Friday, August 30, 2013

Shattered Glass Manicure

This manicure was made up by a friend of mine. All you have to do is use a black striped and draw lines in almost random patterns on your nail.  For my nails she did just the thumb with the design.



PS: there will be another school supplies craft coming soon:)

Thursday, August 15, 2013

School Supplies Personalization

I know I adore having my own style when it comes to my school supplies.  This year I decided to make little inserts for my binders.

The base is scrap booking paper.
For the words I printed out text and cut the pieces into rectangles.
As I like dance, I chose to print out some dancer silhouettes.  I then cut them out using an exacto knife.  You could also use other silhouettes.
To finish I added stickers.

                     
Pictures Below:)

                                                 

                                                 

                                                 

                                                  

Monday, August 5, 2013

Junk Tree

This is my first ever all-my-own DIY project.  As far as I am concerned, I created this entirely myself.  I have given it the name 'Junk Tree" because that is literally what it is...a tree made from junk.  In this post you will get step by step picture and word instructions.  You can make one like mine...or I encourage you to add your own style:)  Lets get started!

You will need:
Cardboard or canvas
Hot glue gun and sticks
Scissors
Junk! (I used straws, barrets, buttons, poptabs, pins, marbles, doll shoes, etc)

Optional:
Paint
Paint brushes




First: you are going to sketch out the basic tree shape as a guideline on your cardboard or canvas.


Next: lay out some of the larger things just to get an idea of how they fill the space.


Next: Glue everything down.  I found it helpful to take a picture of the original layout from before to look at when I got stuck.  Because you are making a shape from the materials...it can be tricky...just remember: we are capturing nature and nature isn't perfect.


Last: You can choose to be done the step before if that is the look you are going for, but I wanted it to be all one color scheme...I chose grey, white, black, and a pale yellow.

And now you are done!