So, if you are a die-hard crocheter, you start thinking about Christmas presents in the summer. You just have to. I have a Dr. Who loving pal in my life, and I came across this great afghan by Craftster user Brackish Potato. It is inspired by the opening scene from Dr. Who where the TARDIS is floating through the time warp/wormhole thingie.
What a great idea right? The afghan looks like it would work up pretty quickly since it’s just a repeating pattern.
I don’t know about you, but I love having friends over and cooking up something delicious… I just do. I discovered that some of my husband’s co-workers are big Game of Thrones fans (as am I), so I invited them over and scoured the internet for Game of Thrones inspired recipes. I came across this website, Inn at the Crossroads, that has loads of recipes all based on foods mentioned in the actual book series (i.e. lemon cakes, Sansa salad, beef and barley stew). They recently published the official Game of Thrones cookbook, A Feast of Ice & Fire. I don’t have it yet, but I kind of want it because who doesn’t like to eat some medieval-inspired grub every now and then?
I don’t know about you, but I’m super excited for Wes Anderson’s new film Moonrise Kingdom. It all started with Rushmore, and it never really stopped. Wes Anderson’s keen eye for nostalgia, anachronistic clothing choices, and his keen use of 60’s and 70’s folk songs in just the right places have firmly ensconced him in my heart. I came across these on the old Etsy, lapel pins for perfect attendance and punctuality. Too perfect. The seller appropriately named SteveZissou also has some pretty awesome cuff links.
Okay, okay bear with me. I’m still working on my kid’s 4th birthday party, and I came across this awesome posterboard knight helmet tutorial on an English website (leave it to the English to have perfected the art of papercrafting a knight’s helmet!) I was a little hesitant to make it because it seemed super complicated, but I did it, and it came out SUPER cute, and only took 5 minutes. So, this ones for anyone who has a knight-loving tyke out there. Check out the tutorial.
So, my son’s 4th birthday is coming up in April, and it has been decreed that it shall be a knight birthday party complete with capes for all his friends. The last time I worked up a vague guest list, my kid has 26 friends, which means 26 capes, which probably means I better get busy. In my quest for cape patterns, I came across this great superhero cape tutorial that I thought I’d share. It’s done by Puking Pastilles. It’s super cute, and seems relatively easy.
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