Its because I think too much: Galactic Manicure I loved how my glittery gradient mani turned out so much that I decided to do a variation on it, using the night sky as my inspiration! Here's how I did it: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. DIMMI - Promesses feat. B Lacoste Tutorial: Easy Sponge Gradient Happy Sunday! Today, I wanted to show you guys how I did the Tropical Gradient from earlier this week. It's very easy and I like that it has that seamless look. You'll need: -two or more polishes. Start out by painting your nails with your base coat and your base color. You might want to cut the sponges down to size, to make it easier to use. Bounce the sponge against your nail. When you're finished, apply your top coat and carefully clean up the skin around the nail with your polish remover and qtips. A few tips: -Creme finishes seem to work the best. Here's a diagonal manicure that I did with Zoya Wednesday* and Zoya Tracie*: Was that simple or what? Thanks for checking out this tutorial! *indicates a product that was sent to me for review. Tutorial: Easy Sponge Gradient
Easy Painted Tumblers Thank you all so much for such amazing feedback and for helping this project circulate all over the internet! My cups have held up pretty well due to not being used too often (they are currently just holding bobby pins in my bathroom) but several readers said after a little wear and tear, the paint comes off. Other readers have found that using paint specifically for glass leads to a much longer life! Here's the thing about Anthropologie; everything is gorgeous. Let the knockoff begin! The internet taught me that I can use acrylic paint on glass as long as I seal it afterwards, so thats what we are going to do here. In true knockoff fashion, I did one rainbow confetti, and one each of red and blue. So there you have it. xo,
Origami roses The sight of these classy chocolate roses got me into a serious mood to make roses, paperwise that is. And I ended up making 3 different kinds cos’ they look so beautiful that I couldn’t wait to learn to make them all! 1. Kawasaki rose I first tried the Kawasaki rose, named after its creator Toshikazu Kawasaki, by following this demo and cross referenced with another demo [part 2|3]. Notes: There were several steps I had no idea what to do, so after some struggling and hair-pulling, I finally figured out what was going on EXACTLY! 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 2. I watched this demo to make the Bird base rose created by James Sakoda. 3. 3. Followed this demo to make this rose bud. Both centre creases must be well-creased mountain folds, so that the folding up of each quarter will be easier. The real beauty of all these three roses is they are not too complicated to make once every step is laid out clearly and every intended fold well-creased.
Paintbrush Ornaments I recently created these paintbrush ornaments for a friend who loves to paint! These were so fun to do! I started with inexpensive paint brushes from Home Depot, and taped them off for painting. I chose these colors for the handles and applied with a foam brush: After this dried, I covered the wooden handles and taped off the brush areas and spray painted the metal section using Rust-oleum spray paints: After the base coats were all applied, I painted on the snowman face and then finished by hot gluing embellishments from my craft stash. Finally, I added coordinating ribbon to the handles so they can easily hang on the tree.
true untitled DIY Faux Geode Necklace - Fall For DIY So, you know how much I love a good polymer clay tutorial right... Well here we have another one! I've been trying to create a DIY gold bezel fitting for some time now with no luck, when I realised I was going about it all the wrong way. You'll need: 1.5mm plated wire 1 jump ring Polymer Clay (I've used transluscent white and blue) Glitter dust/glass/crystals (basically something sparkly) A necklace chain A hammer and hard surface Instructions: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. Have a great New Years Eve everyone!
heart friendship bracelets So you know the drill, Get you some friendship thread and let's make a bracelet, or two, or three. Cut 4 strands of each color. Each strand should be about 2 ft. long. The first two rows you do will just be a traditional chevron. After you reach the middle, start the same process on the right side. Your chevron is complete. Now, this part it the different part. Repeat on the right side except you will tie a forward knot with the string that is second from the right onto the string furthest to the right. Do the same on the right side with backward knots. Continue knotting onto the last string from the left side. Now, repeat that same exact row again. Now repeat all that over and over again until it's long enough. Yay! xo, Savannah + Casey