My Christmas List

With Christmas fast approaching, it's time to start making lists. In my house, we like to make big lists of anything we can think of that we may want, so the other has a few things to choose from. We don't usually get even half of what's on the lists, but they're fun to make and sometimes make shopping a little easier. 

Here's what's on my list this year for my fiance: 

1. Necklace from Mollycharms. Bottom one is my favorite, with my daughter's name and blue stone if possible. 

$45

$45

$52

2. Hyperbole and a Half - book. 

(Second one from top *new* = $3.29 + $6.49 shipping)

3. Hyperbole and a Half Calendar

Free shipping if you spend $25 before taxes, or if you can't find other things to give free shipping, get it where it says "20 New from CDN$ 5.90" and the first one should be cheaper. 

4. One Tree Hill season 6 (or 7, 8, 9)

$15 or less. Second hand is fine (preferred). They'll likely go on sale cheap after Christmas anyway. 

5. Light grey mitts to match hat/scarf. Take 'em with you when shopping if needed. 

(I got my awesome scarf from Green Eye Designs as a self Christmas present. See below)

Green Eye Designs

6. PJs from Bluenotes. Size___. 

7. Gift certificate to Rossy's Nails. 

8. Gift certificate to Moksha Yoga

9. Awesome mug. 

10. Pokemon game maybe. Or something Luxray, Togepi.

11. Bigger makeup bag. 

12. Critter Crunch PS3 downloadable game. 

13. Colorful, cartoon-y puzzle. 

14. Starbucks gift card.

15. Pedicure gift certificate. 

16. A book of Chloe and Madi's artwork. 

17. Homemade coupon book. 

Stocking Stuffers

1. Light blue nail polish (not Dollarama). Sally Hansen is a good brand, Essie. Etc. 

2. Decent toothbrush. 

3. Deoderant. Lady Speed Stick only. 

4. Schick Intuition razor refills. 

5. Hot chocolate packets (cool flavors from Bulk Barn or wherever). 

6. Straws. 

7. Colorful pens for work. 

8. Perler keychain (Create your own owl!)

9. Cookies and cream Lindors. 

10. Marshmallow, sour apple, or orange cream Big Foot candy. 

11. Massage oil. 

12. Black work socks (I'm size 7)

What's on your list?

And the winner is...

I'm a day late (sorry!) but our Frozen giveaway has ended. 

The winner is......

Wendy! 

Wendy has been notified and chose her prize. Thanks to all that entered! 

Don't forget that Elsa and Anna can both still be made to order for a price of $8 each, or both for $15. 

We'll be having another giveaway sometime closer to Christmas. Stay tuned to find out details about this one. It will be our biggest and best yet! 

A Look Inside Our Space: Bead Storage

Bead storage is something that took a lot of time to figure out, and we're still working on perfecting it. Our current bead storage was bought in the hardware section at Canadian Tire. It fits an entire bag of a color, and has enough bins for more than all the colors we have. 

We don't currently have any pearl, glow-in-the-dark, striped or glitter beads. If we did, there wouldn't be enough room. But it holds all your regular colors. 

We labeled the colors with removable stickers found at the local dollar store. The kind of thing yo would use to price things at a yard sale. 

The rest of our bags, we keep in two spots. We keep one of each color (more of black and white though) hanging on a peg board that I got years ago at Michael's as scrapbooking storage. I have one more board, but can't find the pegs in store anymore. 

The extras we keep in a mini cube storage shelf that we keep on our desk. We got the shelf and the mini baskets at Target. We also keep other random beading odds and ends in there as well. Including the animal/fish peg boards that we rarely use. 

The rest of our storage, at the moment, is just a mess on an old bookshelf. 

The worst part, is that all of this resides in our little dining room in our tiny apartment. We are lacking in space, but we make it work. 

Do you like surprises in the mail?

I once wrote before about the fantastic thing that is Loot Crate. Loot Crate is a subscription service that sends out a monthly "goody" box of gamer/nerd toys and gadgets. It's about $30 plus taxes with shipping included. It's amazing. Eric has received a couple of great shirts, a shot glass, deck of cards, a Batman wallet, a South Park (Stan) speaker (my favorite). 

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Now, someone just brought to my attention Nerd Block. 

It's a few different types of subscription boxes - some of which directed as kids. Even a box with items like Hello Kitty and My Little Pony geared towards girls ages 6-11. 

[ Not from actual site. Found here ]

I didn't sign up today, but I'm not going to lie - I wanted to. 

Have you ever signed up for a snail mail goody box subscription? 

Giveaway: Anna OR Elsa from Frozen

I'm pretty excited to announce not only a new project, but a giveaway as well!

Everyone seems to love the movie "Frozen" lately, and our household is no except. We even had a Frozen-themed birthday party over the weekend. It should come as no surprise that we also made bead sprites of Anna and Elsa (and also Olaf awhile back!) 

Elsa and Anna were a ton of fun to make, and the kids love playing with them. Each girl measures approximately 7.5 inches tall. 

We're giving away your choice of either Anna or Elsa. The winner will also get first dibs to purchase the other. They would make great stocking stuffers!

They are also available for purchase, although we would need to have them pre-ordered very soon to ensure that we can have them made in time for Christmas if it would be for a gift.

Winner must be able to pick up their prize in Charlottetown, PE.

You don't need to do all entries to win, but you need to do at least one. The more you do, the better your chances of winning.

Contest runs from now until midnight October 3rd, 2014. We will announce the winner Monday, October 6th.

Enter below:

a Rafflecopter giveaway

Good luck!