Happy Sunday, geeklings! After last week's all-Doctor Who roundup I'm back to a mix of all kinds of nerdiness with this set of picks (the only sighting of The Doctor you'll get this time around is in a Star Wars mashup, of all things), and there are also lots of sweets and yummy treats this week! So let's jump right in, shall we?

 

From the top left:

• Gizmodiva posted about these awesomely detailed Harry Potter cake pops.
• These yummy Muppet cupcakes were spotted on Cupcakes Take the Cake.
• Angry Birds Star Wars gets two picks this week, both from Nerdalicious. The first is a set of Angry Birds Star Wars cookies...
• ...and the second is a super fun Angry Birds Star Wars birthday cake!
• Tie Fighters linked up a set of fan-made Hello Kitty/Star Wars crossover figures.
• Character pancakes seem to be the latest geeky trend (one of January's roundups included both Star Trek and movie monster varieties), and this set of Nintendo pancakes is the latest I've seen around.
• The Fez (as in The Doctor wears one now and it's cool...) is with you in this t-shirt design found at Fashionably Geek.
• LennyMud's Etsy shop is filled with handmade, handpainted ceramic dishes including a set of mugs sporting a well-known quote from The Empire Strikes Back.
• This paper X-Wing was sculpted entirely from the pages of Star Wars books!

Today's video pick is of the musical variety, featuring the Harry Potter theme played on wine glasses (seriously, it's awesome!).

MTFBWY!

march garden at two peas {layout}

A brand new batch of layouts by the Garden Girls went live at Two Peas in a Bucket yesterday, and for March we all focused on shapes! We were thrilled with the open-endedness of this month's topic, and there's a wide range of interpretations amongst all the pages in the gallery. I chose to focus on layering with shapes (mostly chevrons, triangles, and arrows) with mine, and I mixed some new Amy Tangerine, Dear Lizzy, and Studio Calico together with some older supplies on this layout:

Supplies:

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I know that's a massive supply list- I just love picking and choosing little bits from lots of different collections when I make a page! You can read more about the thought process behind this page over in the Two Peas gallery.

And the story behind this page? Such a fun one! Going out to eat sushi is my favorite birthday tradition, and last year Darren asked me to choose something off the menu he hadn't tried before. I thought that the habanero masago sounded interesting...and spicy! Judging by the look on Darren's face (which I was so happy to have captured on camera), it's quite spicy, indeed!

friday favorites | march 1, 2013

Yes, I know that last week I said I'd be taking a break from Friday Favorites this week for the Citrus Twist blog hop, but CTK has changed the date for that for next Friday, so here I am with the usual crafty picks after all!

Speaking of Citrus Twist, they're sneak-peeking the March kits on the blog starting today and running through the 11th, and if you play along with the product guessing game over there, you'll be entered to win a gift certificate to the Citrus Twist shop!

I've had the March kits on my desk for a week or so now, and they're full of such yummy color! Here's just a tiny peek...

Today is also reveal day for a new crop of layouts in the Two Peas in a Bucket Garden Girl gallery. This month we've focused on shapes- die cut shapes, stitched shapes, you name it!- and you can see my layout here. I'll also have it posted here on the blog tomorrow, but since the poor Friday Favorites were already almost cancelled for a hop, I don't want to give them a complex by pushing them to the side for a layout, too!

So, yay! Lots going on, and I love it! And now let me share some of the fab projects and posts that have been inspiring me for the last week or two.

From the top left:

• Process posts seem to be the name of the game lately, and this step-by-step layout post from the Lily Bee blog is the first of several I have to share this week.
• Megan Klauer scrapped this lovely little mini book of Bible verses as a baby shower gift for her sister. Such a sweet idea!
• I love this idea from Ormolu for using flair buttons to make a fun little home decor piece.
• Becky Higgins posted a great example of using the Olive Edition Project Life kit for a wedding album. As someone who has yet to scrap her wedding photos (yes, I admit it!), this approach looks like it might be perfect for me!
• Anski posted a great step-by-step look at how she created a lovely detailed and layered scrapbook page.
• Corrie Jones' post on Shimelle.com showing five ways to use color mists totally blew me away. I'm itching to get out my paintbrush and start watercoloring with them now!
• Wait, what's Domo doing here?! This isn't a Geek Girl post! But I thought that this awesome post from Nerd Fitness (I cannot tell you how much I love this site and its no-nonsense, back to basics look at health, fitness, and life) about overcoming procrastination and doing things now would be a great pick this week.
• Kay Rogers walks readers through her process for using up a monthly scrapbooking kit. There's also a second part to her post here.
• I'll finish things off with a post from Write. Click. Scrapbook. that encourages thinking about your scrapbooking process as a whole rather than hyper-focusing on just one completed project. I am so there right now with being a little stuck in my scrapping, and I definitely needed to read this! More on the being stuck thing later...it's actually turning out well.

TTFN!