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How To Make An Iphone Headphone Jack Decoration

by VioletLeBeaux | Oct 11, 2012 | Craft, Other-Tutorials, Tutorial

These headphone jack decorations seem to be really popular lately! They can be pretty expensive too considering they really do nothing useful. Here’s a quick way to make your own in any design you like.

What you need:

Old broken headphones
Scissors
Decorations
Glue

So the decoration basically sits in the top here in the headphone jack spot.

First step is to decide which decoration you want to use. I went through a few options before deciding on the bow.

Take the jack end on your old broken headphones.

Cut it off with the scissors. Get as close to the end as you can without having to cut metal. You can strip off the plastic if you prefer. Or if you want something even closer you could probably use heavy duty pliers to get a closer cut. Be careful if you try it though, in fact be careful when modifying any electrical equipment like this especially if it’s very old.

See it still fits in there nicely. I needed to double check the height was ok when using my case too so keep that in mind.

Now just glue it to your decoration. I glued it to the bow.

Then I glued another bow to the other side so it looked good both ways.

Once it’s dry it’s done. Yep, seriously that’s it.

It’s probably a bit of overkill on my phone…

But on James’ phone it makes a bit more sense!

I’ve seen some very cute crown ones too which would be equally easy to make if you could find some crown charms.

So there you have it, next time you have some broken headphones don’t throw them out!

Painted Craft Shelves – Home Sweet Home

by VioletLeBeaux | Oct 10, 2012 | Craft, Home Sweet Home Tutorials, Storage/Utility-Tutorials, Tutorial

Finally the Home Sweet Home Project makes it to my craft area!

The frist thing I did here was paint my table and shelves because they were making the whole area look dark. The junk everywhere probably didn’t help but that’s the next post XD I can’t only take things one step at a time haha!

Before and after:

It’s still messy but it’s totally a step up 😀 😀 😀

There really wasn’t much to this. Kim gave me some pink paint that she was finished with and I went to town.

The small table first with a test swatch.

Then the shelves.

After giving the table a couple of coats I gave it a wash of PVA glue for strength and covered the top in clear contact.

I then made a cut table cloth to hide all the crap underneath using some old table runners my Mum didn’t want. Goodbye visible mess 😀

Next the shelves. I painted them first then a coat of PVA.

I covered each shelf with some pretty paper. I didn’t have enough to do all of then the same which was a bit annoying but I alternated instead. I’ll probably change them once I get some more paper. More future projects!

And back in place! There’s a pretty handsome man holding a flash in there too 😀

Ignore all the crap on the floor waiting to be put back XD

Aaaaand done!

Now I just need to actually clean it out properly and get rid of the junk. I always hoard craft supplies… just in case I need them! I totally might need that 3 inches of cute fabric… and that piece of string… and those pieces of cardboard… I might!! -_-‘ I think I have a hoarding problem.

Glitter Bling Keys – Home Sweet Home

by VioletLeBeaux | Oct 7, 2012 | Craft, Home Sweet Home Tutorials, Storage/Utility-Tutorials, Tutorial

I’ve been focusing more on little details recently for Home Sweet Home projects.

Today I did the smallest one so far: glitter dipped keys.

I wasn’t sure how well the PVA glue would stay on the metal so I did this old useless key first before I tried it on any of my actual ones. Turns out it stays really well!

It couldn’t be simpler to do either, just coat the end of the key in the PVA glue.

Drop it in glitter.

Wait for it to dry and either recoat with more glue to seal it in or give it a very solid brush to get rid of any loose pieces. Washable fabric glue is another great alternative which doesn’t require a top coat.

These kinds of projects have been around for ages and I’ve seen different versions ranging from painting the ends of the keys with nail polish to baking sculpey covers on the ends. No matter which method you choose it really brightens up your handbag!

I found it made the keys easier to differentiate by feeling the texture so I didn’t have to dig around my bag to find the right one either!

Pink Remake Of My Eyelash Holder – Home Sweet Home

by VioletLeBeaux | Sep 27, 2012 | Craft, Home Sweet Home Tutorials, Storage/Utility-Tutorials, Tutorial

Sometimes these Home Sweet Home projects really only need a little updating to make them work. With that in mind I remade my old eyelash holder, check out the original tutorial here.

So after a good few years my eyelash storage solution was looking a little worse for wear. It really needed the tape replaced but I figured that I would give it a completely update while I was here anyway.

While I was at it I did some very much needed maintenance and cleaned/sorted/chucked my old lashes.

The new version was done in the same paper that my doors are covered in with light eyelet lace.

I filmed doing it so if I’ve edited it by the time this goes live I’ll include the video here too ^_^

It’s amazing how much a little change like this brightens up the room though!

Sometimes ideas are good the way they are, they just need a little update to perfect them for a new space 😀

How To Make A Tulle Tutu

by VioletLeBeaux | Sep 26, 2012 | Clothing-Tutorials, Craft, Tutorial

Today I made a tulle tutu style skirt 😀

There are two variations with this because you can either just have one which ties over a skirt you have or you can do like I did and actually stitch it on.

You need:

Tulle (the soft kind, not the hard netting)
Ribbon
Needle and thread
Scissors
Skirt for a base if you want one

I decided to use this plain skirt as a base because I never really wore it anyway.

Cut a piece of ribbon which is long enough to wrap around the skirt’s waist (or your own if you’re not going to use a base) and then tie into a cute bow.

Lay out the tulle and cut it into strips that are around 15cm wide and 2.5 times as long as your skirt. Cut out a heap of these strips.

Take the first strip folded in half like this over the ribbon.

Pull the ends of the tullearound the ribbon and through the folded part so they go through the loop. Pull it tight and the tulle should be like this with the ribbon running through the middle…

Repeat with all of the strips of tulle.

As you go you’ll see it forms a tutu with an interesting top area. If you pull the knots tight you can fit more tulle and make a fuller skirt. I didn’t have much tulle so I left them fairly loose.

Once you’re done it’s time to decide if you just want to tie it around your waist like this or if you want to actually attach it to the skirt. I decided to attach it to the skirt so I lined the ribbon up and found where the middle was.

Then I used a needle and thread to stitch them in place.

My skirt had a side zip so I made sure to leave a gap for that and stitch the ribbon either side of it. Then I tied the bow at the front.

So then what I had was this:

Obviously depending on the look you’re going for you could just leave the hanging parts uneven like this. I wanted a more traditional shape though so I snipped them evenly.

Done!

And here it is worn!

I love pink, white and black combination!

This is the kind of skirt which can be styled in pretty much any way, they look great with most styles.

What do you guys think? I need an excuse to wear it out now!

How To Make Rock Style Bow Stockings

by VioletLeBeaux | Sep 25, 2012 | Clothing-Tutorials, Craft, Tutorial

Do you guys ever have cool ideas while you’re dreaming? It’s so weird but sometimes I actually wake up from half a dream and it’s given me an idea for a project!

That’s how I came to the idea of doing these stockings anyway!

They’re really rock styled but I love them and depending on the stockings you use and the colours you could do so many other versions for different styles!

So let’s get started!

You need:

Thick stockings
Thread
Scissors
Pins

You need some stockings to start with. The kind of stockings you use is very important, they need to have a very high denier and not be prone to running. The thicker the better!

Lay out the stockings flat on the floor.

Start by putting pins at even spaces down the side of the leg. The pins are where you will be cutting the bow shapes so make sure you have enough and space them as thick as you want the bows.

I did twice as many as shown in the photo for lots of bows.

Make small snips where the pins are. The longer the cuts are the more revealing the stockings will be. Remember that once they’re on your legs they tend to stretch so do less than you think you’ll need. You can always cut them bigger later but it’s harder to go backwards!

Now to make them into bow shapes. Take a piece of thread and push it through the first tab of the stockings.

Pull it tight and tie it in a knot. The tab will crumple up like a bow. If you want them to be exactly perfect you can pleat and stitch each one but that will take a very long time and really looks pretty much the same in the finished project.

Tie the thread tightly and knot it off. Cut any loose edges and you should have something like this:

Keep oing until you’ve done them all.

When the stocking is flattened out it should look like this:

If you are concerned about fraying and ladders a quick fit is to dot a tiny bit of clear nail polish at the corners where the ends of the cuts are. This will dry unnoticeable but will prevent anything from unraveling.