by VioletLeBeaux | Dec 23, 2009 | Competition, Notices
Ok everyone sorry for the delay but I’m back online now and better than ever!
Now it’s a few days late but here is the official announcement of the winner of the deco headphones 😀
I had my lovely assistant James help with drawing a winner.
We made cut outs for all of the entries, put them in a mixing bowl and stirred.
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While looking the other way James picked a name out and it was…..
Stretching out the dramatic pause just a little bit mooooore……….
Congrats to Samantha, I’ve already emailed and as soon as she gets back to me with her address I’ll have them posted off in no time ^_^
Thanks to everyone who entered and thanks for being patient while I’ve been away! I promise more cool updates soon 😀
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by VioletLeBeaux | Dec 13, 2009 | Competition, Decoden, Notices
Well I promised you all a competition and here it is, win yourself some deco headphones!
To celebrate relocating my blog to my own domain I’m offering you all a chance to win the headphones I deco’d for today’s tutorial, all you need to do is spread the word about my new blog!
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About the prize:
These headphones are completely new, I tested them to make sure they worked but have never worn them. According to the box they are “HiFi Stereo” but I haven’t tested that. They have a standard 3.5mm jack. Other specs from the back of the box are available on request.
I used epoxy glue, acrylic diamantes, a large heart bead and a pink ribbon bow to decorate them. They are decorated by hand and are therefore unique and with the imperfections that come with hand made items.
The winner will receive a hand written letter from me as well 🙂
How to enter:
Because the site is quite new I want to get the word out about it so to enter for a chance of winning I need your help telling as many people about the new site as possible…
All you need to do to enter the draw is comment and leave an email address for me to contact you through. If you tweet or blog about it please leave another comment with links for me to see 🙂
Comment = 1 entry
Follow me via Google Friend Connect or RSS = 1 entry
Tweet about it = 2 extra entries
Blog about it = 5 extra entries
Eg.
If you follow me and comment to let me know you get 2 entries.
If you follow me, comment and write a blog entry you get 7 entries.
^_^
This competition is open to anyone no matter where you live.
The winner will be drawn randomly so the more entries you have the more chances to have to win.
This competition will close on Midnight Friday 18th of December 2009 (Brisbane, Australia time). The winner will be announced the following Monday and contacted by email.
Enjoy!
Good luck everyone can’t wait to see who wins the deco headphones!
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by VioletLeBeaux | Dec 13, 2009 | Competition, Craft, Decoden, Decoden-Tutorials, Tutorial
Hello, today I have a tutorial on deco headphones!
Wow I can’t believe it’s already the last day of my super awesome week of tutorials! It feels like I’ve been at my new address for much longer and I’m loving it!
I’ve been promising a deco tutorial for ages, it was going to be my laptop but I decided to go with a smaller design to start off some of you guys that are beginners 🙂
The fun part about this tutorial is that you can win the end product of deco headphones, but more on that later!
So first you need some headphones! I bought these ones to do, they are just fairly standard ear buds, the only thing special about them is that the coloured outside bit clips on and you can change colour… cool idea but they only included one of each colour so you can’t have a matching set >_< I didn’t even notice until I got home!
Apologies that these photos are a little dark, James was out when I did it so I didn’t have his lighting/camera expertise!
The deco technique I’ll be showing you today is called paving.
I decided to make one headphone pink and one blue so I attached the corresponding colour clip.
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Gather all of your materials and decorations together. I suggest that you lay down some paper towel or tissues to work on so you can see everything easily and you don’t get your work surface all glue-y.
The type of glue I am using is called “Epoxy”, it comes in 2 tubes one is resin and one is hardener. There are other types of glue available for deco but epoxy is the strongest and most hard wearing, if you use a decent amount your jewels won’t be going anywhere! Epoxy is good for rigid surfaces (like plastic), it is not good for things that need to bend (like fabric). It comes in different formulas which take different lengths of time to dry, for a project like this use the 5min one. Also unlike some other glues it doesn’t smell bad so you won’t pass out from the fumes ^_^
We need to start with the largest items we’re going to glue. That’s an important rule of paving deco, put the big pieces in and then fill the gaps with everything else. |
So squeeze out an even amount of glue from each tube onto a piece of plastic. I just used the packet that some of my diamantes came in.
Using an orange stick mix the two bubbles of glue together. Make sure the consistency is even and it’s mixed well.
I’m going to put a bow on my pink headphone first so using the orange stick I apply a little glue to the back of the bow and also to the headphone where it’s going.
Hold it in place until the glue becomes tacky then allow it to dry completely.
Repeat the process on the other side. I decided to use a bead shaped like a heart on this one. Apply the glue…
Hold the jewel in place.
For paving you need a lot of jewels in different sizes. Rather than buying 1000 of each size if you are doing a small project like this check the scrapbooking section of your local craft store for pre-stuck designs like the photo below. It has many different sizes.
Because they already have a sticky backing on them, they’re fairly useless to glue, you’ll find that if you use the provided sticky back they will eventually slide off your item or if you glue them with the backing on they will still fall off because the glue isn’t touching the actual jewel. So you need to gently pull the sticky backing off… I stick it to my finger and use my nail to pry them free.
And you should be left with this:
Now for this project you need some larger coloured diamantes too..
To pick up the diamantes one by one I find the easiest way is using a match stick with a piece of blutac on the end. New blutac is too sticky so roll it on carpet or fabric first so it picks up some dust and isn’t as sticky ^_^ Other people I know use tweezers but I find that awkward.
Starting with the pink bud add glue to a small strip down the back.
Starting with the largest jewels again place a line of 3mm pink diamantes straight down the back.
While the glue around it is still wet fill in around the edges with tiny clear diamantes. The key to this looking good is to try to fill in every single little gap as much as you can. Wait for it to dry before continuing.
Once the back is dry continue on the side,place a row of large pink diamantes and fill in around it with clear. It’s kind of like making a mosaic, trying to find the right gems to fit the right spot.
When that side is dry continue around to the other side until the jewels meet in the middle, the entire thing should be covered. When you’re done it should look a little like this:
Now let’s start on the other side! The principle is the same, but this time use blue jewels instead of pink ^_^
Do the sides first and then keep going until the jewels meet in the middle.
Once everything is completely dry it’s time to tackle that last little white bit where the cord comes from…
Holding it by the ear piece cover that in clear diamantes.
So then leave it to dry! If you think it needs it, you can give the entire jeweled area a clear top coat. I don’t generally do it because if you are using acrylic jewels it can melt the top layer and make the facets of the jewel less obvious. If you decide to top coat then go with a quick dry clear nail polish. This is what you end up with when you’re done…
Haha you can tell that James can home and took these pictures because they’re so arty!
I think pastel blue and pink look so cute together ^_^
You can see the paving a little more clearly here…
I hope you enjoyed this and it helped! If you have any questions feel free to ask and I’ll do my best to answer 🙂
Now if you love the ones I made and can’t be bothered making your own you have a chance to win them! Click here to see for yourself how you can get your pretty hands on the deco headphones ^_^
by VioletLeBeaux | Dec 7, 2009 | Competition, Notices
“Kichi” suggested by Esz
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Congratulations Esz and thank you to everyone who voted and entered! Kichi is very happy with her new name and I’ll be decoing her soon so she’s all dressed up!
I’ve contacted Esz via email so you’ll all just have to wait to see what she’s going to request for the tutorial, I think it’s going to be great!
I’ll see you all later today to kick off my week of awesome posts!
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by VioletLeBeaux | Nov 30, 2009 | Competition, Notices
Wow you guys all really came through with the entries for my name my JVC Picsio camera competition! So many entries 😀
So here is a list of everyone’s entries, scroll down to see the finalists and vote for your favorite ^_^
Nixxy- Joey Jo-Jo Shabadoo!
Rumtumtigger- Naomi, Ayumi
Angel- Coco
Hear Mum Roar- Penelope
Karla- ickle
Dyra- kuchi-kuchi
TrayTable- Minnie, Handie
Jaede- Miss Indiana Jones
Naka- Pikachu, Kirby
Esz- Peko, Kichi, Beebi
Abby- Happy Days, Happy Damsel Inc, Heart Diamond (made out of pictures), Just Violets Camera
Kara- Susan
Jillian- Equine, Jillian
Auroragyps- Blinky
Moon- Hontas
Lolitadewdrop- Finky/Francis
There were so many cute entries that it was quite hard to narrow it down to 3… dun dun duuuuuuun dramatic pause…
Coco (suggested by Angel)
Kichi (suggestd by Esz)
Minnie (suggested by Traytables)
So if you want to cast your vote just do so on the side bar, votes close at midnight my time on Friday and the winner will be announced next Monday. <3
by VioletLeBeaux | Nov 24, 2009 | Competition, Notices, Violet Vision Videos
Hey everyone, I have something a bit fun for you all today 😀 So as you would all know I’ve been doing some fun videos lately and to do them I had to buy myself a new video camera. I wanted something HD but small enough that I could just pop it into my handbag.
After much umm-ing and ah-ing and comparing of specs I decided to buy a JVC Picsio.
I think I made an awesome choice because not only is it cute, for a tiny little thing it’s good quality too. I’m going to leave the technical review to James when he gets a chance but if you want to read more here is a good review which compares all of the current mini HD cameras on the market.
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Now I have a habit of naming all of my appliances, my iphone is called Ruri, my computer is called Sophie and my old laptop is called Edward (no not after the stupid vampire!). I wanted to deco it but I’ve decided to wait until it has a name…And this is where you guys come in… my new camera needs a name!
The winner will get to request a tutorial/video/post about whatever they like (within reason obviously eg. no I will not do a tutorial on pole dancing).
So what you need to do is submit your favorite idea for a name in a comment here or a message to me on twitter. I’ll pick the best 3 and then everyone will vote for a winner. You have until midnight this Friday (Australian Eastern Standard Time) to submit your idea then voting will start on Monday.
If you’re stuck for ideas here is some information about it!
The camera is super tiny and super light, here it is next to my iphone…
I bought one of those gorilla stand thingies so it can go anywhere and likes to adventure… even hanging off the side of a table.
It lives in a little pink case in my hand bag and once we’ve picked a name I’m going to cover it in deco goodness.
It has this cool finish on the front that kind of looks like quilting…
There are lots of fun buttons on the back…
So there you go! I’m looking forward to seeing what names you guys come up with and what tutorials/posts you request ^_^
Now here are some posts that are coming up over the next few weeks just so you don’t request them 😉
-Craft tutorial: how to make a cute display for holding/organising headbands
-Hair tips/how arrange flowers in hime style hair for maximum effect
-Ideas on organizing your space for blogging (including a tutorial on customizing an ordinary lighting/a lamp like this one from Buyster into something adorable)
-Tip for decorating a cute Christmas tree
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