Nerd Crafts: Nerdy Ornaments

Christmas is one of my favorite times of year!  I LOVE Christmas decor and I love nerdy things. I wanted to mash my love of both together in this month's nerd crafts! Hope you enjoy!

Supplies:

*Various Colored Felt

*Clear Gel Tacky Glue

*Twine

*Various Fabric Paint Colors

*Scissors

*Black Tread

*Needle

Serenity Ornament - I used a CD to trace the orange circle.  Cut it out, then placed it under the yellow felt and free handed the yellow circle.  I used this Serenity logo as an example.  I used a red Sharpie to draw on the characters, but think that some sort of paint might work better {I ended up going over it with red fabric paint}.  Make sure you have sharp scissors for the felt!  I used the clear Tacky Glue to glue the circles together and for the twine on the back.

T.A.R.D.I.S. Ornament- This one was easier than I thought it was going to be.  The Tacky Glue worked fine for everything, just let it all dry before doing any painting {just to be safe}.  Black and white fabric painted worked perfect for the details.

Breaking Bad Ornament -  Taking green felt I cut out my squares, glueing two on top of each other for more stability.  I used a white fabric paint for the lettering.  When everything was dried I used the clear Tacky Glue to glue the two squares together in one corner.

Union Jack Ornament - Using blue and white felt, I cut the shapes needed and used red fabric paint for the red stripes.  This one was by far the hardest ornament to make.  I know it is not totally correct, but not horrid for a first try.  Good luck on this one :)

A Silent Film Ornament - This one I made my job harder on myself than necessary.  I took way too much time trying to draw the perfect diamond, when I could have just drawn a square and turned it!

I actually made about four variations of this one to send to all my Lamplighter friends. For mine, it came together as a happy accident.  I had extra black felt and two different sizes. I really like how this one came out.

The original design was cream felt with black lettering.  I then hand sewed a boarder of black thread. This was  super quick and easy {I am not a sewer}!  I cannot wait to give these to all my Lamplighter friends!

Total cost for all the ornaments was around $11.00 and I made a lot!  I had to make three separate trips to Michael's but I did it all for you!  Let me know in the comments how your's turn out and also if you decide to try something different.  Happy crafting!

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YAMAT Podcast

I cannot say enough good things about going to cons!  At Stan Lee's Comikaze this past year held at the LA Convention Center, I met Doug.  I was in the mist of my Breaking Bad marathon and he walked by dressed as THE BEST Walter White.  I had to stop him and chat!

Then at the beginning of April, Doug messaged me on Twitter asking if I wanted to come on his Podcast, You And Me And Thoughts with Doug Clup.  I said of course! He said we would record at his house. I was "ok cool", then The Hunny said "you are going to go to a guys house you met one time?"  So my lovely sister in law was my chaperone and is on the podcast a bit.  Mostly she just sat and read while Doug and I chatted for almost 3 hours!

He is such a fun guy to talk to and we had a LOT in common, plus he is super funny! I hope that you enjoy listening to us chat about Futurama, Being Human and a mutual love of music!  He's totally legit too! :)

**LISTEN to our talk:  iTunes or Stitcher {click on either!}**

Doug hosts Our Apartment Comedy Show Saturday nights in Vista if you are living in the San Diego area.  Find out more about that on his Facebook page.

Find Doug:
You Tube - Doug Clup 
Twitter - @YAMATAT & @Dougathan
Facebook - Our Apartment Comedy Show
iTunes - YAMATAT
Stitcher - YAMATAT

Please let me know in the comments what you thought, I was a bit nervous to begin with! Happy first day of Wonder Con!  I hope everyone has a lovely Easter weekend!!