It's just a few short days until the Doctor Who Christmas Special (and, of course, Christmas itself), and the BBC has released an extended trailer that shows more of the action waiting for fans in this episode. With Daleks, Cybermen, Weeping Angels, and The Silence all included, it's sure to be epic!


Since it's the last weekend before Christmas, it's also my last chance to get some great holiday geekiness posted...with a little news thrown in, too. :)

From the top left:

• This has got to be, hands down, the best Christmas sweater ever!
• It's not Christmas until someone posts a Dalek tree, and this year Gizmodiva (and a few other sites) picked up this image from Twitter.
• Disney has announced the dates for Star Wars weekends 2014. You can read all about it here.
• Want even more awesome Star Wars news for the new year? Mythbusters will be releasing a Star Wars themed episode in January. There's a trailer for the new season if you click through the link!
• Now that the Doctor Who 50th anniversary special has safely passed, Steve Moffat has disclosed his thoughts on including the 9th Doctor in the episode had Eccleston decided to return.
• Between the Pages posted a fantastic Grinch cake, complete with a dangling Max.
• The annual Lucasfilm Christmas card is always a treat, and this year's version features a horde of caroling bounty hunters.
• This Christmas season has been light on geeky gingerbread, but at least we have this amazing gingerbread Optimus Prime to tide us over.
• Need some stocking stuffers for your geekling? Nerdalicious has rounded up some of the best geeky sweets on the market right now.

Tonight's video pick has been making its way around the interwebs lately (thanks to my li'l bro J for sending it to me!), but it's too perfect for me not to be the next in line to post it. Sit back and enjoy as the cast of Star Trek: The Next Generation performs their own version of Let It Snow. 

MTFBWY! And shut up, Wesley!

Friday Favorites - December 20, 2013

I just love this time of year, when everything looks so festive! That applies to blogs, as well, and this week's roundup is full of Christmas crafting ideas, including some free printables for your Project Life or December Daily albums.

Enjoy, and have an awesome weekend!

From the top left:

• This washi tape tree in a pocket page protector is surprisingly easy to make! Learn how at October Afternoon.
• Want even more ideas for using washi tape in your gift wrapping? This tutorial at Two Peas in a Bucket will help you use up some of that washi stash.
• Amy Heller has opened a new online digital shop, and she's offering a free set of printable number cards- just perfect for December Daily!
• Craftberry Bush has several free printable Christmas decor pieces, just in case you want to add a little something extra to your holiday decorations before the big day.
• This lovely set of free printable 3x4 cards by Antilight is all decked out in a red and mint color scheme- love!
• Melissa Philips did a gorgeous job of decorating a Christmas gift box. What a beautiful way to use up some extra buttons!
• This Christmas art frame at Bella Blvd could easily be reworked for lots of different holidays.
• Danielle Flanders stamped and scrapped a beautiful vellum gift card pocket for Pink Paislee.
• Antilight is in the roundup again this week with some gorgeous Christmas cards.

TTFN- and an early merry Christmas to you!

Yeti Stamp + Shrink Plastic + Mason Jar = Adorable Snow Globe!

Oh, how I do love all of the mason jar snowglobes that I've been spotting on blogs and around Pinterest! They're so cute, quick, and easy to make, and when Lawn Fawn and Scrapbook Adhesives teamed up for a week of projects over on the Lawn Fawn blog, I decided to try something just a little different to make a snowglobe of my own.

Supplies:

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I love, love, love Lawn Fawn's Yeti, Set, Go stamp set and had an idea to stamp one and cut it out to build a little scene in a jar, but the Yeti was a little too big to fit inside. womp, womp

Then I remembered a video that I watched not too long ago that used shrink plastic with stamps, and my Michaels just happened to have some Shrinky Dinks plastic sheets in stock! Yes, that would be the same shrink material that I used as a kid- so cool!

Shrinky Dink plastic can be heated quickly with an embossing tool, and when it's finished the piece is one third the original size and nine times as thick- it goes from a flimsy sheet to a really sturdy little piece of plastic in under a minute! I've placed the finished pieces next to the original stamps in the photo below so you can see the size difference.

Stamping on shrink plastic is really easy, you just need to use the proper type of ink. Staz-On ink will dry instantly, or you can use Archival ink (which is what I happened to have available) as long as you let it dry for a while before handling it. I stamped both the Yeti and a lamp post (hey, I was feeling a bit Narnia...) and trimmed them out before shrinking them down, leaving just a bit of extra plastic on the bottom of each to help adhere to them to the base of the snowglobe.

While at Michaels I also picked up a couple of packs of these tiny trees, and to bring the one above up to the proper height (so it would show over the band of the mason jar's lid), I stuck a stack of Scrapbook Adhesives foam squares to the base.

The shrink plastic pieces were a bit trickier to adhere, but in the end a pair of little pieces of paper straw and lots of hot glue helped keep them in place. Once the hot glue was dry, I partially filled the jar with some fake snow (from a box I bought long ago at a clearance sale at Anthropologie) then screwed the lid in place.

I have a few more mason jars and lots more little trees (plus more snow- I swear I think that box refills itself when I'm not looking!), and I'm definitely going to have to make more of these this year. They are so fun and easy!