Last Minute Halloween "Costume": Kitty Cat Ears Tutorial

My mom is not the type to dress in costumes but she needed one so I thought she'd make a great "kitty"! :P

Here is quick picture tutorial on how to make cat/kitty ears (easy last minute costume idea):

1. Cut two rounded triangles (I chose dark brown colored felt):

2. Cut out two smaller triangles of a different color (I chose pink)- this will represent the inner part of the ear;
Sew or glue the two pieces together:

3. Fold the triangles so that it has a bit of a shape to it and glue/sew in place:

4. Attach your "ears"  to a Pin/clip or headband:


YOU'RE DONE! :3
Enjoy your kitties ears!!!

Cat ears pinned:

Cat ears on headband:

I Made Some Stuff...

I gave them to my BFF's :P

Bear Cell Phone Charm

Flower Hair Pins

Feather Earrings with Crystals and Suede

My summer holiday is finally coming to an end after this week but it was fun and I had plenty of time to relax. Hopefully this energy and enthusiasm will last me until Christmas! :P

Man, has it been that long already though? I noticed that blogger has a new interface. I'm barely trying to get used to it. I must admit that the design looks more modern and clean. I also like how I can see all of my blogger buddy's posts better.

Have you guys switched to using the new interface already?
Liking it? :P

Crafts: DIY Bow for Gifts/Presents/Wrapping Using Magazine Paper

Whenever I want to relax and calm my mind from stress, I turn to crafting. Lately, we have been celebrating quite a few birthday parties this summer and sometimes we run out of bows whenever we wrap gifts. I'm so glad I learned how to make my own from Jessica Jone's blog, How About Orange (her tutorial: here).
They're so addicting!

I think that the magazine paper really adds a unique touch.

Maybe I will experiment using other types of paper as well. :3

What do you think?

Would you mind if your gifts were decorated with bows made out of magazine paper? :p

Happy Mother's Day!

What did you guys do for Mother's Day? :p

I'm planning to start off the day by making mom a huge breakfast.
I also made a card for my mom :p I followed Martha Stewart's pop-up card here.
Here's how mine turned out. :p
My mom loves flowers if you can't tell.

Front of the Card

Pop-up bouquet of flowers inside! :3

I hope she likes it. :P

What are you guys doing? :3
Or what did others do for you? :p

How to Make Your Own Christmas Ornaments

Hi! :)

After my last final I was up until 6:00am making Christmas ornaments. =__= These are the same ornaments I was talking about in my previous post.
I thought it would be nice to show you how I made them if you wanted to make your own. :)


You will need/What I used:

Crayola Air Dry Clay or any type of clay you like. :) I just used this because I had to make a lot of ornaments and this was cheap. I usually prefer to work with Polymer clay though. :)

Cookie cutters or any tool that you would like to shape your clay with.

Holiday ribbon or anything you want to decorate your ornaments with (paint, glitter, bells, etc.)

 

 Craft Hot Glue Gun to attach your decorations and ribbons onto the ornaments.

How to Make:

Prepare clay, ready for molding and cutting! :)

I used two sizes of heart-shaped cookie cutters; bigger one to cut overall shape and the smaller one to make a hole inside the heart.

I painted it with acrylic paint (Antique Gold) and sealed it with a clear glaze/varnish( Sculpey Gloss Glaze).

I wanted to make the ornament look more sparkly so I got some holiday ribbon. :)

I like to use a hot glue gun to add details because it dries very fast and holds very well. :)

Almost done wrapping and gluing it all around the edge of the heart ornament! :)

What's an ornament without bells right? :p

I took a piece of string and strung both the bell and ornament and its ready to hang on your beautifully lighted Christmas tree! :)

I also made some in white and red. :)

And some that looks like cookies :) I used Red Polymer Clay to make the little berries and White Caulk to make the fake whipped cream. :)

Everybody's in the Christmas spirit around me and so I'm sorry if you don't celebrate it but you can always use it for a different purpose if you like. :) 

How are your holidays going so far? :) I hear that a lot of things are sold out? No parking?

DIY Organizer

Materials:

Cork Board

Screw Hooks

Push Pins/Thumb Tacks

Decorations/Appliques of your choice!

Instructions:

Take your hooks/thumb tacks and push it into the cork board. I think its better than puncturing your walls. :P

You can hang your stuff onto the hooks like this. I put my keys, hair-scrunchie and phone charms on the hooks as an example. :P

Or you can use it to organize your jewelry. I added my necklaces here. :3

Or you can use push pins/thumb tacks to pin on more chunky pieces of jewelry straight onto the cork board. I like how placement is flexible and not permanent; Very easy to change. :)

For smaller items (earrings and hair clip), I used a tack to secure some ribbon and a flower (just for decoration) onto the cork board.

Thinner ribbon and different flower. :3

How do you organize your stuff? :3
Please share (or send me a link, if you blog)! I would love to see more ways to be better organized! :)

Stuff I bought at Daiso

There is no Daiso store close to where my sister lives and so we all went there to check it out and buy a few things. Daiso is like a $1.50 store although they also carry items that clearly marked if they cost more than $1.50.
Daiso has a lot of interesting, cute, and useful items. It is always so fun to browse through that store! :3
I just wanted to share what I bought, if you guys would be interested to see...


1.Tape for double eyelid

2. Double eyelid glue

Has anybody tried these two eyelid products before? I'm curious to know if they are any good...
These are for my friend. Sounds kind of uncomfortable.

3. Purse hangers ("Bag Hanger Hook")

I've been meaning to get these and I've seen them ranging from $3 to $40 and so when I saw them at Daiso for $1.50 only, I had to grab them! :) I got them in pink, green and blue. I think its great for when we go out, we won't have to place our bags/purses onto the ground. :p I don't quite like the idea of dirtying or getting germs onto my bags. :p So I thought that these were such a great buy!

4. Hair brush ("soft boar bristles")

The box says it was "excellent for glossy hair", and "has no static electricity". :3

5. Self-adhesive designed fabric

I was going to try and protect my phone with this. Hopefully that will work out. If not, I will probably use it to decorate and cover other objects I can find around the house. :p It looks like it will make a plain-looking item a lot better!

I've got some pictures I wanted to share with you guys from a couple of trips I went to not too long ago too! :3 Hopefully I'll get to show you in my upcoming posts very soon. :)