by VioletLeBeaux | Jan 28, 2013 | Craft, Home Sweet Home Tutorials, Storage/Utility-Tutorials, Tutorial
We’re back to Home Sweet Home again, well kind of. I promised I would go back through all of the things I hadn’t posted about so today I’ll show you how I did the biggest change to the kitchen: the splashback.
The after:
Again, we rent so I wasn’t allowed to do anything permanent but I really hated the colour of the glass splashback. This make over cost under $10 and all it needed was some pretty wrapping paper and clear book covering contact.
This was the kitchen before:
Before I decided to do this I did several test to make sure it would be waterproof and the heat of the stove top wouldn’t effect it either. Mine was fine because we never use the back burners but I would suggest you test VERY thoroughly as you wouldn’t want it to be a fire hazard. You can also find contact which was made specifically for the kitchen but none of the shops I visited had it. I have since decided I don’t like the pattern of this because there isn’t enough green in it and I found some shops online which sell patterned kitchen contact by the meter so I’m going to buy some and I’ll let you know how that goes!
Anyway back to it!
I removed everything from the benches and cleaned the glass very well.
I chose this wrapping paper because it was full of the colours I was theming the house on, when it was a small area rolled up I really liked it but on the huge area of the wall it was a bit busy.
I cut the wrapping paper so it fit exactly the size of the space. I then cut another 1cm off around it so there was a gap for the edges of the contact to stick to. I attached the wrapping paper to the wall using strips of thin double sided tape all over it.
The contact was much thinner so I used several vertical stripes instead of horizontal ones. I carefully applied strip by strip making sure it stuck to the thin area of glass around the paper, overlapped each previous one slightly and had no air bubbles. This took quite a long time but the results were worth it.
And that was it! Done and dusted. It took quite a while but it was certainly better than the blue. I’m looking forward to seeing the green version once I’ve order it!
by VioletLeBeaux | Jan 21, 2013 | Craft, Decoden, Decoden-Tutorials, Tutorial, Video-Tutorials, Violet Vision Videos
Just a quick video while I edit the rest of my backlog. A lot of people asked for a tutorial on how I did the decoden on my phone case so this time I actually filmed a video and included the basics. Spreading the glue out like this is the quickest technique but it’s a lot neater if you place a dot of glue on each jewel as you go. .
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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.
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How to make a decoden bling bunny phone case.
Today I’ll show you guys how I made my decoden iPhone case.
It’s Spring themed and uses a Bergamot Bunny charm.
First lay the main design out so you can see how it looks.
Mix equal parts of epoxy glue.
Make sure to mix it evenly.
Cover the backs of the large piece and glue down.
Draw small lines of glue down from the small flowers and add mini green jewels as stems.
Repeat with the taller flowers and larger green jewels.
You can either place lines of glue or dot each jewel with glue as you place it.
Do the largest flower with even larger jewels.
Add some small lines of mini green jewels randomly as grass.
Now flip to the other end and go all around the edges and camera hole with pearls.
Now it’s just a matter of filling everything in with more pearls.
Work from the outside into the middle.
Try to only do small sections at a time.
You can move the last few pearls around so everything fits nicely and there are no gaps.
Allow to dry and it’s done.
That’s it! Just let it dry properly overnight.
DONE!
Hope you enjoyed the tutorial and thanks for watching!
by VioletLeBeaux | Jan 16, 2013 | Craft, Other-Accessory-Tutorials, Tutorial
These wrapping bracelets have been in a lot of stores lately but they’re so easy to make that I really don’t think they’re worth spending much money on.
You need:
- Thread or yarn
- Beads
- Basic knowledge of how to plait
Cut 3 long strands of yarn and tie the ends in a knot. Leave a little extra before the knot so you can make a tie later with it.
This is easiest to do with something holding the yarn steady, I used a bead container and closed the lid on the thread.
String a heap of beads onto each thread. I started with 6 on each strand, you can always add some more later.
Start plaiting. Move the right thread over and to the center.
Move the left thread over and to the center.
Push the first bead up the middle thread and place it in the center of the plait.
Move the right thread around the bead and to the center. The bead is now trapped.
Move the left thread to the center and push up another bead. Continue the plait like this, every time you move the thread on the left to the center, push up another bead.
It will look something like this:
Plait until you run out of beads or it’s as long as you wanted. I think these look really cute when they wrap around a couple of times.
Plait the loose ends at the beginning and tie them in a loop.
Plait the rest of the yarn without the beads and then tie the end into a large knot.
You can push the knot through the loop to secure it.
Done!
Now you can experiment with different materials, I make one with wire too and it was really pretty!
These make really nice presents too!
Hope you found it useful, let me know if you tried it out!
by VioletLeBeaux | Dec 20, 2012 | Craft, Miss Lottie Pomeranian, Storage/Utility-Tutorials, Tutorial
Miss Lottie’s fanclub totally spoils her rotten. Kim, who is her #1 fan bought Lottie an adorable strawberry house!
She absolutely loved it so I decided to customise it to match the lovely card Kim painted too!
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I decided the easiest way to do it was needle felting.
I laid out the letters in pink wool.
And pinned them in so I could see the placement well.
One by one I added thicker white wool to the top of each letter then thicker pink to the bottom. I blended them together so they looked like the watercolour that Kim did.
Here’s a closer view.
And after the finishing touches…
You can see the colours more clearly here when it’s a bit darker:
The verdict from Lottie was pretty clear!
So perfect for her!
I’m sure she doesn’t know the difference but I smile every time I look at it! Thank you Kim!!! |
by VioletLeBeaux | Dec 13, 2012 | Craft, Home Sweet Home Tutorials, Storage/Utility-Tutorials, Tutorial
One of the things I wanted to make in the Home Sweet Home project was a notice board. I made one when we lived in Brisbane but it was too big to bring with us so I have been making do since moving here.
We have a massive glass door which leads to our bedroom so I figured that was the perfect place to put one! This is the result:
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Now it’s up, I really like it but I’m debating whether I would rather just cover the glass with some nice paper and put the board and polaroids/business cards somewhere else. That’s for another day though so today I’ll just show how I made all of this!
You need:
- Cardboard
- Foam/corkboard/something to stick pins into (I’m using the rest of that old yoga mat)
- Fabric to cover it all
- Decorations: popsicle sticks, paint, lace etc
- Hot glue
I was reusing old supplies for most of this.
Cover the cardboard in foam and hot glue it down. I used that same old yoga mat and because there wasn’t much left I made a bit of a patchwork XD
Next cover it all with fabric. Again I was using scraps so I did it in two sections.
Tadaa 😀
The finish was a bit rough so I glued thick elastic around the edges and middle. This made it look more like a window. You could easily use ribbon or something else similar.
So far:
Now I wanted to make a little white picket fence to go around it too so I used popsicle sticks.
I snipped off one of the ends…
Painted them all white…
And left them to dry while I did the next part.
I decided to hold this on to the glass using some double sided tape.
Here it is on the wall:
Then I added the popsicle sticks in a picket fence design over the top. It turned out that having the sticks over the top of the board made it too thick to slide back into the wall. Boo! I ended up removing that section and leaving the rest.
Decoration time now! I used some green yarn to hang from the top of the boards to the sides of the door.
I used little pegs to hold photos there.
I made matching swoops of yarn on the other panels.
It wasn’t quite fancy enough so I added some little flowers around the fences and drew in some grass with a green whiteboard marker.
Lastly I made our initials out of pearls and added them to the top.
All done!
I love that all my photos and pretty things are on display like this.
 
But I’m not sure if this is going to be the room’s final incarnation or if I’ll recover it.
I think I’m coming to accept a bit more that my house is always going to be a work in progress! 😀 |
by VioletLeBeaux | Dec 11, 2012 | Craft, Hair, Hair-Tutorials, Tutorial
Ever wanted to make your own hair curlers? I haven’t really but I did want to see if foam rollers would work in my hair so I set out to give it a try!
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You need:
- This foam or an old yoga mat which is what I used.
- Scissors
- Pen
They are extremely easy to make, you just need to cut the following shape:
It’s basically a heart at the top and a squiggle at the bottom, it looks a bit like a key. Make sure to cut a hole in the heart and a line down the squiggle. Really you could just do a circle at the top but the heart is cuter 😉
Repeat depending on how many you need. I decided on 6 because I wanted to use them for a light wave effect in my hair.
Before you use them make sure the end of the squiggle is the right size to be pulled through the hole in the heart. This is how they will stay together.
Now to use them, brush your hair out and hairspray it. Grab a section of hair and poke it through the cut in the squiggle.
Roll the whole thing upwards to your head.
Poke the end of the squiggle through the hole in the heart and it will stay in place.
Repeat with the other sections of hair. Where you place the curlers will effect the kind of curl you get in the end.
Sleep with them in overnight. I actually found these to be more comfortable than pin curls as they are so squishy. In the morning unravel them all very carefully.
The curls are just a little wavy rather than spiraly. If you want tighter curls you need to do smaller sections.
After brushing through and styling they look quite pretty!
You get the pretty waves without taking up time in the morning or putting in much effort.
And from the back:
Overall I would call this a success, the rollers worked well for the wavy effect I was looking for. I may make some more so I can get a variety of curl shapes too. What do you think? |
