by VioletLeBeaux | Dec 6, 2012 | Craft, Home Sweet Home Tutorials, Storage/Utility-Tutorials, Tutorial
This is a really quick way to knock together some craft storage from an old yoga mat.
- Old Yoga mat or foam
- Needle and yarn or stapler
- Scissors
I wanted to use the basket I keep my lace in for the tv area to hold cables. Good idea but what would I replace it with? I didn’t have any other things to use so I decided to make one.
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First cut a rectangle of foam which is as wide as the bottom of the box plus both sides. You can see I had a helper 😉
Put the basket in the middle of the foam and trace lightly around it 2cm from the base with the scissors so it scores the foam.
In each corner cut out a square which meets the corner of the score you made.
Snip the inner corner 2cm.
Repeat on each side and you’ll have something like this:
When you fold the edges together they should match up like this:
Stitch each side together. I used yarn and a basic whip stitch. You could staple it if you’re in a hurry but this does look a bit nicer.
Done, easy!
And all full of stuff. Apparently this was really hard work so my helper decided to have a nap ^_^
With one yoga matt you could easily make a bunch of these and have a matching storage system. |
by VioletLeBeaux | Dec 5, 2012 | Hair-Tutorials, Tutorial, Video-Tutorials, Violet Vision Videos
I was playing around with my fringe while filming a tutorial on my basic style and I did a couple of other styles too so I thought I would include them. This video has some tips on how I keep my fringe looking good in Melbourne’s weather. .
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Violet LeBeaux spends most of her time trying to think of ways to make life prettier, posting said ways on her blog and drinking very strong tea. She writes about big hair cute things, girly fashion, beauty finds, sometimes Hime Gyaru fashion (姫ギャル) and crafty tutorials.
She lives with her adorable boyfriend Jimmy, fluffy puppy Miss Lottie and Bergamot Bunny in Melbourne, Australia.
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4 Fun Fringe Hairstyle Instructions.
Hello!
Today’s video is all about different ways to style your fringe.
At the moment, I have a straight block fringe with layers framing my face to just below my chin.
For fringe styling I used my brush, teasing comb, hair spray and a straightener.
I also spray with heat protector before I style to prevent as much damage as possible
The first style I’m trying is a puffy curled almost retro roll.
So I split the hair into 3 sections.
Grab the middle section and hold it straight outwards.
Run the straightener down it and at the end curl it sharply underneath.
It make take a few goes to make it even.
Let it cool in the shape and then run a comb through it.
You can see how severe the curl is at the end.
Fan the middle section out until it reached both the other sides.
Angle the straightener at 45 degrees and then curl the side sections in the same way.
Make sure that you curl them inwards towards your face, they should match up with the angle of the middle part.
And that’s one look done!
The more severely you curl the middle under, the more it will stick out and look like it’s a 1950’s school girl style.
The next look is my every day look.
It uses the same technique on the middle section to begin with and then I straighten the sides instead of curling them.
To keep it in place all day in Melbourne’s wind I use hairspray.
Then I lightly tease the underside of the middle, I do the teasing in a couple of sections to make sure I get it all and there’s no weird gaps.
It looks pretty silly at this point.
Then I smooth the top back down with the comb and hairspray it again.
When I’m combing, I’m just lightly pulling it down, not going through the whole way so the teasing isn’t ruined.
Not even Melbourne’s wind can move this now!
Taadaa!
If the wind does destroy my fringe, I just do a side part like this.
The curl under the bottom makes a really cute side swept look.
And it’s much more wind friendly.
Lastly, for something completely different, here are some Farrah flicks!
Do a side part and then angle the straightener at 45 degrees.
This time curl away from your face.
It’s much easier to do the side with the most hair in small sections like this.
And you want a gentle flick away from the face.
The more you rotate the straightener, the bigger the flicks will be.
It looks a bit weird with the ponytail but imagine it with a full head of curls and flicks, it would be epic 1970’s style!
So there you have it, a couple of different ways to style your fringe!
I hope this was a useful video, please check out the blog post linked in the description for more information and tutorials!
Thanks so much for watching!
Bye!
by VioletLeBeaux | Dec 5, 2012 | Art
I’ve been doing some drawings in a new sketching app. Lots of silly Bergamot comics. Make sure you subscribe to Bergamot’s website for lots more like this!
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This is totally my life:
I made up some quick Bergamot phone wallpapers too as they were requested a while ago. There’s one for each character. Click the image then click it again to save the full size. These will fit an iphone5 and in theory they should fit most phones as you can crop from the top/bottom as needed.
 
I’m loving adding Lottie to Bergamot’s cartoons. They have a bit of a love/hate relationship at the moment because Lottie’s the new little sister getting all the attention ^_^
 
Hope you enjoyed and as always let me know if you have any requests! |
