Long Distance Birthday Cake

It's my birthday!!! Yay for 30 years of life. It's not so bad as I thought. I have been thinking about turning 30 for two years, not even kidding. It has been so bad that i started saying i was 30 even when i wasn't. But now I will be right! that's a load off.

We recently moved a state away from our families (well the parents and some siblings) and so this is the first birthday away in a long while. I have to give it to my inlaws, they are "gifters." IIIIIIII am NOT. My family hasn't done gifts for about five years, basically the coming of the first grandchild. We all agreed we didn't have enough money to get everyone gifts for the holidays so gifts for the kids was ok but nothing more than well-wishes was expected. So guess who has really sucked at this whole long distance gifting thing? ME. But I am determined to learn a "new language" so to speak and become a gifter. Hopefully in time for the holidays. 

All this to say: ISN'T THIS CUTE?!?

They sent me a birthday cake! Well, they sent me everything to make it :) including the gluten free cake mix! NOM. The candles came from Grandma, along with an apron and oven mit. The mix and frosting were inside the pan (still not sure how they did that AND kept the paper on the outside, still glued to the pan. Magic.) and it was just all very fun :) If you read this: THANKS BUNCHES!!

I got other gifts and well wishes of course (yellow Chuck Taylors from my hubby TOTALLY made my day!!) but i thought this was the kind of creative idea others could find handy for their long distance loved ones. Have a great day!

Fairy Beach House

My niece loves fairies (huge fan of Tinkerbell). So when it came time to make over her room, her mommy got the coolest idea: Everyone in the family make a "fairy hom" for the village in her room! They are in the military, everyone is states away, so my Sis-In-Law very lovingly goes the extra mile to come up with ways to keep family close. We went hog wild and lots of fun :) My Dad made a library (or rather Mom made it for him LOL he's not the crafty type) to show his love of books. My brother's had old computer bits attached to it. Sis-in-Law made a luau house. I thought I had more pics of us making them but this seems to be all that survived. I do recall that i used a grey foam block that i hollowed out to look like a little cave and then glued everything to. That worked pretty well :)  so I hope you enjoy the pics and get some fun inspiration!

So here is my "Beach House" (my fairy apparently likes to go to the beach and paint :) I can't blame her...)

The rest of the families and the grand setup:

Hard to see but I swear there are wires and draw bridge made of computer chips.

The Library

Complete with Globe

One Happy Princess :) 

Geekaliscious

I am such a closet geek, you have no idea. Ok maybe "closet" isn't the right term, but i don't think you'd know i am a geek at first glance. anyway. One of the joys of my life is all this geek crafting going on and I want to be a part of it SO BAD (this cannot be emphasized enough!!!) but I am not quite there yet, so until then I just relish the awesomeness of others. So this post is a dedication to that deep, life long love of the geekery. I am sure there will be other posts like this in the future, since geek craft isn't going anywhere (which is AWESOME)

Comic Book Shoes by VintageKitschMagpie
oh you know i love me some shoe redo and i am still head over heels for my own paper shoes so of course i dig what Magpie did here. FANtastic.

 

Comic Headbands by Janine Basil
Frickin CUTE. My friend is having a super hero/villain costume party soon....me thinks i will need one of these... at least that's what i am telling my husband ;)

Character Aprons!!! By Bethany Sew-&-Sew
Bethany has a wide selection, my favorite of the one's she has here is probably the Wonder Woman but I wonder if she could make me my personal fave: Rogue... hmmmm

 


HowTo on GeekCraft: Tetris Magnets
This is like the next step of great things to have on your refrigerator, up there with those magnetic word thingies. I will be making these soon :)

Future Gamer T by Poppyseeds
I really love the look of this tee, it incorporates the nostalgia and the more rustic look of materials versus a graphic. 

Hobbit Feet by LoBug Designs
How funny and creative is this? My niece is being read The Hobbit for the first time and her first analysis of the book was that it was funny because the Hobbits have furry feet. I can't help but think she would LOVE these.

Gamer Printable at Giggedy Geekmum

Isn't this fun? Go to the link and getcha one!

Star Wars Shower Tile

WA-HUT?!?! I love it. nothing says dedication quite like permanently adhering tiles to your wall in a mosaic of that which you love, cuz i think we can all agree that's not changing anytime soon.