on accident, I felt really horrible about that). 

We have the same twisted sense of humor and love for all things morbid. As adults, I can say I have never slammed her head in the door. And she is REALLY funny. I’m very proud of the woman she has become. She’s a badass mom, she’s very strong, and doesn’t take a lot of crap off of people. At the same time, she is kind and thoughtful, and overall has a good head on her shoulders. She has found a wonderful man to call her husband, and he takes good care of her, though she doesn’t really need taken care of. But I love that she can live the life she wants and not have to struggle for anything.

Now, back to that same twisted sense of humor- I have done several stitched pieces for her, some of them she has requested and some of them I just did for her. You know that meme with the “ERMAHGERD” girl? It’s something we have laughed at until we cried over the years, all of the different versions of it. So when I saw this, I HAD to make it for her.  She has assured me that this will always hang in her house!

I made this for her as a request. What’s funny is that she had it hanging in her fancy bathroom. I think that since they have purchased a house, her husband has asked her not to hang things like that up (I get it, I’m not offended. He thinks it’s funny, but he a lil fancy.) BUT it hung for a couple of years at least! Pattern is by KnitForVictory.

Then of course… ERMAHGERD ERNAMERNTS! Pattern by Steoch.

More Snarky Gifts

I made this one for my friend Karen, who is kind of a Karen. I found the pattern and copied it and since I was broke at the time and I didn't sell it, I didn't see the harm. Maybe that makes me a piece of shit. Whatever, bitches.

I got this one from Etsy and made it for my Granny. She was sparkly, so I put it in a sparkly frame. She has since passed away, and my parents moved into my grandparents' old house, and my mom, who is not a cross stitch aesthetic kind of lady, has kept it in the kitchen, which means the world to me. Pattern by Andwabisabi.

I found the Bill and Ted pattern on Pinterest and then I created the quote from an alphabet pattern I have. I didn't get a picture of it before I gifted it, and I also didn't iron it (obviously!), and this is the only picture I have of it. I can't get another because the person I made it for and I are no longer friends. I made her a few pieces, and I often wonder if she threw them out when we "broke up"... I hope not but if so, I get it. I'd rather have had them back but... whatever, bitches.

This is a quote from 30 Rock and it's accurate AF.  This was a gift to myself.  Pattern by BananyaStand.

A Murderable Offense

Pattern from Night Spirit Studio. I did this one back in 2019. I dyed the aida myself and I remember working on it with a friend. She said she wanted to do some cross stitching with me.  I got very excited, even though she wanted to stitch up a stupid quote from some stupid movie. She insisted she knew how to cross stitch already and was stitching it with all 6 strands and it just looked HORRIBLE. The fabric she cut was way too small and so she did a thing where she trailed the words down the side.  She said she was gonna give it to her boyfriend. And I was thinking "WTF why would you make something you know is garbage and give it as a gift?"  I said "I thought you liked him though..."  

What a fucking mess (the cross stitch, the now ex-friend, AND the relationship).  Anyway, not sure why I went on that hateful tangent but I really love this piece :)

Sept Slump

I'm tired and sort of blehhhh because I'm ready for autumn but autumn is not ready for me and it's hot and I hate life. Here are some cross stitches I've done in the past, though, that brought me joy. 

One of the only MAGAs I can get on board with... I remember stitching this up and posting it on Instagram and my metalhead friend Marco was like "No. Please don't". LOL I made this frame out of Perler beads as well because it was something I just stitched up randomly because I had to get my stitch fix like a junkie, and the fabric was too small for a frame.

Spoopy Stitches

It's always a good day for spooky stitches!! I have noticed an increase in the past years of spooky things being more acceptable. I do love that, and I find it really interesting, and I wonder why that is. I don't care enough to ponder. Here are some more spooky stitches from beyond the grave... well not really, but from the past (since that is ALL I used to do!)

I found this one on Pinterest as well.

Momma Moon

Pattern by mamawitch on Etsy

Random Smaller Stitches

Sometimes I have this urge to stitch, but I don't wanna do a big project, so I like to do little tinies. Here is a metal hand- Horns up!

Oh My God, I'm Back Agaaaain....

AHA! I'm back to do some more sporadic posting! Lots has changed, again. But for the good! I got a MUCH MUCH better job than the one I had last time. Better job, better location (work from home), and MUCH better pay. I've been here for about a year and a half. I'm often quite busy, so I don't have a lot of time to blog. However, I have had this in the back of my mind and I have wanted to pick it back up forever, so I will try my best! I have such sights to show you...

Butterfly Face

I am trying to get my hand back into embroidery.  As you can see from this one, my stitches are uneven and not very straight, but I think this will come back to me as I practice.  

This is one I just thought was kind of cool because she's a tattooed person and the butterfly was fun to do as well.  Pattern by MiNiceStitch on Etsy.  I finished her last night.

Fridah Kahlo Perler Portrait

I am not super into art, but Fridah Kahlo is my favorite artist besides Van Gogh.  I found out about her in high school and I wrote a paper about her in our Spanish class.  I love her style and she led a very interesting life.  I think she was absolutely beautiful.  I replicated this picture of her using regular sized perler beads.  I am gonna mount it onto a canvas.  It's not super detailed, but I really like how it came out anyway and it was fun to do!

Standard Nerds!

We are huge fans of the show The IT Crowd.  I have cross stitch patterns for Roy, Jen and Moss but had to search far and wide for some to translate for Mr. Renholm and Richmond.  I found one and purchased it, and made this using mini beads!

Mr. Renholm, Roy, Jen, Moss, Richmond

Valentine's Perler Project

 I love when I can get my sweet husband into my little hobbies.  He made this sweet piece for me for Valentine's Day!  He said he made Funko pops of us and then pixelated them to make this.  It's PERFECT!

He is the best.  I just love him!

Recent Perler Art

 Here are some more Perler bead pieces I have made over the past week.

Here is one I found on Pinterest.  I'd like to do a little cross stitch of this one too.

Here's the moon in mini beads.

Here is a lily pad I did from Plants V. Zombies. I did it with mini beads.

And here is one I did for Schrute Farms. Not sure what that discoloration is on the top there because it's not on the actual piece. IYKYK...

Horror Perler

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. 

Hannibal Lecter's Mask, Ghostface and Freddy Kreuger's sweater.

Jason by himself

These are so cute!  I made them with mini beads so they're smaller.  We have Michael Myers, a mummy, and Hannibal Lecter.

More Mushrooms!

 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've wanted to do this one for a while.  I used minibeads and also was able to use my clear beads for something!

Mushroom Love

 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.

I found these random patterns on Pinterest and made a bunch of bigger ones!  They came out great, I think!

I don't have low self-esteem. I have low esteem for everyone else.

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!

January Perlers

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. 

I did these little cuties from My Neighbor Totoro, also in mini beads.

And here are some Halloween themed ones I did in the regular beads. 

Some Perler Art of Late

 Here are a few more Perler bead pieces I've done recently...

Misfits Logo

I made this as a coaster using mini beads.

This was gonna be a coaster but I used regular sized beads and it's huge.  It's the carpet from the Overlook Hotel from The Shining.  

More to come, trust me.  I can't stop making these!

JTHM

Most of my posts right now are probably gonna be Perler bead related because that's what I'm hyperfocused on right now.  I'll get back on the cross stitch, don't worry!

I found a cool pattern for Johnny the Homicidal Maniac.  If you don't know who that is, I suggest you give it a Google.  They are some of my favorite comics.  I made this one from mini beads.  

Since he's a Homicidal Maniac, I thought red was a good choice of canvas colors...

The worst thing about prison was the Dementors

 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

Simpson, Homer Simpson

 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...

Fellowship of the Beads

 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

Invader Zim

 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 in Sweaters and Hobbits

 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...

Pez Perlers and a little Batman and Joker

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 also really love Batman, and The Joker is my favorite cartoon villain.  It's really easy to find Perler Bead patterns online for free, as people just create them and either post the patterns or the finished products, and then I can just copy them.  They're just for me, so I don't feel bad about it.  I used the regular sized beads for my Batman and Joker pieces, painted some canvases and then mounted them onto the canvas using E-600 craft glue.  

I think they look so cool!

Ghost Tea Party

 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!

Mini Time- 2020 Edition

 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.