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My Secrets to Watching Doctor Who for Free

I've finally gotten to start watching season 10, but it's made me want to go back and rewatch series 1-9 again. *cry* The memories! 
I was so mad when they took it off Netflix!
GRRRRRRrrrRRRRrrRR!!
I have 2 great methods to watch Doctor Who for free. The first, you may have heard of, but if you haven't done this yet, go for it! It's a perfect time to get your Doctor Who fix, because you can get a FREE 30 day trial of Amazon Prime and watch the first 9 modern seasons of Doctor Who for free! Or if you're a student, you can get half off a Prime membership.

Not to be too commercially, but we're Amazon Prime addicts in our house and not only has it saved us so much from the free 2-day shipping, it's also helped me purchase several seasons of my favorite shows for free (which is my second secret to watching Doctor Who for free).
Well of course Smallville was one of them. I mean, c'mon, James Marsters...
Don't judge me. You know you can't help it either.

But yeah, here's how I got a bunch of free videos from Amazon:

When choose not to use your free 2-day shipping, but choose the slower shipping method instead, sometimes it will offer you a credit to use toward a future purchase (details here.) Like I said, we're Amazon Prime addicts, so we got a lot of credits. ;)
Anyhow, be awesome like me. ;) Go get your Free 30 day Amazon Prime trial, No Rush Shipping Credits, then sit back, relax, and watch Doctor Who for free!

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    Designing League of Legends Perler Beadsprites: Lulu and Pix

    This is one League of Legends Perler beadsprite design my daughter has been really excited about: Lulu and Pix!
    When I start creating a new perler beadsprite design, I always start with two things: a picture I want to base the perler beadsprite off of, but also I like search through my previous designs to see if I can use elements I've already created (no sense in doing more work than needed).
    The face of most of perler beadsprites have the same basic design (eyes, no nose or mouth etc) and shape, so I try to find a face and hair (if possible) from one of my previous perler beadsprites that are similar to what I'll want this one to look like.
    For League of Legend's Lulu, I want to start with that same basic face and use long hair that sticks out in the front of her hat. Ariel in Pink Dress (watch a timelapse video of Ariel in her pink dress being made), from my Disney Princess Inspired Perler Beadsprites designs.
    But Ariel hair wasn't quite right since Lulu's bangs aren't so rounded and they also come down a bit between the eyes:
    I added a bit of color to see better. (I started with lavendar colored perler beads for Lulu's skin but the contrast between the hair and face weren't very clear so I changed the skin-tone to see better while I create the Perler bead design.) The bangs weren't quite what we want for Lulu, so I needed to tweak my perler design a bit:
     Next, it was time to start on Lulu's hat, which has a gold outline. I also rearranged her hair to flow around the hat. I wanted to give Lulu's beadsprite enough detail but still keep her small enough, but that's the challenge.
    And of course you can't have Lulu without a hat, so I wanted to check if my Santa Gragas's hat shape would be a good place to start, especially since it curves.
    Lulu's hat was a bit of a problem. I needed to give Lulu's hat it's curl but it was just too big. 
    Once I decided on a hat design for Lulu, it was time to add her adorable ears.
    For Lulu's ears, I went back to another of my League of Legend perler beadsprite designs: Classic Teemo. His ears were just right for Lulu!
    Once I had Lulu's ears ready, I added a black outline, as I do with all my beadsprites (it gives them a more solid look).
     I used a similar body design as Teemo for Lulu, then added colors to fit Lulu's clothes. The gold beads I'd been using looked really washed out, especially after I added Lulu's lavender skin color, so I switched to Cheddar.
    For my League of Legends Lulu beadsprite design, I wanted to include her staff, so I started by trying to incorporate the staff design I used in my DC Green Lantern perler beadsprite collection.
    Finally, I we needed Lulu's little friend, Pix.
     The final design ironed: League of Legends inspired Lulu with Pix
    Check out my other League of Legends inspired Perler beadsprite designs
     League of Legends inspired Teemo collection: Easter Bunny Teemo, Teemo classic skin, Panda Teemo, Astronaut Teemo perler beadsprite
     League of legends Holiday Skin inspired: Santa Gragas, Lissandra, Silent Night Sona, and Ezreal
    League of Legends inspired Sona
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      Art and Tips from a Perler Mini Bead Master

      Finished perler mini bead art: Seaside cafe
      It all started a year ago, when Patricia Padilla del Rio's daughter started a little business, selling a local brand of mini perler beads out of her their garage in Culiacan, Sinaloa, Mexico.
      Patricia creating her first perler mini bead art piece
      Soon, mini perler bead art became an escape for fifty-five year old Patricia, who was dealing with the death of her mother.
      Finished perler mini bead art: Woman with fan and parasol
      "I take this hobby as occupational therapy," Patricia says. "It started with a small design and it became a passion of creating masterpieces."
      Finished perler mini bead art: Girl with dog eating ice cream
      Her passion has become a very intricate form of art. Patricia prefers to work with mini perler beads, which are half the size of the popular perler midi beads, because they allow her to create more complex patterns on a smaller scale.
      Finished perler mini bead art: Peacock
      She chooses designs according to her mood and gets most of her designs from cross stitch patterns that she finds on Pinterest and Google, then converting them to bead art.
      Finished perler mini bead art: Country cottage scene with geese, blossoms, and water wheel
      Patricia Padilla del Rio with customers in her shop 
      "The largest pieces are done in 1 week. Dedicating approximately 3 hours a day," says Patricia.  Patricia and her daughter, also named Patricia, now sell a local brand of perler mini beads and mini perler bead artwork at their shop in Culiacan, Sinaloa, Mexico and online via their Facebook page: Perler Beads Culiacan.
      Perler Mini Beads in Patricia's shop, which includes 70 different colors!

      Perler Mini Bead Tips from a Mini Bead Master

      Perler Mini Bead Tip 1

      • Use a towel or paper towel under the loose perler mini beads to keep them from rolling away.
      Perler Mini Bead Tip 2
      • Try using a large sewing needle instead of tweezers for perler mini beads. "The secret is to use a sewing needle," says Patricia. "Insert several beads in it and fill out the pegboards."
      • Put several perler mini beads on the needle at once and add them to the pegboard directly from the needle. This saves a lot of time and energy as opposed to picking up and placing each perler mini bead individually.
      Patricia Padilla del Rio gives us a look at her perler mini bead art creation process with these intricate pieces:
      Creation process for perler mini bead art: Flower basket with fruit 
      Finished and framed perler mini bead art: Flower basket with fruit
      Creation process for perler mini bead art: Tabby cat
      Creation process for perler mini bead art: Santa Claus
      Patricia with her framed perler mini bead art pieces: Tabby cat and Santa Claus

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