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Decoden Princess Mirror

by VioletLeBeaux | Jul 29, 2011 | Craft, Decoden-Tutorials, Tutorial

And here’s another random decorating junk post. My new video set up requires a little swiveling mirror so I can see what I’m doing, cue trip to Tokuya for a cheap but adorable one 😀

Result:

Cute but not as cute as it probably could be. Enter random decorations from my craft stash and a glue gun stage right:

I didn’t actually end up using anything other than the tiara and some little star beads which I’m completely in love with but sometimes things just need a little bit of decoration ^_^

The tiara has gone past it’s days of being ok to put in hair as the metal has oxidised quite severely, it’s still very pretty though so I removed it from the clip with piers and flattened it out.

I then glued it to the top of the mirror.

Added a couple of stars around the outside…

And that’s it! Very simple and it just added an extra personalised touch to everything ^_^

And I’ll show you a shot of it in action when I do the storage post on my make up area again ^_^

How To Make Stockings From Leggings

by VioletLeBeaux | Jul 28, 2011 | Clothing-Tutorials, Craft, Tutorial

So I still haven’t had time to go white stocking shopping even though you guys gave me so many awesome recommendations! In the meanwhile until I have proper shopping time I came up with a make shift solution. James was in Myer looking at cameras and he saw a discount bin full of really thick nice white leggings for $4. Score! But I don’t really wear leggings, I think they make me look a bit odd (scratch that I’m going to experiment with them more and see if I can make them work). So easy solution: buy the biggest size and sew up the ends to make them into stockings. Problem solved!

It doesn’t really need instruction but here’s some anyway…Take leggings in a much bigger size than you are…

Turn them inside out…

Making sure that you laid them out flat and the ends haven’t twisted, and sew them shut. Of course they would be much more durable if you overlocked them rather than hand stitching.

Stitches should be along the lines of this but you know, less Photoshop and more actual stitches in a matching thread…

DONE. Now put on your make shift stockings ask yourself why on earth Myer stocks 230948023958 kinds of nice opaque white/cream leggings and no *properly* opaque white/cream stockings? There is no correct answer so just go enjoy your discount stockings until you can get time off to go real shopping.

Cute Decoden Glasses Fun

by VioletLeBeaux | Jul 27, 2011 | Craft, Decoden, Other-Accessory-Tutorials, Tutorial

I have a bit of a soft spot for glasses, in fact I’ve worn them since I was around 9 years old and while my sight is a lot better now so I don’t need them for reading or distance (unless its for a long period of time) I still love the way they look! I’ve been wanting to deco a pair properly for the longest of times, mostly as just for a fun photography prop and when I realised the potential of the gold sunglasses I got from Fashion Addict I decided to take the leap.

So these are the glasses I started with:

I wasn’t a fan of how they looked on me so they had been sitting in my cupboard since I did the original post. No point having them there if I’m never going to wear them so I got to work and this is what came out:

Perfect for the diy at home purikura booth I’m planning to rig up for a tea party 😀

What I used:

Sunglasses
Deco supplies: diamantes, bows, stars etc
Epoxy glue
Pliers

First thing to do was poke out the lenses, they were really hard to break so I ended up moving the metal frames with the pliers and then forcing them free.

Lens free!

Then it was a metter of changing the shape to something a bit more suitable for my face. I achieved this by using some pliers and bending the metal into a more flat square shape. I also bent the curve around the face so it was much flatter.

One on the right done, left untouched:

Happy with the shape now, super old man style ^_^

Then I decided what I wanted the feature piece to be. I used a bow that came off a pair of Bodyline shoes.

I picked a couple of different jewels and cabachons to experiment on a style with.

I laid out the rest of the jewels to decide on the design next!

And after that it was just a matter of mixing up the glue and sticking it all down.

The top section was done first…

The around the bottoms:

I did the bottom in smaller sections because the rims were thin so I needed to wait for the glue to be tacky and balance the jewels in place. Lastly I added a little butterfly over the bow to cover the ugly string.