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Tokyo Kawaii International TV Show Appearance!

by VioletLeBeaux | May 25, 2012 | Notices

Remember I was filming stuff a while ago for a TV show?!

It’s airing today and it’s Tokyo Kawaii International 😀 😀 😀

I am so beyond excited and honored to have been asked to appear on the show, especially one about handmade kawaii fashion!

You can watch the episode online on the NHK World website below so check your local timezone for listing time over here, it’s being played several times today! I’m on at the very end, but the whole show is amazing so make sure you stay tuned!

Click here to go to the NHK World site and watch the channel in the top right corner!

Also go check out the Tokyo Kawaii.i Facebook page to let them know what you thought of the show!!

I can’t put into words how excited and grateful I am for this opportunity… being awake many hours before usual and not having had a cup of tea probably doesn’t help so I will write more about the experience when I am a bit more coherent!

Talk to you guys soon!

<3 Violet

How To Make A Beaded Bow Hair Accessory :D

by VioletLeBeaux | May 24, 2012 | Craft, Hair-Accessory-Tutorials, Tutorial

Do you know that fabric glue is totally awesome? I bought some for $2 at a craft store sale and have been abusing it since XD

So here was my first project… beaded hair accessories. I saw some of these on ebay and also in stores like Diva but making one is more fun!

You need:

Beads of various colours
Felt
Fabric glue
Alice band or hair clip

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Cut out a random piece of felt in a squiggly shape. You can plan it out before hand if you want or just cut and hope it ends up ok haha.

Start in small sections and add glue around the outlines.

Place the beads on. You can do it one by one with tweezers but I don’t have that kind of patience so I wet my finger slightly and picked up several at a time.

Once you have the outline done you can start filling in the middle.

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Use different colours to give it more depth and different effects.

When it’s completely filled in leave the whole thing to dry overnight.

Here’s another one I made which is a bit more traditionally cute ^_^

Cut a bow shape out of felt.

Add glue over the whole thing (it’s little so you can probably do the whole thing before it all dries.

Place the darker pearls around as an outline.

Fill in the middles with lighter pearls.

Once they are dry the next day glue on some more felt as little channels to the back. This is how it will grab on to the aliceband.

The little bow just needs something small to grab on to because I’m just using a bobby pin.

DONE! Now after adding the alice band or clip it’s time to wear them out with pride! 😀

Nordic Dress To Poncho Upcycling Sewing Tutorial

by VioletLeBeaux | May 23, 2012 | Clothing-Tutorials, Craft, Tutorial

You know how I’ve been having that whole wardrobe clean out thing? Well it continues as I try to change up some older clothes instead of throwing them out 😀

Today I thought I’d show how I turned a knitted dress into a comfy nordic poncho. I really loved this dress but it just never looked right on me 🙁 Something about the lack of waist and slight curved line in the bottom that just made me look odd. But I love the print so I couldn’t let it go just yet XD

First thing, a note about working with knitted fabrics like this, be VERY careful. Honestly don’t cut knitted fabric unless you’re going to be very quick in sewing it back up otherwise you will find things unravelling. You will need to either overlock all of the seams or you should use a princess seaming technique to seal in all raw edges completely.So, to turn the dress into a poncho, the first thing I did was snip off the side seams. VioletLeBeaux-Poncho-Upcycle-_6092_9298