by VioletLeBeaux | Feb 9, 2012 | Craft, Other-Tutorials, Tutorial
This craft is one for my across the globe friends who are currently enjoying Winter… or for those of us suffering through hot Summer and dreaming of cooler weather!
I LOVE window stickers. All of our windows are covered with squishy gel stars from Daiso and I have some little mini ones like this kitty that I bought at Camberwell markets. I sit at my little desk pretty much all day every day so looking through a window full of pretty stars brings a little cuteness and magic to my boring days ^_^
So being unbearably hot I decided to remind myself of the Winter with some home made snow flakes!
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Here’s how I did it…You need:
- Puff paint (you can buy special window paint but puff paint is cheaper and your local junk/craft store will be more likely to have it)
- Baking paper
- A pen/pencil to draw out your design.
When I took the photos for this I was using aluminium foil as my surface but that ended up being quite annoying during the removal stage so I used baking paper all of the other times. If you don’t have baking paper you can just do it on regular paper and then soak it until the paper disintegrates off later.
So anyway back to the instructions 😀
Draw your design on to your baking paper, because it’s slightly transparent you can draw the design onto the back of the paper if you want to make sure no pen gets on the end product.
This was my basic design.
Now draw on top of your design with the puff paint. You want to make the lines fairly thick because it shrinks a bit when it dries.
I experimented with different sizes before I found the best one for the consistency of my paint. My end products were around 5cm in diameter but yours might change depending on the paint you’re using.
Too small and you’ll end up with a runny mess 😉
So leave them to dry overnight, it needs to be completely dry before you try to remove.
To get them off just gently peel an edge of the paper. You may need to be careful with any small edges.
Taadaa!
The baking paper buckles slightly when it’s wet so the back has a cut looking wavy effect.
To stick them to the window just moisten the back and press it to the window 😀
So easy to do and so pretty. You can make any shape you want, I’ve just gotten some new paints so I’m going to make a whole lot of these for all over the house 😀 Haha maybe all of you on the other side of the world can make some Summer themed ones! |
by VioletLeBeaux | Feb 9, 2012 | Beauty, Review
Bourjois Ultra Glamour Curl Mascara
Price: $20
Obtained: Bought
Thoughts:
This was the first mascara that I ever bought that I really liked. I’d had many in the years previous but none that I was ever really satisfied with until I picked this up on a whim while on holidays 2 years ago. And years later it’s still my go to mascara so I think that says quite a lot right there. The formula is fairly thick but I haven’t found it to be clumpy at all, it coats easily and stays put through the day. The curved brush makes application quite easily on the top lashes. I prefer to use another mascara for the bottom lashes though because white the formula is good, the brush is a little unwieldily for the bottom. All in all, it just works! It looks good, and the formula really works for me.
My main complaint is the packaging, it’s very pretty with the metallic pink and mat black tube but it gets dirty so easily that I find myself cleaning it often, even in the photos above it looks very dirty.
Would I buy Bourjois Ultra Glamour Curl Mascara again: Yes. I will definitely continue to buy it!
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by VioletLeBeaux | Feb 8, 2012 | Craft, Other-Tutorials, Tutorial
Here’s another very simple hime gyaru phone strap that I made to use as some inspiration ^_^ Even if you don’t have these exact materials you could easily substitute or just use the base idea to create something much more elaborate 😀
I used an old hair tie with a bow on it and a pretty hair clip which had broken.
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I snipped off the hairband and removed the clips. I use felt for the backing of clips like this to cover all of the joins. So after deciding on placement I cut out the shape of felt.
I glued it all together.
Then added a jewellery loop at the top with a second piece of felt to anchor it.
Phone strap attached…
DONE!
Two old hair accessories recycled into something pretty and new which will be a great gift for a friend 😀
I am loving making things like this, I keep fantasizing about when we have a bigger house and I’m able to have a craft room again. I can totally imagine myself sitting around all day and making phone straps and things, who knows maybe I would even have a little shop, that sounds like so much fun 😀 *dreaming* |
