#lauren fairweather
Lauren Fairweather
Published on 19 Apr 2018
An original song about doing the creative things you love, even if the world doesn’t understand. Send this video to a creative person you admire for some positivity or encouragement! In the comments, tell me something creative that you love to do.
More of my original songs-https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL579EAA4106710395
Buy this song now in digital music stores, including:
Bandcamp - https://laurenfairweather.bandcamp.com/track/do-what-you-love
iTunes - https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/do-what-you-love-single/1363230059
Buy the zine version of the song that I hand-lettered and illustrated:
https://laurenfairweather.bandcamp.com/merch/zine-do-what-you-love
To read the lyrics, click the CC button on the video player. I also have the lyrics and chords listed on my website! If you’d like to cover the song on youtube, please credit me and link back to this video –
http://www.laurenfairweather.com/chords/do-what-you-love/
My newest video is a collab with Jackson Bird! We talked about our favorite moments in the Harry Potter books that never made it into the movies. What are your favorite HP book-only moments?
I just released six new necklace designs for my etsy shop, Fairweather Friends! They started with illustrations I did of my fox, scops owl, bear, otter, wolf, and sloth characters. I’m excited to finally share them with you!
Click the links below to see their individual listing pages:
Fox|Scops Owl|Bear|Otter|Wolf|Sloth
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I’ve compiled some of the things I’ve learned during my 9 years of making YouTube videos into a “How to Video Blog” Q&A video! I also shared my video making setup, in case you’re curious. I hope that this helps any new or aspiring video vloggers out there!
If you could write a letter giving advice to your younger self, what would you say? Here’s my take on YouTube’s #DearMe campaign.
My newest video is a craft tutorial where you can learn to make Luna Lovegood’s radish / dirigible plum earrings! I was so excited to design this project because Luna is one of my favorite Harry Potter characters.
Check out this video on YouTube for access to the material list and free pattern pdf in the video description: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AGCoeHQqeIg
NerdECrafter’s half of this collab: http://youtu.be/ScfNkpXBxDY
After about a decade of failing to knit one from scratch, I customized this muggle sweater into a personalized Weasley sweater/jumper by duplicate stitching my initial onto it. Watch the tutorial video to see how I did it!
Watch this video tutorial I made to learn how to make three Harry Potter-inspired Valentine’s Day cards! There’s a golden snitch, a deathly hallows symbol, and an owl delivering a letter. Read this video description for a list of materials and the free template! You can sign up for the Love Letters campaign at http://www.dosomething.org/loveletters
Materials you’ll need to make this DIY:
1. Print out both pages of this template PDF.
2. Scissors
3. Cardstock in the following colors (or whichever colors you choose): white, solid yellow, gold glitter, black, red, and parchment.
4. Pencil
5. Gluestick
6. Double sided foam mounting adhesive
7. Black pen or marker
I designed the owl valentine to look like the owl plushies I make and sell on my etsy shop, Fairweather Friends!
This year, I needed a little extra motivation to keep my New Year’s Resolution (running more often so I can participate in more races!). Here’s a video tutorial to show you how I customized this basic corkboard to make a motivation board!
I used mine to display race bibs, photos, and medals and I hung it up over my treadmill, but you can customize it to motivate you to keep your resolutions, whatever they happen to be! How would you modify this project to work for you?
Have you ever been to a Yule Ball? Here’s some footage I took at four of these Harry Potter-inspired events that took place in four different cities this season.
A little recap of what I did in 2014, told using some of the entries in my One Line A Day journal!
My Project for Awesome video this year is about PeaceLove Studios, an organization that provides free expressive art classes to communities impacted by mental health disorders.
If you’re as inspired by their mission as I am, you can click here to vote for them on projectforawesome.com!
Today, I launched my contribution to Kin Community’s Ornament Exchange collab! I made this felt ampersand ornament for my friend Karen Kavett after drawing her name randomly and I’ll teach you how to make one in my new video tutorial! For more ornament tutorials, click here to watch our Ornament Exchange playlist on YouTube!
My Etsy shop, Fairweather Friends, is having a one day 10% off sale! Until tonight (Friday, Nov 28 at 11:59pm EST), you can enter code “happyshopping” at checkout for 10% off your purchase. This is the only time all year that I offer a discount on my handmade items!
I’ve been super busy making all of these plushies and necklaces and I am so excited whenever I get to ship one off to a new home! They make lovely gifts. To see these and all of the other handmade products I’m selling, visit fairweatherfriends.etsy.com
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Today, I launched a Harry Potter-inspired craft tutorial as part of a collab with one of my favorite YouTube channels, sealemondiy!
My part of the collab is a tutorial showing you how to make a plush Monster Book of Monsters and Jennifer of Sea Lemon’s video will teach you to bind a beautiful replica of Tom Riddle’s Diary.
I hope that you enjoy these DIY “books within the Harry Potter books” themed tutorial videos!
Monster Book of Monsters Plush Tutorial
Tom Riddle’s Diary Tutorial
My YouTube channel recently turned ten years old! Here’s a look back at a decade of creativity, enthusiasm, adventure, and being a nerd.
Only one week left to place your US orders from my etsy shop if you’re hoping to receive them in time for Christmas! Though, sooner would be better - the unpredictable arrival of my first baby might delay my ability to ship things out on time!
Order by December 15th (for packages shipping within the United States) to give me a good chance to get them to the post office in time! http://fairweatherfriends.etsy.com
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Today is the last day to take advantage of the @dftbarecords holiday sale and get 20% off all of the t-shirts in my DFTBA merch store! All of the shirts in my store feature lyrics from my Harry Potter-inspired songs, so they’d make an awesome gift for any Harry Potter fans you know (or a great addition to your own holiday wishlist!).
These shirts make great nerdy conversation starters, especially if you want to meet new people who get the references. Visit dftba.com/lauren to get them for 20% off!
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Learn to make a Halloween bow headband or bowtie with my new DIY tutorial! This craft is mostly assembled with hot glue, so if you’re looking for a cute no-sew project, just skip over the hand-stitched spiderweb details.
It’s also part of a collaboration with a bunch of other Kin Community creators like me, so you can watch the whole playlist for more spooky DIY projects and recipes right here.
For a list of materials you’ll need and more information on the project, read the video description on youtube.
Learn to make this adorably fluffy, Harry Potter-inspired pygmy puff plushie with my newest DIY tutorial video! This cute little guy would make a great gift for any Harry Potter fan you know (including yourself!). For the pattern, a list of materials, and links to more detailed sewing tutorials for all of the stitches I used, read the video description on YouTube.
