Round Up- Daily V-Logs

Dec 28, 2011 by Violet

My brain is still kinda in holiday mode so today’s round up is just the V-Logs plus a Morning Make Up. I recorded 8 more hair tutorials today so I’ll get to work editing them and have the first ones up next week… but for now all I can think about is playing Assassin’s Creed, painting with the genius water brush I got today and doing crafty things. I’m feeling so inspired that I want to do as many things as I can while I have this feeling!

There are a bajillion snapshots on the way from the Zoo (and all the other stuff I did this month but if you want to see some of them in video form here’s the daily V-Logs James and I have been doing :D

 
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Faux Bob Hair Style For Long Hair Photo Tutorial

Dec 22, 2011 by Violet

First up today an update on the Bunny store. Unfortunately I’ve had to push the launch back a while as currently the shipping quotes I’ve gotten are quite high. Aus Post have quoted $11.55 for non-registered overseas airmail which I think is quite high when you add that to the cost of the little Bergamots. So I’m looking at other options and possibly having them made somewhere else and shipped there to keep the costs down. I’m not sure at the moment but I’m still working on it and looking into other options because I don’t think there’s much point putting them up if most of you guys can’t afford them *_* So short story is that the launch will be pushed back into the new year but will still be happening! Let me know if you have any suggestions.

In the mean time here’s a hair tutorial.

Ages ago I did a little video tutorial on making a faux bob hair style for long hair, I promised a follow up photo version and here it is!

Here’s the video version too incase you missed it…You need: Hair ties Brush Bobby pins Hair spray Brush out and separate your hair into two sections. Tie them with the hair bands around half way down. Pull each ponytail backwards so the hair slips through a bit. This will make the front parts in the end result longer in the front than the back.     Curl the ends of the ponytail into a little loop. Keep rolling upwards until you can’t go any further and you should have something like this: From the side it will bow out and form a nice finish underneath.   From the front it looks like a curl. So now you need to pin it in place. You should try to pin through the hair band to give it extra strength. Make sure you’re pinning it as close to the scalp as possible. Repeat on the other side too. Now you need to take care of the back, right now it looks terrible. Take your brush and gently coax the divide together so it hides the gap. You can use your fingers and a few extra bobby pins at the bottom to keep it all in place. This version isn’t so great but you can get the general idea… Now you just need to style your fringe and any layers around your face. The style works better with layers around the face because they create an illusion of being the ends of the hair. Taadaa! Short hair without a major chop :D Hope this was helpful, let me know if you have any questions!

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Stamped Greeting Card DIY

Dec 18, 2011 by Violet

Greeting card season so I’m going to do some more ideas this year :D I did some last year too so take a look at this post for a lace doily version. This one is how I make a bunch of mini cards with a basic design that I can personalise later.

So what you need: Paper Hot glue gun Paint Scissors Sharpie Some plastic hard surface you can glue to nail file or plastic wrap So first step is thinking of a decent design. I wasn’t feeling too creative so I just wrote love with some hearts. You need to write it onto the surface you’re going to stamp with, I’m using some random plastic container. The design needs to be backwards for the stamp to print the right way so I wrote it right way around  on the wrong side and then flipped it over so I had a guide on where to lay down the glue. So flipping it over you create the design using the glue gun to draw it. Where you draw will end up raised so the paint sticks to it and forms a stamp. Now here’s the tricky part glue guns don’t tend to leave a uniform stream so some parts might be taller and bumpier that others. If it’s not even then your stamping will come out icky and patchy. So the two options I thought of to prevent this was waiting for the glue to dry and then using a nail file to smooth it all out or putting plastic wrap over it while it’s still pliable and pressing into a flat surface. The second is harder to do because the glue dries quickly but it would provide a lot more even results and probably would be less effort than using a nail file like I did. If you’re going to do a lot of them then I would suggest taking time to get the design right. Either way once you have your design finished paint over the top of the plastic. And stamp it on to the paper. Taadaa very childlike but a nice way to have something personal without taking a huge amount of time doing it. You could make it much more intricate or do something cute like your name. If you didn’t mind waiting for it to dry you could also use PVA glue for the design so it evened out and provided a completely smooth print image. Cut out the paper into a card shape, fold in half and you’re finished. I like the stamp a bunch of these as thank you cards and then personalise each one with some mini drawings before I send them. I usually draw little faces in the hearts or O ^_^ So there’s one idea and more on the way. I’m pretty much making everyone’s presents this year so lots to share ^_^

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Covered Buttons DIY

Dec 17, 2011 by Violet

Making my own fabric buttons is something I’ve always been interested in but didn’t really know how to go about it. I got these little button making kits in a random craft supply bag a few years ago and promptly lost them in my stash until I went through it recently.

Having them sitting there doing nothing seemed silly so I decided to give it a try :D

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Sleek Business Updo Hair Tutorial

Dec 16, 2011 by Violet

WOOHOO INTERNET AGAIN! Uploading a bunch of videos and things as I type this and seeing as all of my scheduled posts didn’t actually go live while I was away I’ve got plenty of stuff to post :D I’m too happy to even rant about the crappy TPG service. Saving that rant for later ;)

So let’s start with a hair tutorial!

Back when I did a tutorial on making this lace and learn hair comb a lot of comments were asking for a hair tutorial on the style.

I did a video tutorial on it already over here but for those who can’t watch or prefer photos here’s one of those too ^_^

So what you need: Brush Pretty hair comb Hair spray Bobby pin Brush your hair out to the back and towards one side. Stick a bobby pin to hold it in place like this, it will act like a crease to help the hair fold in the right place and look very neat. Brush the hair upwards to it’s sticking out horizontally. Now use your hands to fold it across like this: Tuck all of the ends inside and fold them into the roll. Should look something like this. You should run your fingers through the sides from right to left to make sure the hair is all sitting the right way.   Once it’s all folded inside it should look something like this: Secure it with a comb on the side. To use the comb you should grab a bit of hair from the twist… …pull it right to the side and push into the scalp back the way it came. And it looks like this! You might want to put in some more bobby pins if you don’t think it’s stable enough.   Most likely you’ll need some pins in the top swirl part to stop it coming loose. Hair spray over everything and smooth flyaways with your hands. If you have any problems with the insides breaking out again just lightly brush the outer layer into place again using short strokes.   Now just style your fringe and that’s it! All done! I didn’t notice the bit popping out until after I finished >_<     Other side: Stylish and sleek, this is a good one for work as well as times you just want to look a bit more polished. Hope that all made sense and let me know if you have any other questions!

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Name Bunny Competition Winner and Round Up!

Dec 6, 2011 by Violet

I missed yesterday because after several years talking online I finally got to meet the adorable Glo-w. So between that and going away on Thursday I’ve got a lot to catch up on today! Firstly I need to announce the winner of the name Miss Bunny competition :D This was such a hard competition to pick a winner of because there were so many good entries and so many of them fit her so perfectly. After thinking about it for several days and trying a few on them out on her I came to a decision…

The winner is Bergamot by The Moonlight Seedling!

Here’s her entry:

You seem to have found my good friend the Lady Bergamot! (Bergie for short) Bergamot was born in a field next to a tea factory in England, an Earl Grey tea factory to be precise, and grew up with her brothers and sisters.While her family was perfectly happy frolicking in the field, eating whatever was growing there, Bergamot liked to sneak into the factory and sample the fragrant tea, nibbling on the lovely scones some of the workers would leave out for her. Because she spent so much time in the factory, her soft fur became scented with the bergamot oil, so her mother named her Bergamot (though her mother insisted on pronouncing it “Berg-a-mo”, leaving the “t” silent, because she thought it sounded more fancy) Eventually, Bergamot acquired a taste for the finer things in life, and the factory workers dubbed her the “Lady of the Factory” (which made her blush so hard that it never went away!). She learned of things that normally go well with tea, such as lace and pearls and macarons. The staff made her and her family a nice cozy hutch in the garden behind the factory, decked out with soft, warm things, pink wallpaper, and all the tea and scones they could possibly want. One day a factory worker was looking a a website on her laptop, and it immediately caught Bergamot’s eye – a delicate flowery background, lavender and lilac and pink everywhere! There were tutorials about how to make cute clothes and accessories and how to do your hair and nails that all just looked sugar-sweet and perfect! Bergamot’s eyes got so wide and sparkly that they got stuck that way! The kind staff member told Bergamot all about this website. The lady who wrote it was named Violet, and she lived in Australia, and always had tea and yummy things, and loved little soft white bunnies! Bergamot was so enchanted, she wanted to go meet this wonderful lady, and maybe stay with her a while and learn how to make pretty things! However, being a bunny, she was used to being around a large family, and worried that she would be lonely with only one friend. Then the worker showed her Miss Violet’s Object of Affection – James! He could cook lovely things, many of which seemed to confuse Miss Violet, because he was from America, and they do funny things in America! So it was decided – Bergamot would go to live with Miss Violet and James in Australia, but she wanted it to be a surprise! So her flight was booked and her plans made in secret, without telling Miss Violet she was coming! She made a little bow out of a scrap of lace (to look more presentable), hugged her family and factory friends good-bye, got on her plane, and the next thing she knew, was sitting on Miss Violet’s doorstep, greeting her with her lovely bunny smile and a big box of Earl Grey tea from the factory!

The first time I saw the name I wasn’t sure about it because it didn’t seem particularly feminine but the more I said it, the more I fell in love with it because it reminded me of the stereotypical tomboyish romance novel Victorian lady who insists on being a little bit different. Now I can’t think of bunny as anything other than Miss Bergamot :D I picked Bergamot for a lot of reasons but especially because it is such a fancy original name, it gave me the idea that each different colour of bunny and animal could be named after different tea varieties :D The part in the story about James was so cute and the whole thing just fit so well with her. I’m planning to illustrate the story while I’m gone so I’ll post that when I get back too. Moonlight Seedling, I am sending you an email now to get your address and will post your bunny before I leave for Brisbane!

So please meet Miss Bergamot!

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