i must create: September 2011

How to make a Bow

Stuff you need:

-Fabric
-Siccors
-Glue
-Hair clip

1. Start with a peice of fabric about 7x4 (you can change around size but keep it about the same ratio)

2. Fold it into thirds the long way and glue.

3. Fold the two sides into the middle and glue. You don't need to fold them into little points, but i did on this one. Sorry.

4. Do the same thing as step 2 but with a little piece of fabric about 4x2.5

5. Glue that onto the back like this.

6. Fold it around the front but DONT GLUE IT YET if your making a clip. if not, go ahead and glue that bitch.

then attach it to an ass kicking headband

7. Slide the little flap into the clip

8. and glue it down. this way, hot glue is not the only thing attaching the bow to the clip.

Dude thats fuckin adorible. Go wear it in public and kick ASS.

Stuff you need:
-Leather (You can also make them out of paper)
-Siccors
-Hot Glue

1. Cut a circle out of your leather. Make the edges wiggly.

A circle this big will make a rose this big, so if you want a bigger rose use your head and make the circle bigger you dumbass

2. Cut a wiggly spiral in your circle.

3. Starting on the outside roll the spiral up between your thumb and pointer finger.

4. It should look like this. Now put glue on this part and fold that little flap down.

5. fix it if it needs a bit of adjusting. Now attach it to whatever needs spicing up. Headbands, Clips, Rings, Pins, Shirts

How to make a Headband

Stuff You'll Need:
-A strip of leather or ribbon
-A few inches of elastic
-Hot Glue
-Siccors

1. Glue the elastic to the end of the strip of leather

2. Put a teeny bit of glue on the two corners of the leather strip and fold them over onto the elastic

3. With another little piece of leather, glue it on at an angle

4. Fold it around everything so the elastic and large strip of leather are cozy and held inside tightly.
5. Hold the whole thing around your head to see how long you need to make the large strip of leather in comparison to the elastic.

6. Once the leather strip is the right size, repeat the whole thing on the other side and your done!

Now make some kickass embellishments to attach to it like a bow or a rose.

Lego Earrings

Fringe Shirt

i have a million blank tees sitting in a pile for when inspiration strikes and i need to wear it on a shirt. this time it was from a graphic i saw on someone's LookBook. i put it on the shirt with oil paint, and i felt the shirt needed fringe!

The look that inspired me: Distant Memories

This is my buddy i hadn't seen since kindergarten! next thing i know i'm giving him a tattoo! i wouldn't recommend doing a stick and poke this big.

Earrings made from stuff i found. i love the lego ones! Display rack is made from a cereal box i deconstructed and re-glued together, cut the bottom at an angle, then i poked holes in it. I think i'll paint it later.

Matching Earing and Ring Display

During the past few summers and winter breaks i went through phases where i would make ring after ring after ring. i was storing them in random bowls and boxes and i needed a nice display so i could sell them. so i made these out of a frame i found in the basement and one of my grandma's old boxes. the paper is from the pages i cut out when i made stash books, and the flowers are from a nice wall paper i had lying around.

How to do a Stick and Poke (Prison Tattoo)

Stuff You Need:
-Needle (the thicker the needle the thicker the dots will be, the faster you will be done)
-Thread (not black)
-Calligraphy Ink or India Ink
-Rubbing Alcohol
-Tissues
-Pen that draws on skin

1. Sanitize your needle with a match, or boil it for 20 mins.

2. Draw your tattoo on your skin with a pen.

3. Wrap thread around your needle. How much you leave bare at the bottom is how deep the needle will be going into your skin.

4. Dip the needle into an inkwell, don't dip it directly into your ink bottle, because bacteria from your skin will get into the ink and will get into someone elses skin if you tattoo someone else.

5. Start pokeing! Poke the needle with ink on it into your skin . Each poke creates a tiny dot of black.

6. Dip a tissue in rubbing alcohol to wipe away ecsess ink.

7. Re-dip your needle every few pokes.

A tattoo in process.

A sun tattoo i gave to my friend. This is her ankle, thats her sock on the side there.

Wire rings, Buy em!

one of the millions of wire rings i've made. i put them in geocaches.

Feather Earings, Buy em!

At camp during the summer me and another girl teach the stage make-up class. These are two of my faves from the summer. i looove working there, all year i think about more and more crafts i want to do with the kids. (It's an arts camp.)To see their site click here.