Saturday, March 23, 2013

Ferrero Rocher Flower Bouquet


Today is my brother's last show in high school. I promised him that I'll bring him flowers. I already bought a bouquet at Lucky's earlier this morning, but I feel like giving him something special. So I got a box of Ferrero Rocher and hot glue them to wires. I wrapped each chocolate in tissue paper and clear plastic bags that I cut in half. They turned out prettier than I expected. :D

Materials:
Box of 12 Ferrero Rocher Chocolate
wires
clear plastic gift bags
tissue paper
hot glue

Saturday, March 16, 2013

Emoticon Pillow

I walked to Joann fabric store then other day with this 50% off coupon and I fell in love with this fabric called "Soft N Comfy Fabric". True to its name, the fabric is super soft, and super comfy. Its so nice and comfy that I want to have my whole bed made of the stuff so I can fall on it and never get up. Of course, I can't afford to do so since they're $14.99/yard, and it's just too costly for me to cover my entire bed with it. I probably look pretty creepy in the store touching, feeling, poking the fabric for at least 15 min, until I made up my mind to get 1/2 a yard to make a pillow. Even though I can't have a bed, I can have a pillow.

Materials:
Soft N Comfy Fabric
my new embroidery machine (hehehe... its so awesome)

Polymer Clay Chocolate Cake




Friday, March 15, 2013

Poyo Pillow

Poyo is a cat from the anime Poyopoyo Kansatsu Nikki. I love how round and cuddly Poyo is, so I decide to make a circular pillow with poyo on it. I would say this is my proudest creation. Sadly I would also say that this is my one of my worse sewing creation. I used a orange fleece for poyo's body and hand stitch/embroidered the outline and details. This took me 3 weeks to make, mainly because I get annoyed at my stitches easily rather than being time consuming. I don't like how irregular the overall shape of the pillow, I ran out of the fabric I used for the background and I ended up using a different type. So the my pillow ended up a bit...fluffy looking instead of a crisp circle. Despite the odd shape, I still love my poyo :)

Material:
Orange fleece
some cotton blend fabric for the background (I found it in my scrap fabric pile...)
black fleece for the other side of the pillow
embroidery floss: pink, tan, and black

Thursday, March 14, 2013

Nail polish rings!

I believe that nail polish ring is the best beginner level EVER. They are super easy to make, they're really pretty, and you can make them to perfectly match your nails or outfit! There's so many tutorials on youtube, and the materials are pretty easy to find at the local craft store. The downside is that they're a bit expensive in  the stores I've been so I ordered mine on ebay, they're much cheaper in bulk.



 Materials:
Flat Pad Adjustable Ring Setting
18mm glass cabochon
nail polish
E6000 adhesive

How I make my rings:
1. I used scotch tape to secure the glass cabochon upside down, and paint the back with nail polish
2. Let polish dry, and apply second coat if needed.
3. Glue the cabochon to the ring setting
4. let glue dry completely
5. Done!

So yup, super easy and super pretty, and everyone should have a stash of extras sitting in their storage waiting to match that new outfit. :P

....I sound like a commercial xD

Goal....Fail T.T

Its been nine months since I set out to blog...Obviously I failed my goal to post all my little crafts through summer break..... So I'm gonna start again, hopefully I get better results this time....