Customising a Baseball Cap ^_^
Jan 28, 2011 by Violet
Firstly! As a lot of you probably know Queensland was recently flooded quite badly. That’s where I used to live before I moved down here to Melbourne. Nuffnang put together a charity auction to raise money for the victims and my donation was 4 sets of my nails. Currently the bidding is up to $20 for the package so please do go have a look because it’s a good cause and a huge bargain right now!!
Click here to visit the auction!
When I was a kid I pretty much lived in baseball caps and after looking through waaay too many gyaru photo dumps on Tumblr they started to grow on me again. Very practical for both Summer and covering dark roots ;) After spying this one at a tourist store for $6 I set about making it much more “me”. Now it’s become know as my “I’m-busy-working-and-if-you-interrupt-me-right-now-and-I-lose-my-train-of-thought-I-will-beat-you-to-death-with-this-hat”… hat work hat because I wear it when I’m writing important emails XD
I wanted to make it match the shoes I decorated way back here so I pulled out all my supplies again ^_^
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What you need:
- A cap to use as a base
- Copic markers (or permanent pens like a sharpie)
- Diamantes etc for decorating
- Epoxy glue.
I wanted to go for a pink leopard print again so I started by marking in light purple all of the spots:
Next I used a darker purple to roughly mark the areas around the spots.
I covered the entire back 2/3rds of the cap leaving the front plain.
Next I filled in the background with light pink.
At this point it should look something like this:
Next I gave everything a second coat with the markers to darken it up and make it look much more like the pinks already on the brim ^_^
Last it was time for a little deco to jazz up the front!
I stuck the pearls, jewels and plastic heart on using epoxy and added a couple more on the crown above the “princess” embroidery.
And that was it!
Not exactly my every day look but I still think it’s adorable and I would totally wear it on casual days!
The best part is that it’s completely custom so you can really do whatever design you like and have something completely unique ^_^ What do you guys think? |
A home run I would say^^
Haha extra points for the reference!
holy bieber god! T_T everytime i read of of your creative blog entries I feel so incompetent. So you inspired me to become creative. I’m taking nail art classes and learning how to become a part time nail technician during school ~ ! kekekek than we can bond over creativity as bloggers! I still can’t believe how different the hat looks! Youre super duper amazing.
XD That’s not good, I don’t want you to feel incompetent! Becoming a nail technician sounds like fun, I hope it goes well!
I read your blog for a very long time and still get amazed at your creativity! you are such a wonderful girl!!! keep it up
Aww! Thanks Jenia! Thanks for coming back so often too!
Super-cute! Almost makes me want to start wearing baseball caps.
Haha I’m not completely converted either yet but thank you :D
Wow! that is a work of art, super cute.
toya
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Haha thanks Toya!
That’s so cute! I don’t think baseball caps would suit my style, but I’m sure it looks adorable on you! ♥
Haha thanks! No I can’t imagine you in one XD But if you ever did it I imagine it would be completely adorable!
That is so cute Princess!! It’ll suit you perfectly:D I wear cap when I don’t want to do anything with my hair too;)
I bet your cap is just as cute Princess!
I would so do something like this… If only I didn’t look so terrible in caps… then it would be a slight waste of time T^T. Otherwise brilliant idea :)
Haha I think hats are something that either work or not XD I used to look so bad in hats but I think I grew into them once I got a fringe.
Cute, I could totally pull this off at school, especially with the sharpie idea (do little kawaii doodles here and there!). Thanks for the inspiration :3
No worries, glad you enjoyed!