D.I.Y DOCTOR WHO Bookmark & Coaster! (Using Hama beads!)

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Yes it's that time of year again, as school begins and nights get darker we get a new series of Doctor Who. And I for one am pretty damn excited! So in my excitement and anticipation for the new series I decided to make myself a little bookmark and coaster which were Doctor Who themed. And here they are;

The bookmark idea simply came from me wanting a little Tardis peeking out from my book. I started with the Tardis - making it more of a square shape and then once I'd done that I tried to make a little scarf similar to that of Tom Baker's - the fourth Doctor. The scarf allowed the Tardis to still be the main element of the book mark but also still managed to keep to my Doctor Who themed book mark!

The coaster on the other hand was inspired by the discs that are in the Doctor Who Series 8 DVD. I might insert a picture but basically they have clock faces on them and I really liked the design and thought 'hey! these would make cool coasters!'. Once I'd got a idea in my head I went on a pixel generator (I recommend this for any Hama design) and made a little template. For the middle of the clock I thought long and hard on how I could decorate it and decided to make a reference to the creepy nursery rhyme 'Tick tock goes the clock even for the Doctor' - simply because it again linked with Doctor Who in some way and it went really well with the clock design! I also added clock hands because well - you can't really have a clock without hands can you? 

And that's really it! I was just so chuffed with the outcome of both of these creations that I immediately wanted to come and share it with you guys! They were super easy (once I had pictured what I wanted) and also super fun! Like I said these were made with Hama beads (or perler beads) and the size I used are the 2mm - the mini beads.

Here are the templates I made to guide me, you are welcome to use them! -

Instead of the brown colour I opted instead for a white outline of the clock!

So if you are a Doctor Who fan like me I hope you enjoy the new series which airs tomorrow and if you would like to let me know what you think of it we can discuss our opinions and have a real good chat. Either way enjoy the show. Also I hope you've enjoyed this post and if you make either one of these creations be sure to let me know!

I hope you have a lovely day or night -
Ricicle x

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CURRENTLY PLAYING (Admittedly rather late)- The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings (2)

First of all - I'm so sorry that I haven't posted much recently, I have been really busy and I honestly just haven't had the time to type something that I would deem good. (So sorry! ♥) But I'm back with a post about my thoughts on The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings. The last time I did a post on this game I think I had just completed the tutorial and started the prologue. I liked the controls and I mentioned that the game reminded me a lot of the Dragon Age games. I don't intend to include any but just be prepared that THIS MAY INCLUDE SPOILERS! Just in case you still haven't played the game and want to!

This time I have now completed the prologue and Chapter 1 - (I think... maybe not). My first thought on the game is that specifically during the prologue I felt a little bit confused as to what was actually happening, I'm not sure if this was because I haven't played the first Witcher game or because I may have missed something crucial during game play but I couldn't quite grasp exactly what was going on.

The prologue was Geralt going through the events that led him to being imprisoned. It was only until the last memory that everything - almost - made sense! (for me anyway). Basically Geralt was accused of murdering the King but it wasn't him. The aim of the story is to find this 'Assassin of Kings' hence the title.

So now we start our mission to find this assassin. I won't spoil the story here of who you meet and what you do but obviously this is when the story gets interesting and you really do start the game. From here you can either follow the main quest or follow some side quests - I chose to do a few side quests - simply because I was still getting used to everything - and then I followed the main storyline which was to ultimately kill the creature - The Kayran. Which is basically the 'boss' character of Chapter 1.

And that's really it, I've defeated the Kayran and that's basically where I've left the game for now (it took me a few tries to kill the Kayran - I needed a rest... heh!) So far I am really enjoying the game, like I said it reminds me of a mix between Dragon Age and Skyrim  and the story is intriguing me. I will type up some more when I've played more of the game.

I hope this post was okay, I'm still not sure how to type up this kind of post. I just wanted to post something because my blog has been a little dormant this past week (again sorry!). I haven't forgotten about my 'Take on a Bake (Off!)' posts - I'm hoping to do this weeks bake by the weekend. (The past two that I haven't covered will be done at the end!) I'm also hoping to reviews on the new Doctor Who series! Eeep! But anyway thank you for reading - I really really appreciate it! *hugs*

Have a lovely day or night!

Ricicle x

D.I.Y ZIGGS BOMB! - (using mini Hama beads!) 8-bit appearance

'TAKE COVER!'

'Explosions first, questions later'

Hey guys! Earlier this week I had a sudden urge to buy some Hama Beads - I used to have them when I was younger and I remember making some pretty cool things with them. Today was the first day I used them and I decided to make something linked to one of my favourite champions from the online game, League of Legends. 

Ziggs - he is one of my favourite champions in the game (alongside Annie) and I just find him really fun to play and so whilst I was playing around with the hama beads I thought I could try making a little Ziggs Bomb - and so I did! By the way, by little I mean little, the photo to the left I enlarged however my real Ziggs bomb is around 3.5x4.5cm in size! 

So if you'd like to make a little Ziggs bomb too this is what you'll need; 

(The top left picture is meant to be the pegboard)

- Hama beads! (I use the mini beads but use whatever size you wish)

- A pegboard (which matches your size beads - obviously heh)

- Some tweezers (this will depend on the size of your beads, the larger ones you can place with your fingers however as I use the mini beads I just find the tweezers more helpful)
- Some ironing paper

- And an affinity for Ziggs! (Who couldn't love this crazy little laughing guy)

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1. Okay so the first step I took for making my little Ziggs bomb was to go onto Google and look at different styles of how the bomb had been portrayed. I found a photo that I thought I could (sort of) recreate and I used that as a guide.

<- this was the photo I tried to recreate. The link to the source can be found here.










2. Once I'd found a picture, I then tried to rummage through my beads to find the colours that I thought would look best - I chose, light grey, dark grey, white, dark brown (I tried to use this colour to make it look darker around the edge like in the real image - I'm not to sure on how that part worked out but oh well!), a sort of maroony - dark purplely/reddy colour, yellow and some orange shades. All I then had to do was to try and work out how to get it -sort of - like the picture.

3. 'Bombs away!' (A.K.A. try to shape it like your chosen image). Unfortunately I don't have any photos of how I shaped my bomb, because I didn't know at that point I'd want to do a tutorial on it. However I have tried to make a little template on a pixel generator which I hope shows you the placement of colours and overall give you guys just a vague idea of how I shaped the bomb!

<- This is a rough template of my Hama Ziggs bomb. I thought the pixelated image would help you see near enough where everything was positioned as I find everything made with Hama looks a bit pixelated anyway in appearance! (Which I love) I also tried to use the same colours and indicated where they go. ^_^

(The bright aqua colour was to indicate where I used the transparent beads. - I used one for support just so the bomb didn't break after it'd been ironed and I used four more so I could maybe make it into a key chain if I wanted to.) Cool right?

4. After you'd placed every bead where it needs to be you can do the easy part - the ironing! This will mould your creation together so it wont all fall apart. All you need to do is to place some ironing paper over your work and ensure your iron is on high heat with no steam. Then move the iron slowly over your work for around 20-30 seconds - (just be careful you don't melt your pegboard). Then when this step is done I'd recommended - before peeling of the ironing paper - to place a heavy book or something over your work - this will just ensure that it will come out flat. I'd suggest leaving it like this for around 5 minutes. Then remove the heavy object and ironing paper and gently peel off your bomb (it feels so weird just saying bomb - but you know what I mean!). And that's it. You have a little Ziggs bomb! So 'TAKE COVER!'

And that's it! I hope you enjoyed my little DIY tutorial, I felt it worked well with the games current 'Arcade theme'. Also, if you'd like me to try and make anything else using Hama beads just let me know and I will most definitely have a go! I also made today this super cute 'extra life' icon - another idea inspired by gaming;

<--(This is super easy!)



Thank you for reading and I hope you all have a lovely day or night! (As usual sorry if there were any mistakes)

Oh, and 'Look out below!'

Ricicle x