Arts and crafts bring Yolanda and her daughter closer together. They dress up Sofia’s Barbie doll with these fun DIY accessories: http://bit.ly/1FidNcr
Ruby and Little Lady use a beautiful DIY project to explore gratitude. And Little Lady shares some ideas about what her Barbie doll might be thankful for! Read the story here: http://bit.ly/12kSgxA
All of these are incredibly easy to recreate, and I had a lot of fun putting together the video. Would any of you wear a butterfly in your hair? I was thinking these accessories would be great for any summer music festivals, renaissance festivals, or pride parades.
How cute are these? They’re super cheap to make and don’t take a lot of time either. Bonus, you can use these mini crates in so many cute and rustic ways: use them as mini centerpieces for meals, store your jewelry & tiny stuff or even make them into candle holders. Quite useful and you can have them in any colour.
What you need for this idea:
Popsicle Sticks
Glue (the good kind, that dries fast)
Water in a container
Toothpicks
Scissors
Paints (any kind works)
What you need to do:
Soak the popsicle sticks in water for a few minutes. This makes them easy to cut.
Cut them into 12 pieces. 8 of a slightly bigger size and 4 small.
Paint the 12 pieces of wood & 4 toothpicks.
Stick 2 shot sticks to 2 long sticks and add a toothpick before that. Make 2 sets. Make sure to leave a slight gap between the two parallel sticks.
Stick the 2 sets made together to form a rectangle/square.
Cut the toothpicks to the edge of the rectangle.
Stick the 4 remaining pieces together to form a base for the crate.
Paste the base to the rectangle made earlier. And Done!
Things to keep in mind:
Let the sticks dry before you try to stick them together. Damp wood does not stick well.
Get fast drying glue that dries up quickly when you’re sticking the edges. Otherwise they edge will move, making the crate wonky.
I am finally done with Jumin’s room Jumin my Husband ~ !! I was in this project for so long^^ FINALLY done^^ shall change up for after wedding with jumin’s room
Ahahaha in some photos jumin looks like he is reprimanding Elizabeth the 3rd or he is finding Elizabeth
a few years ago (dear lord, that makes me sound so old) I wanted to make a very special birthday present for my best friend who happenes to be a Whovian, just like me.
And I thought I could get a nice River Song Journal. But all those you can find online are either crappy or waaayyy to expensive.
So I decided to do what I can do best Save the day! caughingSorry, it wont happen again. I decided to make one myself.
The reason this post is coming now: I just found the old pictures and want to share my thoughts and the struggles I had trough the process. Maybe I can inspire others or help you creating your very own River Song Journal.
Lean back and enjoy the show:
First I did some research and stuff cuz I wanted to create something as accurate as possible.
(1) I googled around a little for the Color
or this, same color code tho.
But they didn’t sell that in my local art store so screw that I had to mix my own color! (a picture will appear later in the process, like a wilde bulbasaur or something)
I’ll just get some shades of blue, a white and a black one in order to … improvise.
I went shopping
A blank hardcover Notebook; the Colours; carton; glue; Tissue Paper. I already had a box cutter somewhere at home.
For the particular kind of pattern I did some more research.
And found this nice thingy
somebody else created that in order to also make their own Journal big thanks for that, it really helped me back then
but still I had to alter it in order to make it fit on the book I got.
Lets get to Work then!
I would really recommend switching between cutting with the box cutter and the scissor because cutter takes longer but doesn’t really hurt while scissor hurst and is fast. But you have to be very careful with the scissor because I ruined some of the carton pieces.
And now glue it on the Book!!
This looks like something already!
carefully glue the Tissue paper on it in order to create a nice patina, haptic and optic. Use a brush and something wallpaper adhesive-ish. It’s nice finish for the surface.
Next step: Coloring!
always let it dry properly and don’t color it too unitary. Uniqueness is beautiful.
Try not to let THAT happen.
Last thing: making it look more antique and used.
Google helps. Earl gray colors better than coffee or different things. So let me just brew some an put it in a spray can
Voilà !!
Sidenote: She was very happy about the present. And I had fun making it!
