Saturday, 10 August 2013
Hey guys!
I know it's been a while since the last time, i went trough finals just fine, went on a little vacation with my mom, and now I'm back. Although I've been on a very lazy mood these days, my mom asked me if i could fix a bracelet from one of her friends and i ended up making a couple of things more, with stuff i found on my little box of wonders =D.
Let me show you:
Now moving on to the original work:
On top, a bracelet i made specially for my mother, who was asking for a black bracelet she could mix with some others she already has. o did not want it to be all black (fake) pearls, because i think it looks too plain, so i added those shiny things in the middle.
On the bottom is a brooch i made with some lost beads i had here. The picture does not show clearly but that red one is a beautiful bright red, like an apple. then i added a ribbon made by myself (took me a while to pass the metal through it, but i got there eventually), and voila some nice brooch was made.
And that's all, i hope i can come back soon with more cute stuff! bye bye! =D xoxoxo
I know it's been a while since the last time, i went trough finals just fine, went on a little vacation with my mom, and now I'm back. Although I've been on a very lazy mood these days, my mom asked me if i could fix a bracelet from one of her friends and i ended up making a couple of things more, with stuff i found on my little box of wonders =D.
Let me show you:
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On the left we have the one i just fixed, it was missing some of its gorgeous freshwater pearls, i bought 4 more and just assembled it (easy job). I'm actually thinking of making one for myself, but the pearls are a bit expensive. it will have to wait.
Now moving on to the original work:
On top, a bracelet i made specially for my mother, who was asking for a black bracelet she could mix with some others she already has. o did not want it to be all black (fake) pearls, because i think it looks too plain, so i added those shiny things in the middle.
On the bottom is a brooch i made with some lost beads i had here. The picture does not show clearly but that red one is a beautiful bright red, like an apple. then i added a ribbon made by myself (took me a while to pass the metal through it, but i got there eventually), and voila some nice brooch was made.
And that's all, i hope i can come back soon with more cute stuff! bye bye! =D xoxoxo
Sunday, 23 June 2013
But never mind, here i am now, and I'm going to show you what I've been up to, in one word: FIMO! also best known as polymer clay. For a long time, I've been watching and gathering youtube videos on this subject, and i wanted to try it, but in the past i had a bad experience with it so at first i resisted the urge to buy an whole store of polymer clay and stuff.
So, last week i went to an Art store and bought 6 different colours. i didn't know what i was doing yet, but i bought some pastel colours, black and some creme one to make dolls and stuff. And yesterday i finally decided, I was gonna make a chibi geisha doll! So after a long day of study for my exams, i set up my stuff and started working.
The first one i made didn't go so well, it was terribly cute, but my oven burnt it all. (i set it in a lower temperature than what says in the package but it does not work very well and after 25 minutes my fimo doll started to melt). I panicked for a bit but then i decided to make another one, I'm glad i did because it was even better than the first one.
To make the rose cheeks i used my own blush BEFORE cooking (normally pastel chalks are used for this, but i misplaced mine). After baking i painted some details with nail polish, i was gonna use acrylic paint, but i didn't have red, and i realised why use my 4 colours of acrylic, when i have like 50 different shades of polish(ah ah, 50 shades...).
And that's it for today!! (wow, i reaaally made a long post!)
Tuesday, 11 December 2012
Hello again,
In the last post i said i was making a Garland, meanwhile i was looking for some nice ideas to decorate it and as a searched for "garland" on Pinterest, i could not find what i wanted, and why? because what i was doing was actually a Wreath ("an assortment of flowers, leaves, fruits, twigs or various materials that is constructed to resemble a ring" - wikipedia). yes, that was exactly what i wanted... therefore here is my wreath:
In the last post i said i was making a Garland, meanwhile i was looking for some nice ideas to decorate it and as a searched for "garland" on Pinterest, i could not find what i wanted, and why? because what i was doing was actually a Wreath ("an assortment of flowers, leaves, fruits, twigs or various materials that is constructed to resemble a ring" - wikipedia). yes, that was exactly what i wanted... therefore here is my wreath:
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| Sorry about the bad quality, someone borrowed my camera for a couple days, so i took these with my phone. |
It's made from t-shirt yarn and a couple of things i had around the house, i also made a felt snowflake with a button covered in glitter (i glittered it myself, so proud), and a ribbon and green ponpon, i added some bells, to add that Christmas feeling to it...
I've also been doing some Christmas presents, I'll post a bracelet i did today on the facebook page... hope you all like it, please give some feedback on both the things! ^.^
I've also been doing some Christmas presents, I'll post a bracelet i did today on the facebook page... hope you all like it, please give some feedback on both the things! ^.^
Bye-Bye, OXOXOX
P.S.: T-shirt yarn is something that in Portuguese has a proper name ("Trapilho"), does any of you crafters know if there's also a different name for it in English too??
Thursday, 6 December 2012
Hello everyone, it's been a while...
December came, and brought along all these wonderful Christmas crafts *.*
This year my mother told me that, since we're short on money she refused to buy any Christmas presents, being a sucker for giving and ofc receiving presents as I am. I became a little sad, but then i thought, well, i could make some, and so began my search for nice and cheap DIY presents, I haven't really decided on what to make for everyone , but i have some ideas that I'll be trying out from now on, hopefully i can post it here soon =D
I've also started to make some decorations, like a Garland for my door which i thought would be ready by today (for this post...) but since i had school work to do i could not end it today, let's say it's half done....
And i also have the traditional Christmas tree, and a smaller one, not so traditional, since it's made out of a paper magazine, but it's from last year.
Now for the traditional one, this year i decided to make it simple and gorgeous, all white and golden... i really like the result, I promised in the facebook page that I'd post a photograph so here it is!
P.S.: I'll try to add some nice gift ideas to our facebook page, from now on till Christmas... along with some other things =)
December came, and brought along all these wonderful Christmas crafts *.*
This year my mother told me that, since we're short on money she refused to buy any Christmas presents, being a sucker for giving and ofc receiving presents as I am. I became a little sad, but then i thought, well, i could make some, and so began my search for nice and cheap DIY presents, I haven't really decided on what to make for everyone , but i have some ideas that I'll be trying out from now on, hopefully i can post it here soon =D
I've also started to make some decorations, like a Garland for my door which i thought would be ready by today (for this post...) but since i had school work to do i could not end it today, let's say it's half done....
And i also have the traditional Christmas tree, and a smaller one, not so traditional, since it's made out of a paper magazine, but it's from last year.
Now for the traditional one, this year i decided to make it simple and gorgeous, all white and golden... i really like the result, I promised in the facebook page that I'd post a photograph so here it is!
P.S.: I'll try to add some nice gift ideas to our facebook page, from now on till Christmas... along with some other things =)
Monday, 29 October 2012
Hello again everyone,
it's been a while since I've write something, a week i think. the reason is lots and lots of work, too many math tests in fact. eheheh. Also, because of that i haven't been able to proceed my crochet lessons and I'm still stuck in the double stitch. hopefully i can make something this week.
now, we're almost in November and Halloween is here knocking on my door. i still don't know what I'll do, but I'm hoping i can find a little simple craft to do... I'll tell you later how it went... also my cousin will borrow my best costume, so I'm out of ideas, and dying to take some nice pictures with my new hair cut (what will i do?!) =(... hopefully me and my friends will find something funny to do, or dress as. wish us luck...
nice crafts, see you next time =D
it's been a while since I've write something, a week i think. the reason is lots and lots of work, too many math tests in fact. eheheh. Also, because of that i haven't been able to proceed my crochet lessons and I'm still stuck in the double stitch. hopefully i can make something this week.
now, we're almost in November and Halloween is here knocking on my door. i still don't know what I'll do, but I'm hoping i can find a little simple craft to do... I'll tell you later how it went... also my cousin will borrow my best costume, so I'm out of ideas, and dying to take some nice pictures with my new hair cut (what will i do?!) =(... hopefully me and my friends will find something funny to do, or dress as. wish us luck...
nice crafts, see you next time =D
Saturday, 20 October 2012
Hello again,
today I'm gonna make a small post since there's nothing going on these days... =)
First thing i wanted to say, i was talking with a friend, and she said that for small posts like these one or for posting some nice pictures, it would be a good thing if i made a facebook page for this blog. i thought about it for a couple days, and decided it's actually a good idea =) so soon enough I'll post it here, the facebook page link.(It's done, i'll put it down there...)
Second, i finally started the crochet classes online i talked about. the needles i bought are still a bit too thick, but they'll do for now. I also don't really like my yarn, it splits too much and it's too soft (not in a good way), but tomorrow hopefully I'll go out to shop some supplies =D.
I also discovered that crochet is not as easy as i first thought, but it's highly addictive, so I'm not stopping or quiting so soon. by now i only managed to learn how to do a chain of stitches and single crochet stitch - for uk, double stitch- but it's really funny and I'm getting better at it .
Now, the really reason i came to post here, my cat. while i was distracted doing my ugly stitches he managed to hide behind my laptop. here it is.
today I'm gonna make a small post since there's nothing going on these days... =)
First thing i wanted to say, i was talking with a friend, and she said that for small posts like these one or for posting some nice pictures, it would be a good thing if i made a facebook page for this blog. i thought about it for a couple days, and decided it's actually a good idea =) so soon enough I'll post it here, the facebook page link.(It's done, i'll put it down there...)
Second, i finally started the crochet classes online i talked about. the needles i bought are still a bit too thick, but they'll do for now. I also don't really like my yarn, it splits too much and it's too soft (not in a good way), but tomorrow hopefully I'll go out to shop some supplies =D.
I also discovered that crochet is not as easy as i first thought, but it's highly addictive, so I'm not stopping or quiting so soon. by now i only managed to learn how to do a chain of stitches and single crochet stitch - for uk, double stitch- but it's really funny and I'm getting better at it .
Now, the really reason i came to post here, my cat. while i was distracted doing my ugly stitches he managed to hide behind my laptop. here it is.
He came for the yarn obviously, but he is now sleeping there. xD he's so cute. So say hi to Bartolomeu.
EDIT: here it is! the Facebook page for the blog: https://www.facebook.com/ACraftyThing
Thursday, 18 October 2012
Hello again fellow crafters,
as you can see down somewhere in the right side of this page, I've recently decided to learn how to crochet. I've wanted to do so since i was a little kid, and although my grandmother knows how to do it, and had already teach me to cross stitch, she repeatedly failed to teach me crochet. why, you ask, since it seems to be so easy. because she does it like a pro, and all i see is a mess of yarn fingers and needle. so i looked on the net and found this amazing and FREE website. http://www.craftyminx.com/2011/11/crochet-school-.html
Since i had some materials at home (1 needle and some yarn) , i decided to start a couple days ago. of course, i did not thought about the obvious thing, the needle was far to big for the thin yarn i had, and i learn this by seeing how my stitches turned as ugly as a goat. after this i decided to go out the next day and buy some needles that hopefully will fit my yarn. And i went to the most obvious place, that in here we call a "retrosaria", a shop where you buy all kinds of stuff required to sewing, crochet, etc.
that's where my adventure begun. As i enter the shop the owner comes towards me and ask me if she can help me. and I innocently reply that i need a crochet needle. (and by doing this i was expecting that she would guide me to someplace on the shop where i could see all kinds of needles, well, i was mistaken). she showed me some very very thin metallic crochet needles. "hm. not these ones. i need the ones to work with wool". and then i spent 5 minutes trying to explain that lady that "no, i don't want the knitting ones. i want some crochet needles, just bigger than these". well eventually i got to what i wanted. but it did took me ages, and a long trip through the shop.
and I'm telling you this why? firstly, because i felt like it. and secondly so you can see how hard it was to get the most normal thing in the world in a speciality shop. now imagine, if i want something like mod podge... it just does not exist! xD although i can get some glues that do almost the same effect. the brand mod podge is probably almost impossible to get, specially at a normal price. maybe if i go to the big cities, but I'll still pay like 15 euros for a small amount.
so readers, welcome to my reality, and quest for nice cheap materials. =)
as you can see down somewhere in the right side of this page, I've recently decided to learn how to crochet. I've wanted to do so since i was a little kid, and although my grandmother knows how to do it, and had already teach me to cross stitch, she repeatedly failed to teach me crochet. why, you ask, since it seems to be so easy. because she does it like a pro, and all i see is a mess of yarn fingers and needle. so i looked on the net and found this amazing and FREE website. http://www.craftyminx.com/2011/11/crochet-school-.html
Since i had some materials at home (1 needle and some yarn) , i decided to start a couple days ago. of course, i did not thought about the obvious thing, the needle was far to big for the thin yarn i had, and i learn this by seeing how my stitches turned as ugly as a goat. after this i decided to go out the next day and buy some needles that hopefully will fit my yarn. And i went to the most obvious place, that in here we call a "retrosaria", a shop where you buy all kinds of stuff required to sewing, crochet, etc.
that's where my adventure begun. As i enter the shop the owner comes towards me and ask me if she can help me. and I innocently reply that i need a crochet needle. (and by doing this i was expecting that she would guide me to someplace on the shop where i could see all kinds of needles, well, i was mistaken). she showed me some very very thin metallic crochet needles. "hm. not these ones. i need the ones to work with wool". and then i spent 5 minutes trying to explain that lady that "no, i don't want the knitting ones. i want some crochet needles, just bigger than these". well eventually i got to what i wanted. but it did took me ages, and a long trip through the shop.
and I'm telling you this why? firstly, because i felt like it. and secondly so you can see how hard it was to get the most normal thing in the world in a speciality shop. now imagine, if i want something like mod podge... it just does not exist! xD although i can get some glues that do almost the same effect. the brand mod podge is probably almost impossible to get, specially at a normal price. maybe if i go to the big cities, but I'll still pay like 15 euros for a small amount.
so readers, welcome to my reality, and quest for nice cheap materials. =)
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