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DIY Perler Beads Heart!

Friday 30 August 2013

Hey Guys!


Today I will be sharing with you a DIY craft that is so simple that your whole family can join in and have a blast in the process called Perler Beads. Perler Beads is a bead that you place on a peg board, make a design and iron to have a cool looking creation. On the Perler beads website there are many different project ideas for ages 4 all the way to teens and beyond. There are also products to buy on the site which can also be found at a local craft store. During the summer I find myself spending hours with my friends and family making cute little bead creations one of which is in this DIY post. 

Lets get started:
First thing I like to do before hand is search images of what other people made and get inspiration from them. Once I found one or made one up myself  I pick out a peg board I would like to use.
I will be using the heart peg board.

Step 2: Find all the colours that you think you will need. Its easy and time saving to find them first.

My colors I used. U like? 

Step 3: Start adding on the beads.
I start on the outside and fill in the inside.

My completed look. What do u think? Time to iron.

Step:4 Iron the Perler Beads.
Carefully place your completed design to the iron board. You don't want your creation to fall apart. I sure learned my lesson. :) Then cover your design with ironing paper provided in your Perler Beads kit or you can just use parchment paper, works just fine too. Iron is circular motions for about 30 seconds on both sides.

Step:5 Finishing look.
What I like to do before I say "ok its done" is place your design in this case a heart under a book for a few minutes to let it cool off and be flat. If  your Perler Bead art does not get flattened it might be a bit wavy and not be completely flat.

Other hearts I made...I got a little pile going on here. haha

If you  make any perler beads designs be sure to tweet me @PurpleBlossom01 with the hashtag #perlerart because I would love to see them.

Smile always xx









Left-Hander's Day!!

Wednesday 14 August 2013

Hey Guys, 


 Happy National left-Hander's Day everyone. Today Aug 13 is Left-Hander's Day and to celebrate I will be sharing with you some facts about leftys. But first I should tell you a bit about this day and why you should care (or pretend to care at least pls). It all started in 1992 where a group of people created this day to tell the world that hey us leftys here are important to. Also probably 90% of you reading this is right-handed. I am left-handed and many of you probably don't know this but your home you are living in right now was most likely built for right-hander's. Which is part of the reason why this day came to be; to make more people to be aware of all us leftys living in a right-hander's world. Instead of just saying Happy Left-Hander's Day around the world in some locations there are events, such as left handed sports and even in the UK they have left-handed tea party's. 
 Now to the facts... Pros and Cons
 -Tends to draw images and pictures that face to the right
. -Prince William is left-handed
 - Are right brained, which means they are more creative and its easy to remember images and patterns rather then words

  Pros!

   - It's easier to be underwater with your eyes open
 -Better at multitasking

 Cons!

   -Have a higher possibly to have dyslexia
  -More likely to get allergies
 Silly as this may or may not sound it is a day that I remember ever single year around the month of August. 
 By the end of writing this post I realised that it is now Aug 14...sorry the time got the best of me.
  If you want and are still reading this write in the comments how many times I have wrote lefty/left in this post. 

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