bit bead: A Great Bead Idea

I'm not exactly sure how they found us, but 'bit bead' found us on Facebook, and I love their idea so much that I had to share. Their idea is basically a kit to make your own phone case art using beads. As an active beader and an iPhone user,  I think it's great. 

Watch the video to get the idea: 

What do you think? Are you as impressed as we were? You can also find bit bead here:

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Many Pokemon Bead Sprites

Once upon a time, Pokemon was a tv show. And there was a yellow thing they called Pikachu. That was all I knew. I never would've guessed that in 2013, someone could convince me to play a Pokemon game on DS, but it happened. I definitely would never have believe that I would complete said game. Pokemon Heartgold. 

I even got my own fancy purple 3DS shortly after. And then Pokemon Y for Christmas. We will omit the fact that I've been playing Pokemon Y for about 5 months and still only have 3 gym badges. I think. My fiance would know for sure. He parting words with me everytime he goes to work and I'm home is "Catch some Pokemon." But I never do. 

But we've made quite a few Pokemon bead sprites over the past year. A couple were custom orders. Dragonair was for me, as he was one of my favorites of my first ever Pokemon team. We've made many, many Pikachus. 

Which brings the question.. which Pokemon should we make next? 

It's Time for Burger Love

It's that burger time of year again on our island. PEI Burger Love. I could pretend to be excited about the burgers, but I'm just a plain ketchup & cheese kind of person. It could be worse - my partner in crime doesn't even like cheese on his burgers. But he's a little more open to trying some of these burger than I am. (Call me crazy, but I think my favorite burger in town is from Big Burger. 

Slammer

But with us being two of the pickiest people alive, we don't go as crazy for the burger love burgers as others do. Some, like the 1911 Slammer or The Senator in Chambers or the Zoomboom from Boomburger sound like things I may be able to handle with slight alterations though. 

The Senator

But I absolutely love the idea. It gets people excited for food. It gets people into restaurants they may have never tried before. It promotes our tourism-driven island. Everyone's talking about it. 

Zoomboom

Maybe this will be the year I try one. Who knows. 

Have you tried any? Which is your favorite? And if not, which looks the best to you?

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Blue & Pink Coin Bank

I needed to make a coin bank for myself. Just a little something that wouldn't look so tacky when it held my loonies and quarters for my laundry money. Yeah, I even have to worry about stuff like laundry money in my mid-twenties. So I needed something to hold my laundry money instead of having it all over the place, or sitting in a dish that should hide in my kitchen instead. 

I found a bead bank online that I liked with hearts, and took it from there. I wanted more than two colors, but I didn't want four completely different colors. I finally came to the decision to use two different shades of two colors and I love the result. 

The top and bottom of the bank came about by simply putting beads in, and altering it until I liked what I saw. 

This is a unique bank compared to all the others we've made - the lid just sits comfortably on top. It doesn't snap into place. So if you drop your bank, your money will go everywhere. But it's for laundry, a common occurrence around my house, so I didn't want to have to pry the top off on every laundry day. I like how easy it is to get at the money, but I'd rather a lid that stays a little more secure in place. Will I make another bank like this? Maybe upon request, but I'd rather a more solid bank. 

Either way, I quite love my laundry money holder. Much better than the bowl I had before. 

Customizing a Custom Order: Hockey Hat Guys

I've spoken before about HkyHatGuy, who was our first ever custom look-alike order:

A few weeks ago, we branched out and made some special Hkyhatguys:

There's 'Away Jersey Hockey Hat Guy', 'Breast Cancer Awareness Hockey Hat Guy', and 'Christmas Hockey Hat Guy'. So if you're looking to get a custom look-alike done of you or someone you know, just remember the the possibilities are endless.