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Fandom Friday: Things I Love About Halloween

Fandom FridayBrought to you by The Nerdy Girlie & Super Space Chick

If you have followed me and my blog long enough, you know I am an absolute fool for Halloween. I adore every little second of it, and although it’s a little different this year, knowing that it is near makes me tingle in excitement. What are my favorite things about it? Say no more…

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1. You get to be someone else for a day; as someone immersed in nerd culture, we often want to be swept away to another world. One we have read, seen on the big screen or just fantasized about in our minds. That’s why Halloween is so special – you actually get to do this! Now granted, for those of you that cosplay on the daily, this is no treat. But for a casual cosplayer like myself, I definitely love the ability to take on someone else’s looks, personality and swag for a night.

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2. You can be as ridiculous as you want to be; there are no rules on Halloween, and I absolutely love it. You can dress up as silly, slutty or basic as you want. It’s a holiday all about fun, and who doesn’t revel in that?

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Nerdy With Children Kickstarter

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I’ve been a fan of Nerdy with Children and their products for some time, so naturally I was excited to hear that they were trying to expand their line. I absolutely love that the way they want to do so is by providing real heroes for real kids. More specifically, rather than just focusing on fictional heroes from pop culture, they want to launch a line of tees (from onesies to adults) featuring influential figures in STEM (science, technology, engineering and math).

Being a behavior analyst, I get a chance to (hopefully) improve children’s lives every day and help shape and mold them to be better people, which is why I love this idea of introducing children to these amazing historical figures at a young age and empowering them that they, too, can make a difference. The first run of shirts will include individuals such as Marie Curie, Nicola Tesla, Jules Verne and George Washington Carver, just to name a few.

If you want to find out more, check out their kickstarter page and donate what you can to help!

Life with Luna: Nursery Tour

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With 4 weeks to go until the arrival of our little one (at the time of this post, at least), I am happy to say that her nursery is complete! Granted, we still have some touches that we will add along the way, but for now, everything is looking nice and neat and as it should. The anticipation is definitely growing to meet our sweet little moon, and seeing her adorable face on the ultrasound today made me smile so hard. She’s absolutely beautiful! I can’t wait to hold that tiny body and look into those big (surely brown) eyes. But until then, we have her bright & fun nursery to share with you all!

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We wanted to make sure Luna’s room was neutral so that we could play with a lot of pops of color to accessorize and decorate. We found this perfect light gray hue at Lowe’s and made sure all her furniture was white or close enough to it. Behind her crib, we had some fun with both regular and custom pieces from Etsy. As you can see, we sprinkled in a lot of moon references. 😉

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Crib | Cloud Pillow | Right Pillows | Sailor Moon Blanket | Dreamcatcher | Unicorn Taxidermy | Banner | Prints

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Party with Pipsticks

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I absolutely loved this month’s Pipsticks package! It was party themed and I thought it was so appropriate considering Luna’s birthday is quickly approaching! I have been collecting the little typographical prints included in each package so I can frame them in my bathroom, and was happy to see that this month’s quote set the tone for all the sticker packs! They were really festive, bright and fun! There was even an ode to geekery with some Pikachu and Mario stickers, which I greatly appreciated. I can’t wait to decorate my agenda for the month of October with all these pretties!

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I also loved the circular “Thank You” stickers, as they could be used to seal thank you card envelopes (I still have a few more to send from our baby shower – shhh) or be included in packaging if you own a small business. This month’s package came with a heartfelt message from Pipsticks’ founder about her journey to create this wonderful subscription service and it was really inspiring. I took these Thank You stickers as a personal thank you from her for being a part of this super fun sticker club, but I want to turn it around on them! This sticker pack gets me so excited every month – it’s like a bright sunshine-y rainbow that arrives in my mailbox so thank you, Pipsticks, for brightening up my little world on a monthly basis.

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Fandom Friday: 5 Favorite Things About Autumn

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Created by The Nerdy Girlie & Super Space Chick

As I mentioned earlier this week, there’s just something about this time of year that brings a spring to my step. Although we don’t have seasons here in Miami, there is definitely a different frame of mind (at least for me) and I’m going to try my best to transfer those feelings to 5 bullet points. Here we go!

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1. Pumpkin Everything! I absolutely love pumpkin flavored whatever. You name it, I’ll take 10 please. Confession: a few weeks ago I was already asking my local Cold Stone’s where their pumpkin flavored ice cream was because I took it as sacrilege that the month of September had started and I did not see any available (rest assured, it is now).

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