How To Make Cute Paper Drink Umbrellas

There are heaps of mini drink umbrella tutorials on Pinterest and it was seeing them constantly popping on my stream that gave my the idea to make some for a picnic we had. All of the tutorial I saw were for plain round umbrellas not for crinkled ones which I prefer. The round ones are quite cute but they are hell to have to pack up to take to a picnic.

So after 10 minutes playing with some pretty paper this was the result:

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You need:

  • Pretty paper
  • Glue
  • Toothpicks
  • A cup
  • A pencil

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Put the cup on the pretty paper and trace around the outside.

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Taadaa circle!

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Cut the circle out.

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Now repeat for however many of these you need.

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Now the folding, this is the tricky-ish part. Fold the circle in half, then again in half another 3 times so it’s just a tiny wedge. When you unfold it the creases won’t be the right way to make the accordion pattern so refold any that don’t fit the pattern: mountain, valley, mountain, valley etc

You should end up with this:

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Poke the toothpick through the center and if you need to, glue it in place with a tiny dot.

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Leave them to dry and then enjoy your umbrellas!

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Perfect for picnics or fancy drinks. The best part is that you can fold them up and stick a rubber band around them to pack them for transport. Cute and practical!

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Now I think it’s time to organise another picnic!

How To Do Lady Rainicorn Nail Art – Adventure Time Tutorial

Yay! Today I’ll show you how to do the long awaited Lady Rainicorn nailart 😀

I did these last year for Halloween to go with my Princess Bubblegum costume.

Here is a video tutorial tutorial and there’s a downloadable version at the bottom too!

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Now this is quite an easy design so long as you can use a nail striping brush. Start by painting a light blue base coat.

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Now starting from a tiny bit above the cuticle on your pinky finger, stripe a red line which goes across all 4 fingers. The line should  arch across the fingers so when they’re spread out it makes a big matching curve.

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Next add a matching yellow stripe above the red one.

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Then a green one.

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And a blue one. Make sure to start each stripe slightly above the cuticle on the pinky so you can later add the legs.

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Then purple.

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Lastly a pink stripe to top it off.

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Now while all of that dries it’s time to do the head. On your thumb use the pink to paint a big “U” shape and fill it in.

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Under that paint a short stripe of purple.

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Then blue.

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Then green.

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And yellow, curve the yellow around the green a bit so it looks more neck-like.

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Paint two red stripes for legs and do this on the pinky as well.

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Add a little pink to the bottom of the legs.

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Now it’s time for the mane.

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Use a light yellow to create a flowing mane on the index finger and half way through to the middle finger.

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Add the yellow mane to the face and cover up all of the edges of the U shape.

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Add a white triangle for the horn.

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Now it’s time to outline everything. You can use a thin sharpie or a thin paint brush to draw on the black. The sharpie is easy to control but the drawback is that it’s easier to ruin it by getting streak when you apply the top coat.

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The black outlines really make it look cartoony and pop 😀

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This is the time to clean up any mistakes around the edges of your fingers. I like to use a little bit of cotton wrapped around a cuticle stick and dipped in remover to erase them all.

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On the face you want to do a big black circle for the eye too.

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Then dot a white circle over it to complete the look. At this point I decided to go over the black lines again to make them extra dark, if you paint them on you won’t need to. If you’re worried about being able to control black polish like that it can be easier to use acrylic paint. If you make a mistake you can just wipe it off and start again 😉

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Wait until everything is 100% dry and then top coat it very carefully. Try not to drag the brush too much or else you may smudge the design.

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Done!

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Oh. My. Glob. You guise. These nails are like totally fricking awesoooooome.

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Of course… you want to be pretty good with painting with both hands for a design like this. I rushed the second hand so I had Lady Rainicorn on the left and Lady Rainicorn’s derpy sister on the right XD

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Bonus photo, it helps to have a Jake on your side to hold your polishes and try to steal your tissues!

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You’ll look totally lumping fabulous 😉

How To Make A Cute Doorstop – Home Sweet Home

And we’re back after weekend with a mini Home Sweet Home post 😀 Other than the crochet items, most of the things I’ve got left to show are on the small side which makes them great for doing one night after work or while watching TV. Of course, last night I went nuts and completely reorganised my craft area again so I’m sure there will be more projects to come soon that are bigger.

This is a very quick easy way to make a doorstop with absolutely no skill required.

The end result:

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You need:

  • A plastic take away box. Mine came stuffed with extremely expensive candy corn
  • Rice or something heavy to put in it
  • A large piece of fabric

I’m using some green cherry fabric which was a gift from an extremely lovely friend. Perfectly matches my new apartment colour scheme.

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So fill the container with rice and remove the carry handle.

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You can use whatever you like to go inside but it needs to be reasonable heavy so it will actually hold the door.

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Lay out a large square of fabric which is enough to wrap around the box with lots to spare.

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Place the box in the middle diagonally.

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Fold two corners over and into the middle like this:

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Hold them in place and carefully fold the other two corners up to the middle and tie them into a double knot.

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If it looks a bit messy you can just untie and refold until you’re happy. Ideally you want it to be the exact shape of the box just covered with fabric. If you want you can stitch it in place but it’s not really necessary.

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It looks like a cute little picnic box!

 

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