This is a video I made around a year ago which I have had to reupload with different music because of a glitch. More info below, thanks very much for watching!
This is a crochet tutorial made for my blog. It is an easy project for beginners who want to do an actual project. The end result is a stuffed bunny rabbit.
The corresponding post with photo instructions and more details can be found over here: http://bit.ly/ux8a3y
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The music is the loop “Carnival” from Garageband.
The theme song was created for me by Blue Crane Design. .
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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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Music: Garageband unless otherwise credited
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Crochet Tutorial for Beginners: Pink Bunny Rabbit Instructions
This is a little tutorial on the basics of crochet.
There is an accompanying blog post with photo instructions over at www.VioletLeBeaux.com
I learned from friends, books and videos so my techniques may not be 100% accurate but they’ve worked for me so far!
Enjoy and good luck with your bunny!
Finished bunny!
You need a crochet hook and yarn.
Take the end of the yarn, tie a knot but don’t pull the end through.
Use your hook to pick up the yarn in the middle.
Pull the two ends of yarn downwards.
Pull the ends apart to tighten the knot around the hook.
Wrap the yarn around the hook, front to back. It’s kind of clockwise.
Twist the hook to face down and slide the loop off the top.
The hook will catch the yarn you just wrapped around it.
Repeat to make 20 stitches.
Wrap and hook through, wrap and hook through etc.
Stop once you have done 20 chains.
This is a foundation chain!
Done! Top and bottom.
Now chain two more stitches.
Hold the end of the chain in an “L” with the extra two chains at the bottom.
Let’s make the first row.
Skipping the 2 extra chains, push the hook through the 3rd one.
Wrap the yarn around the hook.
Pull the hook down and through the loop.
The hook will catch the yarn you wrapped and pull it through to make a new stitch.
Wrap the yarn around again.
Pull the hook down and through again.
This time go through the two loops on the hook.
It forms a new stitch again.
And that completes the whole stich and takes us back to the first step again.
So the start again… push the hook through the next loop.
Wrap the yarn.
Pull it through the first loop, wrap the yarn again, pull it through the other loops.
Back at step 1!
Full transcript on my blog or turn on closed captions.
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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Music: Garageband unless otherwise credited
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Hello good morning, Today I’m going to do the most requested video that I get in the comments which is a hair care video. Yay.
So I guess I’ll start with basics first, what exactly do I do to take care of my hair?
I don’t actually have that much of a routine which is probably why I’ve put this video off for so long.
Because it’s not really easy to say I do this, this and this because I’m really lazy so my routine changes so often because of what I have on hand or what I have in the cupboard or what is within arm’s reach.
Once a month or once every 6 weeks I’ll dye my regrowth blonde. I use Loreal prelightener.
I usually do the pink every 2 weeks. The pink that I use is Paint Box.
They are a subsidiary of Fudge and I use Pretty Flamingo and also the lighter Pink Moon.
I’ve already done a video on how I do the pink so I’ll just do the pink when I’m washing my hair.
So far as actually washing my hair, I probably do it maybe twice a week and rather than using shampoo anymore I’ve switched over to using Baking Soda.
I like baking soda because it’s quite gentle, it’s natural and it works really well.
Using it has really improved the condition of my hair since switching from regular shampoo.
Also you can use it as a dry shampoo which you would have seen in my previous video somewhere up here.
So far as conditioner I generally use the stuff that comes with my blonde hair dye.
I find I don’t like to use too much of it because I find my hair is a little bit oily around the roots.
So I’ve been using the KMS quick dry thing. Basically it’s a
two layer thing and you shake it up and spray it on your wet hair and it dries really quickly after that.
Probably cuts down drying time by like three quarters. So I love it.
I avoid using heat on my hair as much as possible so I don’t like to blow dry my hair too much unless it’s really really cold and you’re using the blow dryer for warmth.
So I try to do pin curls if I have time the night before.
Also if I just want wavy hair like this, wearing my hair in a bun overnight works really well.
I’ve recently started using this big comb thing to brush out all of the tangles.
For the full transcript check my blog or turn on captions.
The last edition to my big window make over is a pretty window box full of fake flowers ^_^
I searched EVERYWHERE for a nice window box. We went to so many shops and everywhere either only had horrible ugly ones or had nothing. Even Ikea was sold out ;_; So I decided to just make one. It ended up being quite easy too so read on for more 😀
For the basic box I chose some ugly brown plastic planters from Tokuya which were $2.80 each. To fix the brown-ness I spray painted them white.We live in apartment so spray painting is not the easiest. This time I laid out a lot of paper in the alley way downstairs but it still didn’t catch the overflow, so for the next project I worked out a way to do it inside the apartment using a series of boxes.
Ugly clothes are very much required for painting.
We gave each box two coats.
Then flipped them to do the other sides.
Once dry I took them back inside and fixed them to the railings with wire because they are very light. To pretty it up a bit and hide the wires I added some plastic white picket fencing I also found at Tokuya for $2.80. This was tied on using white ribbon so it didn’t add more wire.
The wire holding the box is behind.
And the ribbons holding the picket is in front.
Getting there but they are still pretty plain looking so it’s tie to add some flowers!
It’s too cold to plant any of the things we actually wanted and I have a bit of reputation for killing plants so we decided to use fake flowers for now so it would be pretty during winter and then consider using some actual flowers or herbs in Summer.
Trust me, it’s better that real plants don’t live in our house, I’ve managed to kill strawberries that James managed to bring back to life 6 months later, it wasn’t pretty >_<
Anyway I used a piece of plastic sheeting for the top and a bunch of left over flowers from other projects.
I cut the plastic sheeting to make sure it was a very snug fit. Once in the box I didn’t want it flying out the first time it got windy!
I settled on a colour scheme for the flowers next and laid them all out.
Starting at the corners and going all the way around the edges I hot glued each flower one by one. Hot glue was the best choice for this as it is reasonably weather proof.
Done!
And here’s the second one ready to go into the other box.
Slotted in place they look pretty good!
Very colourful and pretty 😀
Lastly I added some curtain ties also from Tokuya which fit the garden theme.
Looking pretty good!
And that’s my windows all finished! I’m very happy with them, it really brightens the whole place up and makes it a pleasure to work in the living room now!
Now enjoy some more gratuitous photos of them!
The flowers got their first taste of the rain the next day and held up perfectly. In fact it’s been around 3 weeks since I finished them and they still look as good as the day I put them out so yay for weather proof!
I finally found a friend who would let me play around with her short hair! Everyone say thank you to Stef for letting me experiment on her 😀
Today Stef challenged me to try out a big hime pouf in her short hair. She has super shiny healthy hair so getting the volume needed was definitely a challenge!
We’ve got plenty of styles to try so if you have any requests let me know in the comments!
Check out Stef’s blog over here: http://girl-3000.com/
Stef’s Youtube Channel: TBA
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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Music: Garageband unless otherwise credited
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Short Hair Hime Pouf Hair Instructions
Hello!
Meet Stef, she has short hair and it totally awesome.
This time Stef challenged me to see if I could get a proper volumous pouf in her short hair.
Grab a 1 inch section at the front and put it to the side.
The basic technique is the same as the long haired version though I didn’t have a rat the right colour so I had to tease her hair.
Take a section behind it and tease/spray the bajeebus out of it.
We started with curled hair so that helped with volume too.
Lightly tease the first section you set aside and lay it over the pouf.
Just tease the back part of it, we want the front to be nice and smooth.
Spray it in place of course.
What would this be without hairspray?
The sides needed more volume so I teased small sections there too, brushed them back and pinned in place.
Honestly I find this a little easier with short hair because you don’t have to worry about the ends as much.
And as with the top I brushed some more hair over for a smooth finish.
And that’s it really, same technique as with long hair and just as cute with short!
Thanks very much to Stef for being my awesome model/victim for the day.
Don’t forget to check out Stef’s health and lifestyle blog Read Shop Cook.
Her link is in the description below.
I hope this was a useful video, please check out the bog post linked in the description for more information and tutorials.
Thanks so much for watching!
Bye!
My dirty clothes tend to end up on the floor. It’s a problem, mostly the problem is laziness. Partially the problem was I didn’t have a laundry basket in the bedroom.
Problem solved by making a super cute one!
Here’s the page from the Home Sweet Home Diary!
Dirty Clothes.
How can I store them? I hate those floppy baskets that always end up falling down! This sucks.
Solution?
$12 Bin painted up cutely 😀 I made a liner with an old dress. Looking pretty good now! Goodbye ugly dirty clothes!
Let’s get started!
This is the bin that I picked up from a junk store for $12. It’s not the prettiest thing in the world but not bad!
I painted it with acrylic paint mixed with PVA glue.
It took several coats and needed to have a base coat of the PVA so it stuck properly. Had I been thinking before I started I would have just laid down some masking tape but I didn’t so after finished I cleaned it up by scraping the extra off.
Once it was all dry I needed to make a liner. I used an old Bodyline dress which had a pretty serious stain on it. The best thing about using an old dress is that most of the sewing is already done!
Measuring how far down to make the frill so it overlaps the handles:
And the inside before it’s sewn up.
This is the dress I recycled, I wore it pretty much to death so now I’m going to be recycling it into several different things so the pretty pattern isn’t lost!
First was the frill to hold it in place in the top. I used elastic but you could also use a drawstring.
Inside out with the elastic it looks like a bubble skirt XD
Make sure your elastic has enough stretch that it can easily get on and off the bin otherwise the whole thing is a bit pointless XD
After sewing on the elastic:
Now to fix the bottom so the clothes don’t just fall out the other end! First I removed the straps (I’ll make hair ties with these later)
Then I removed the detailing at the top and cut it off in a nice straight line so it was easy to sew. I’ll remake that pretty detailing into a collar or something else pretty too.
Then it was just a matter of sewing up the bottom!
Easy!!
And it fits quite a lot of clothes in it too which is good because I hate doing laundry XD
And pop the lid back on and you can hide all of James’ gross dirty socks!!
Pretty cute solution, what do you guys think?
My home is starting to come together well! It’s much tidier already 😀
The house make over Home Sweet Home style continues with another really easy yet extremely effective project… wall papering doors with wrapping paper! And it’s a built in photo back drop 😀
Our bedroom has no windows, it only has a big sliding door and matching side glasses. It is very pretty but it does kind of suck for lighting. They look really plain and boring so I always want to jazz them up into some kind of feature.I’ve done this before but last time I didn’t think it through fully so after a few months it turned into this…
This time I measured and thought about the colours I was buying.
You need:
Wrapping paper
Thin double sided tape
Measuring tape
Scissors
So first step, measure the place you want to cover. Seriously. Do it really well. Measure twice, cut once and all those sayings are true. It’s much easier to do this right now then to screw around with it when you’re standing on a stool on one leg leaning across to try to put the last bit of tape in.
Pull off all of the old paper.
Clean the windows very thoroughly.
Lay the paper out flat. I’m using $2 a roll wrapping paper from the junk store, you can use real wall paper but it’s very expensive and hard to find in Aus.
I layered the old paper on there to cut around but you can just measure and rule your shape on.
So cut it all out.
If you don’t have a ruler long enough you can carefully fold it into shape and cut along the line very carefully.
Repeat until all of your rectangles are cut out.
Now bring them back in and grab your double sided tape. I don’t recommend using poster dots unless you have a heap of them because these tend to be quite heavy. Much cheaper to use a roll of double sided tape.
So to stick it on you need to have everything ready at once, stick a long line of tape all the way along the top.
Add several along the middle, bottom and sides too.
Peel the top tape and carefully stick the paper to it starting at once side and going across. Next peel the middle pieces of tape and smooth it down. Do the bottom last. Press all over it firmly. Cut any random pieces which stick out along the sides with a scalpel. My windows were poorly constructed so they weren’t exactly square making it a pain in the butt.
Repeat over and over again until you’re all done and that’s it! Notice the floor full of scraps from the tape XD
I was so happy with how it turned out that I took a photo in my pajamas XD
And in photos it just looks fantastic! So happy with them and they really brighten up the room!
Nice and easy so anyone could do it and it cost very little! One step closer to my Home Sweet Home!
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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