How-Tuesday: Glitter Shoes!

I'm just darn mad about glitter shoes. They're the tops! So after seeing a few DIY glitter shoes on the good ol' internet I decided it was high time that I make my own! I would just like to preface this post by saying this guys take time! Alas, they're a full day/ two day project! But still awesome to have, either way.

These are the first pair of Doc's I've ever owned, they're hand-me-downs which I seem to be quite lucky at getting hand-me-down docs, I have three pairs none of which I've paid for.

 The full list of ingredients:

Shoes, Mod-Podge (matte)

One large cumbersome brush

Glitter (I should hope so!)

Tape, for any place you don't want to paint!

and a bowl that you don't eat from.

I wanted a blue/silver glitter, so I mixed the two together until I got it the colour I wanted!

I made the endevor to tape off my shoe (just one) only once, I figured if I paint for a living, I should be able to paint my shoes no problem! Right?

So I poured some mod-podge into a bowl,  and slowly added my glorious glitter concoction untill I was satisfied with how much glitter was in there. You don't want it to be over-loaded with glitter because it'll be a pain to get on. So when pouring have enough glitter in there to get a good coat on, but not enough to make it cumbersome to use. This is what the first coat looked like!

Here's what the second coat (wet) looked like next to the other one-coat-boot. You can also see the cool design thinger I had going on as well! You want to make sure everything is completely dry before applying the next coat!

To get the tongues! I used a micron to keep my boot open and not touching the tongue at all, I didn't want the boot to somehow seal itself shut. That would be rather unfortunate.

All in all, I did two coats and then a third touch up coat.

The final step is to Mod-podge over the very dry glitter! The boot on the left has gone through the final phase, the one on the right is pure glitter still!

After letting them dry, you can lace these babies up and take them out on the town! Not that our town is very large. Or really exiting. I mean, we do have a coffee shop that I love, but that's neither here nor there. But aren't these the raddest of the rad?! I'm wearing them everywhere I go!

Love and Glitter filled Kisses xo

How-Tuesday: Curious Little Dream Catcher

I had, and have the hardest time sleeping. When I was younger I had terrible nightmares and couldn't sleep with the light off at all! So, as a result, I've aquired several dream catchers, and a few sleeping charms (that my dad brings me home when he goes off on his travles). So! I thought I'd share how to make one all for yourself!

Step one.

Gather your ingrediants! You'll need:

A hoop of some sorts

Twine

Something to hang from your dream catcher! Be it feathers, or in this case, broken glass. In the end I used different glass from what was originally pictured, but I'm fairly certain the idea comes across the same!

  Step two. 

Begin wrapping your twine around the hoop, not too tight though! Otherwise you won't be able to keep looping the thread through!

Wrap the twine all away around your hoop.

Then begin looping the twine through what you had just previously wrapped around the hoop.

Once you've done that, you're going to do it again!

And again!

Until you've decided you're good and done, or you just can't seem to get the thread through those bitty holes anymore, either one.

Make a super tiny knot binding it together. There's a knot right above my middle finger in this photo, which isn't very visible at all, just the way you want it!

Step three.

Attatch the items you selected earlier to hang from the bottom of your dream catcher.

And there you have it! Your very own dream catcher! All fit and ready to be hung over your bed to catch all those bad dreams for you!

Many Sweet Dreams! xo

How Tuesday: Pretty Simple, Pretty Awesome Greeting Cards.

Who doesn't love little hand-made how-do-you-do's? I'll walk you all through step by step on how to make your own little greeting cards!

Materials:

Plain Heavy Weight Paper (Bristol Board will do just fine!)

X-acto Knife, or any box-cutter really.

Pencil and Eraser (I use a 3h pencil for all of my sketching, just because it's light and easily erasable!)

Something to ink up your super cool cards! Be it marker, pen or brush, that's up to you!

Step one.

Measure out the size of your greeting card!

It's 5.5 inches tall and 8.5 inches wide (with a line drawn at 4.25 to mark the fold line)

Step two.

Cut out carefully along the line, and viola!

Step three.

So here, to make the card much easier to fold, we're going to make a little sort of half cut in the paper. Instead of pressing the blade all the way through the paper, just lightly run it along the line drawn for the fold.

Folding made easy!

Step four.

I drew lines 1.5 inches for the boarder all around, to get a general idea of where I wanted the text. I then added a 1/2 inch to the sides and top as shown below:

I've also divided the space into thirds so all the letters remain evenly sized.

Step five.

This is the "skeleton" of the letters , because they're pretty much the inner bare bones of the letters we're going to be making!

Step six.

So to put some meat on these bones you can take a ruler to measure out everything, or take a small piece of paper and mark the desired width of the letter to use for a consistent size! And if you're feeling fancy, you can add serifs! I sure did:

And this is what it'll look like when it's all penciled out!

A note on the E and Y; The three horizantal lines for the E are all different sized, the longest being on the bottom, and the shortest being in the middle. The serifs are half the size on the bottom and top, and full sized on the middle line. For the Y, the weight is heavy on the left side, and lighter on the right. I made the right side half the width as the left and vertical line.

Step seven.

Ink it on up! Above is the outline which I did with a 005 micron, and shown below is the final product! I used a brush mircron to fill in the letters, and the sharpie to make the boarder.

Pretty darn awesome, if you ask me.


Now all that's left is for you to write up a lovely little note to whichever darling you wish to and send it off!

Love and Strawberry Kisses xo