by VioletLeBeaux | Jul 4, 2011 | Hair-Tutorials, Tutorial, Video-Tutorials, Violet Vision Videos
A short video made for my blog on double hair buns.
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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.
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Today on Violet Vision: Puffy double buns.
The finished look.
You need a teasing comb, hair spray, hair ties, bobby pins, bows.
Brush your hair and part down the middle into two sections.
Tie into two high ponytails.
Use the comb to tease each ponytail.
Make sure they are huge.
Hair spray them.
Twist one slightly and wrap around to forn a bun.
Pin in place.
Repeat on the other side.
Hair spray and smooth over with your hands.
If they are messy, smooth more and spray.
Add a bow to each one.
Done!
Photos of the finished look available on our respective blogs.
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Thanks for watching, see you next time.
by VioletLeBeaux | Jul 2, 2011 | Craft, Other-Accessory-Tutorials, Tutorial
The obsession to use up all of those clip on earrings I got continues XD And stemming from that I found another use for the shoe clips I made: sock clips! I’ve been wearing a lot of over the knee length socks lately and most of mine are quite plain. So what better way to jazz them up than by cute clips which you can change to suit your outfit?
Same technique as before but I will run through again in case you missed it.
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What you need:
- Decorations (I’m making bows so fabric, needle and thread)
- Old clip on earrings (or just buy the clip parts from a craft store)
- Glue
- Felt (optional)
Cut out the pieces for 2 bows, 4 rectangles and 2 thin rectangles for the middle ties.
Sew the big rectangles together, turn inside out.
Wrap around the middle tie and secure in place.
Done.
Get your earring clips.
If they are still attached to earrings remove them with pliers.
Glue to the bows. Make sure they are both the same way up. Don’t burn yourself, hot glue + metal = ouch.
Optional: Add felt to cover the metal parts.
DONE! Cute socks are now yours, wear with pride and make several to match every outfit 😀
Crappy phone pic of them on, real photos to come in outfit posts! Have a good weekend everyone <3 |
by VioletLeBeaux | Jul 1, 2011 | Craft, Hair-Accessory-Tutorials, Tutorial
More scraps, more hair bows XD This time its a typical JD style double fabric bow. This is another one which has been sitting on my reader’s request list for so long that I can’t find who originally requested it >_< If it was you I’m sorry and let me know in the comments so I can update this!
End result:
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What you need:
- Fabric (scraps are usually enough)
- Scissors, needle, thread
- Sewing machine/overlocker if you don’t want to hand stitch
- Pen or something pointy
Cut your pieces out first. You need 2 large rectangles, 2 slightly smaller rectangles and a little one for the middle tie.
Place the two sets of rectangles on top of each other, good sides of the fabric facing in.
Stitch around 3 and 1/2 sides of the first rectangle set. I used an overlocker but you can do it on a sewing machine or hand stitch just as easily.
Repeat on the other set of rectangles and also on the long sides of the middle tie.
So you should have something like this where one side has a gap in it…
Open that gap up a bit…
And turn the rectangle inside out.
You’ll get something like this:
Using the tip of a pen or something pointy, poke inside and use it to wiggle the corners into points.
Now you have something like this:
Repeat on the other rectangle set.
Thread your needle.
Next fold the edges of the hole inside so it fits with the rest of the side.
Stitch it shut!
And now you’ve got this…
Put the small one on top of the large one.
Pinch in the middle so it forms a crease.
Stitch the crease in place. I generally just wrap the thread around the middle.
Time to cover it up.
Take the left over piece and fold the edges in towards the middle.
Wrap it around the thread in the middle.
Stitch the back of it in place!
Add a clip or brooch to the back and that’s it!
Fabric choice matters a lot with these bows, they generally look better with stiff fabric like this cord or thick satin as it holds shape better. From here you could easily decorate with pearls, extra ribbons or anything you like. I think this fabric looks nice enough as is though because it had a fairly busy pattern already.
Easy!
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