More earring makeovers!

Woo so I've been getting back into earrings lately and when I was shopping the other day I picked up a little earring packet at H&M :) I liked that most of them were colorful but in the end I still ended up redoing most of them, I only eft two as they already were. 

Here is the original pack.

I stuck them in this foam stamp square while I was painting them with nail polish.

The finishing results, the only two that I didn't do anything to from the original pack were the yellow and pink squared ones. The rest I redid with the nail polish. I ended up redoing a few other pearl ones that I had in my jewelry box as well. 

Yay to bright, colorful and glittery earrings! <3

Total makeover!!

Okay so I'm pretty sure I'm not the only one who thinks this, but has everyone else noticed that when you buy a little pack of earrings there is always the ugly pair! They always throw in some random super plain and ugly pair (sometimes even two) just to fill up the little pack. Why can't they just fill it up with all cute earrings without the ugly ones that just take up space? So I decided to do something about it instead of just throwing them away since I did pay for them after all. I didn't want them, I only wanted the other two cute pairs in the pack but I was stuck with these anyway. So I thought NAILPOLISH!! What an easy and super convenient way to give these earrings some life and save them instead of having to throwing them away :) 

So I don't think this really needs much of an explanation, I just picked out some nail polish and painted them and viola! cute earrings :) 

 These were the two "fillers" Thats what I'm calling them from now on because they're just there to fill up the pack, plain gold and silver, not cute at all.

But after some glittery nail polish and an aqua one they were brought to life! haha 

Close up.

I love the sparkly/glittery ones!!

Any who I hope this helps you guys out and now you know one way of making over those filler earrings instead of having to throw them out. You can always use spray paint too but that just sounds messier especially since earrings are small so I figured nail polish was the best option.

Cute & Simple Lace Picture Frames

Okay so I know I haven't posted in what seems like an eternity so I feel like such a failure at my blog :/ But there's been a million things going on so I really haven't had time.. but anyways here a super simple tutorial on making cute lace picture frames.

Materials:

-Paint

-Mod Podge

-Wooden picture frame

-Lace

-Foam brush

-Scissors

Okay so here's a picture of most of the materials, this wasn't until after I had already painted the frame though.

First you start with a plain wooden picture frame.

 Then you take some paint and the foam brush and paint the frame.

Wait for it do dry before moving on to the next step.

 After the paint is dry you take out your mod podge and add a pretty good layer of it on the frame with the foam brush.

Now get your lace and throw it over the frame. Make sure the piece of lace is large enough to cover the front of the frame and the sides as well. 

 Once the Mod Podge has dried, cut off the excess lace and add a top layer of mod podge to act as a sealer. And then you just let it dry and viola!! you've got yourself a super cute and super simple picture frame, which you can make in as many different colors as you like, I made three all together.

Here is one of the other two I made, only this one is red :)

Hope this tutorial was helpful and that you guys actually try it for yourselves, its super easy and super cute!! 

New shoes!! :)

What girl doesn't love new shoes right? Right!?! :) I took my sister bathing suit shopping yesterday and while we were there I came across these shoes and couldn't not take them home with me!! They're too cute :) Plus I hadn't bought myself anything in a long while now so I deserved it :) 

 Here they are!! 

Only $20.80 at Forever21

Side view :) 

I just loved them! <3

Here's a more closeup inside sideview :)

Okay so I swear that EVERY time I ever drop anything it ALWAYS always always goes straight for the little vein on my foot :/ Always!! I'm not even joking!! Not even like two weeks ago it happened and the bruise had just gone away and today I dropped the shaving cream bottle or something in the shower and where does it land??!!?? The poor little vein on my foot! :( and as always it resulted in an ugly bruise and swelling, not to mention it HURTS!! 

This always happens to me!! 

But yay I have my final final tomorrow!! :) I'm not looking forward to it at all but hey it'll mean summer break is finally here!! :) Chem finals are no fun but whatever after 4:00 pm tomorrow I am officially on summer break!! woo!! Oh and this final is the reason I haven't made anything in the past few days, well that and the fact that I was soo focused on my cousin's gradation cake & cupcakes all weekend!! from thurs-sat!! But yay I'm excited for a break because I have all these projects I wanna finish and some that I haven't started as well :) 

First Fondant Cake Ever!!!

Ahhh!! So my lovely cousin asked me to make her graduation cake and cupcakes..and when she asked about fondant I decided to tackle the whole fondant cake thing and give it a try..And I was very happy with the results, at least for a first time try anyway..I'd only ever worked with fondant once before but only to make a small decoration and NOT the entire cake..not only that but this time I decided to make the fondant myself..Marshmallow fondant, which is very easy to make, but very messy as well though. Very very sticky and you will get powdered sugar EVERYWHERE!! But it was fun to make nonetheless :) so I made cupcakes too. Anywho here are some pics!!

Red Velvet Graduation Cap Cupcakes!!

 Red was one of her school colors and the color of her cap & gown so I had to make the tiny caps red..and they're made out of marshmallow fondant.

Red Velvet Cupcakes w/ cream cheese frosting..yumm!!

Oh!! and here's the cupcake stand in use, the one from my last post.

 And here is the cake!! Woo!! It didn't turn out so bad :)

The bottom is a 13x9 inch vanilla cake & the top is like a 6 in round chocolate cake :)

It didn't turn out prefect but it turned out pretty well..everyone including the graduate herself loved it so thats all that matters :)

ANd here is my lovely cousin Eunice w/ the cake & cupcakes.

Posing and getting ready to cut the cake.

Woo so relieved that it all turned out well. And now I know that I can take on fondant cakes :)

Cute cupcake/cake stand tutorial!!

Woo-hoo!! So I've been meaning to make myself one of these for quite a long time now but hadn't found the right plates until recently! (: It's cute, its fun and most importantly its inexpensive!! I saw one at target for like $19.99 while I was there getting the plates..funny how I was there looking for cute plates to make my own cupcake stand and their almost $20 cupcake stand was sitting right next to the plates I ended up picking out haha!! I found that totally hilarious, but you might not, and thats alright with me :) any who here are some step by step pictures.. 

 First things first: materials.. 2 cute plates of varying sizes (I used plastic in case of accidents).. candle holder, E-6000 glue

But note that you could always do 3 plates, the top one being a small little plate and you would just need an extra candle holder.

 Step 1: dab a small amount of the E-6000 on the bottom of the candle holder and stick it on!!

 But make sure its centered!! this is important unless you want it tipping over or looking weird.

Step 2: stack a couple of heavy books on top and let it dry for a few hours, or even overnight. 

 Step 3: repeat steps 1&2..dab some glue onto the top of the candle holder and stick it on to the bottom of the top plate (making sure it is centered) and then stack some books on top and let it dry for a few hours.

And voila!! you've got yourself a super cute and inexpensive cupcake holder :)

And I do mean inexpensive, under $10 

The bigger plate was $1.99 and the smaller one $1.59 and the glue I already had but its only a couple of $'s at your local craft store, I purchased mine at Joann.. and then the candle stick was around $2 I believe  and I purchased it from Michaels 

 More pictures of the finished product :)

oh and word of advice: do the gluing in a well ventilated area, preferably outside because this E-6000 stuff has a strong strong odor!! And it says on the back that it can cause cancer if inhaled and what not or something like that, so please please please do this outside. And if you're not comfortable using it due to the health risks then simply use your favorite type of glue so long as it is permanent and works on plastics...hope you guys enjoyed the tutorial, oh and one more thing, this is NOT an original idea, I've seen it done many times before, I simply googled it a long long time ago since I wanted to make my own stand.. PS. shout out to my BFFF!  Miss Alexa Chung (not her real last name of course!) thanks for being a supporter of the blog !! :)

DIY tshirt makeover

So this is a complete 180, it went from plain ol' white t-shirt to a cute little going out tank top :) So I started off with a plain white t-shirt, Hanes as you can tell..then I went into my closet and found a tank top I liked and traced it onto the t-shirt with chalk..after tracing it I took out my scissors and cut using the chalk lines as a guide and ended up with a tank top..and then here are step by step pics of what I did..

 Okay I apologize because as you can tell, you can't really see the lines, but I used a fabric marking chalk to draw out random little shapes on the shirt..

 You're gonna need a sheer/ see through material.

 After I drew out the random shapes, I cut them out.

 Once your little shapes are cut out, cut a piece of your sheer material big enough to cover the entire cut out section.

  And then using nothing more than a simple stitch, stitch the see through material to the holes, and once done, cut off excess sheer material. (also, you will do the stitching on the inside of the shirt, not on the outside, that way you can't see all that messiness)

 Here you can see how it looks once I'd done a few..

 And voila!! Here is the end result!! :) cute isn't it? 

 Side view..

Loved how this one turned out :) now I can't wait to wear it out.

What a great way to makeover a plain ol' t-shirt, isn't it? :)

From tee to tank..

So I went out and bought a few plain tees at Michaels the other day since they were only 5 for $10 :) so how could I not? Any who so I have a fee tshirt make over ideas..but so far I've only made one. I turned a plain tee into a tank top, super easy, I also painted it but thats something else..and I also made some bracelets :)

This one is just a chain with colorful thread weaved in and out through the chains.

This one is my new favorite bracelet!! 

Its suede cord in red and a cream color.

 And a few more pictures of it. I just love it!!

And here is the new tank..super super easy to make..you just take any t shirt, scissors, needle & thread. oh and something to mark it with (like chalk)..all you have to do is draw the new neckline and sleeves and you can just trace a tank top you already have!! the its snip snip snip and you have yourself a tank top..and idk if you can really see but I added a little cuff at the back to gather it a bit more. You can just cut a little strip of fabric off of the sleeves you cut off and then tie it around the back for that gathering effect..but make sure the side where you tied it goes in the inside of the shirt..I did a little simple design on this one for the bf's band <3 its just fabric paint.