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You guys remember the Pictionary incident right? The reason that we don’t play board games in our household? Well apparently Nuffnang thought that our relationship could stand a Round 2 because they asked me to write about Scrabble. Oh yes, Scrabble.
Scrabble has a history in this house, James’ family love it. They take it VERY seriously. I suck at anything that requires me to put letters in the correct order. I’m good with numbers but not with letters >_<
But of course we’re both very competitive and also not great at following rules… rules are for suckers. Also we both cheat. And we play Scrabble with extra points if you can make a word from an internet meme or something dirty… also we have a rule that you can put down any word as long as you can justify it’s existence.
Unfortunately that leads to scenarios like this…
Some of the words in our game were not really appropriate for audiences under 18 so they have been blurred. Props if you can guess what they are (especially considering most of them don’t actually make sense and aren’t real words!).
James is famous for how long he thinks about his moves. It’s so frustrating to watch!!
But at least that leaves time for me to cheat…
The arguments we have about the words tend to last even longer than James’ thinking.
This is pretty much how all of our games end -_-‘ What can I say, I’m an only child who doesn’t do well losing…
So in the end our game looked a bit like this…
Here is a short run down of some of the words we made up and their definitions:
– DAESO- The word you use when you don’t have an “I” to spell DAISO, also possibly some kind of dance. Usage: “I’d like to do the Daeso with you”
– TAZO- The Australian version of Pogs, sadly this one is not made up.
-FUNSTUFF- What James tries to convince himself playing board games is
-XANDER- Name. Usage: “I’m a friend of XXXXXaaaaanderrrrrrrrrrrr”
-NEWT- A crusty old river boat gambler from a book we’re reading at the moment.
-MALTOSGARD- The place Norse Gods go for frosty milk shakes after a hard day’s punishing mortals
-JIRIRIIY- The word Violet uses to win the game and get rid of all her tiles. Usage “Suck it James, I win with Jiririiy!”
It’s been a while because I’ve been too busy to edit videos but here are two from this week, hope you enjoy ^_^
The first one is a very simple looped plait style that I’ve fallen in love with recently.
And the second is a Morning Make Up with my favorite pink/purple glittery look 😀
You’ll probably notice that I’m now recording voice overs for all of the videos too, not sure if I’ll do this every time but James’ new microphone is making the process a lot easier so we’ll see ^_^
Don’t forget, if you have any requests just let me know! Especially for hair things, I’m thinking to just spend a day filming a whole bunch of them next time I dye my hair.
A blog and Youtube channel about a girl and her quest to make everything sparkle. New craft, hair and beauty tutorials every week!
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.
Looped Plaited Hair Tutorial For Spring
Today I’m doing a really simple style that looks really effective: looped plaits!
Brush out your hair and separate into two even sections.
Starting just above your ear plait holding it a little away from your head so it sits out.
Roll the end of the plait up and under the start.
Pin it in place.
Take the end of the plait and push it into the start so the loose end is completely hidden.
Add more pins if you need.
Repeat on the other side, start with the plait.
Some versions of this style use a hairband at the top but I prefer pins because it makes the loops a lot rounder.
Don’t forget to hide the ends of the plait and pin it very securely.
This is what it looks like from the back.
Add some embellishments like a headband or flowers.
All done!
This style is good for a casual look or even a classic Lolita style if that’s what you’re going for.
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!
Illustrator. Strong tea, knitting, watercolours, and making a video game called Moonlight in Garland. Living with her adorable husband Jimmy, fluffy puppy Miss Lottie and Bergamot Bunny in Melbourne, Australia.
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