I feel like a bit of an idiot. For the past few days, I’ve been trying to login to make an update but my website wouldn’t load. I figured that my server was just having the farts so I’d try again later. Finally yesterday, I got tired of it and was about to contact my host about it. That was when I discovered that I had accidentally allowed my domain name to expire. oops. So my apologies to anyone who may have been trying to access the site! :(
I don’t have a ton to update about right now. I have three tutorials that I need to post. One of them is for this little skirt:
I swear I normally don’t dress that neon. Actually, the complete opposite on most days. But I went to a roller disco (holy crap, funnest time EVER!) on Friday and the flyer said to dress bright. So since I have almost no bright clothing, I bought this animal print fabric for $5 and whipped up a quick multi-layer circle skirt. I wore it with a $3 top from Forever 21 and green fishnets from Hot Topic! wooo! OMG, roller disco was soooo crazy fun! I’m anxiously waiting for the next one! And also anxiously waiting for the huge blister, that I got from my skates, to heal! :(
Here’s a quick clip of my friend Jill and I giggling, having an awesome time!
I know it’s probably kinda dorky, but I looooove seeing pretty, color coordinating supplies together like this!
Today, I went to Joann’s and came home with all of this stuff that I didn’t intend to buy. And funny enough, the one thing that I did intend to buy (long white fur fabric), isn’t in the photo because it didn’t match! :P Whenever I see pretty supplies, my head just fills with ideas! It’s so hard to leave the store without them!
The two fabrics on the right and the pom poms will be used together to make a bag. I haven’t decided exactly what kind but I do plan on making a tutorial with it.
The fabric on the left will probably become a skirt. I’m going to a roller disco on Friday and need something to wear. As soon as I saw that fabric, I immediately thought of making something to wear to the roller disco with it.
The yarn will become a sweater for my bike. My bike is very 80′s (paint splatters, hot pink accents…) and kinda embarrassing. So I’m knitting a striped sweater to cover parts of the frame. Because it having a sweater is somehow less embarrassing? I’m a weirdo like that.
I was totally lusting after these ArtBin organizers at Joann’s! They come in so many pretty colors! I wish I had a place for them.
Another thing I’ve been lusting after, Lion Brand’s Hometown USA yarn! It’s so soft and so many pretty colors! Every time I see it, I try desperately to think of something that I could make with it. Something that I would actually use! I’ve put it in my basket and then back on the shelf so many times! *sigh*
Anyway. Now I’m off to make use of the one thing that I did intend to buy today! Pictures soon! :)
I was going to post my first DIY tutorial (crackle painting) shortly after mentioning it two posts ago, but as I was getting the pics together, I realized that they SUCKED! So I redid the whole thing. Unfortunately, I don’t have it quite ready yet. But here is why:
I had a big custom bracelet order to finish. Aren’t they super colorful?! They’re made with beads from the American Girl crafts section at Michaels, as requested by the buyer.
I’ve also been making Mother’s day gifts for my mom and grandma. I’ll probably wait to post pics of them until after Mother’s day.
The weather has been super nice recently! So I’ve had to spend some time at the beach. Hula hooping, of course. And biking!
And this is what I did while I was remaking the crackle paint tutorial (while waiting for coats of paint to dry):
Yea, I hula hoop a lot. :)
I take pictures pretty frequently. I’m trying to get better about posting them here.
I’ve decided to take this blog in a new direction. Right now it just seems like a place to post about whatever sales I’m having, new stuff for sale, and an occasional giveaway. That’s really not very exciting. I’d like to make it a bit more personal. Not strictly business related. One thing that I’m really looking forward to doing is tutorials! I’m a huge DIYer! I love figuring out how things are made and then making them myself. I’m excited to share more of that with you!
The first tutorial that I’m going to post is crackle painting. I love painting but rarely ever have a reason to. I also love the Hipstamatic camera app on my iPhone. I also enjoy photos taken of things in people’s hands. Weird? No? I’m not sure.
2. Favorite tv show?
Well it was, before I gave my TV away a year ago anyway…
3. Favorite restaurant food?
All together, please :)
4. Favorite thing to shop for?
5. Favorite animal?
6. Favorite song?
Picking one favorite song is so hard! So this is one of my favorite songs to see live and my very favorite band! :D
7. Favorite word?
yaaaarrrr!!
8. Recent favorite youtube video?
9. Favorite movie?
10. Favorite childhood memory?
I stole this meme from create*loves. You should do it too! Answer the 10 questions with photos and link to it in the comments of this post :)
1. Favorite hobby?
2. Favorite tv show?
3. Favorite restaurant food?
4. Favorite thing to shop for?
5. Favorite animal?
6. Favorite song?
7. Favorite word?
8. Recent favorite youtube video?
9. Favorite movie?
10. Favorite childhood memory?
Here’s something that I made not too long ago that I’ve never shared here before… Hula Hoops! I started hula hooping almost a year ago. A few months ago, I finally figured out how to make my own hoops and where to get the supplies. They’re all wrapped in pretty, sparkley tapes so I have to show them off!
This is the first one I made:
I had a horrible time trying to photograph that one! The stars just did not want to show up in the pics!
The second one I made:
This is the one that I use the most and you can tell! I don’t think I’ll ever use white tape again. Everytime it falls, it either gets dirty or grass stained. I wish I would have taken a pic when I first made it. I had a hard time finding a spot that wasn’t incredibly messed up looking.
After that, I decided that it was too hard to use that many tapes. As you can see, there are lots of bumps in the tape. It’s really hard to keep the spacing perfect between the tapes.
Then, I want to try mini/twin/hand hooping so I made myself a set:
This is the best tape job I’ve done so far. I was really happy with these. Unfortunately, right after I took this pic, I was using them, one slipped out of my hand, hit the stucco wall and now has a big gash in the tape which reveals the red tubing underneath. boo!
Anyway, for anyone who is unfamiliar with hooping, here are a couple videos! :)
And this is mini/twin/hand hooping (what the black hoops were made for):
I made some popsicles super ghetto style. Open a cup of yogurt, stick a plastic fork in it, and put it in the freezer. So ghetto but so good. Once upon a time, my mom had a set of popsicle molds and used to make me yogurt pops. Yesterday, I went to Target with the intention of buying a set. I bought yogurt and completely forgot about the molds. :/
I sometimes regret not spending more than $20 on a webcam :/
I discovered this a couple days ago and thought I would share! Caron is giving away free yarn! If you send in three Simply Soft labels, they will send you a free skien of Country. I’ve already bought at least ten skeins of Country because I LOVE the colors! I don’t really use it for amigurumi but it’s great for wearables because it’s super soft. I got really excited when I saw this offer because Simply Soft is one of my most used yarns for amigurumi. I figured I would have enough labels for a few free skeins. Unfortunately, most of my Simply Softs were missing their labels. Bummer. They fall off when the skein gets used up and I never thought they’d be redeemable for anything so I threw them away :(
It’s cool if I write here about things that aren’t exactly related to my crafty biz, right? I think so. It’ll liven the place up a bit! :)
Here are some things that have made me happy lately:
I randomly stumbled upon this camera on Etsy tonight and think it’s super rad! I looooove the color seafoam green and the fact that it was originally given away to promote one of my favorite cars (Mercury Comet) in the 60′s just makes it even cooler! I can’t wait to see how it compares to my Holga.
♥ Kookaburras. I freaking looooove kookaburras! I saw one for the first time this summer at the LA zoo. Prior to that, I had no clue that they existed. It was like love at first sight! They’re so adorable with their stumpy bodies and huge heads/beaks! I’ve been collecting pictures of them on Flickr.
♥ The Slackers album Redlight. Good stuff! ‘Nuff said!
♥ Yankee Candle’s scent Mango Blossom. I was burning one of these candles all weekend and it smells so good! But I was sad to find out that they retired this scent :(
♥ Recieving my Sugar Xanadoo boots in the mail. I’ve been drooling over these for a while now! And since we’re talking about shopping, I may as well mention that I looooove Swell!
♥ Finishing crochet projects! Of course! :) I’m great at starting projects but finishing them is another story! hehe! I have some new things to add to the Etsy shop (but probably won’t have time until this weekend) and I swear, I have some new patterns coming soon!
Your turn! What’s put a smile on your face lately?
. Good stuff! ‘Nuff said!