Heart cut-out sweater

My Pops gave me a few shirts that didn't fit him anymore & I LOVE when he does that.

My favorite wardrobe choices for going out are a bangin' pair of leggings, an over sized men's shirt & a big belt to cinch the waist. 

So when he gave me this partial turtleneck shirt - I wanted to change it up cute & simple

I cut out the shape of a heart on the shirt & made sure it was high enough on the chest so it wouldn't be all, "BEHOLD! THIS IS MY CLEAVAGE"

which more or less worked.

Then I cut two layers of tule & fabric glues it to the inside.

It could have been stitched, but I wanted the heart to seem like it was seamless & the glue helped to hold the shape of the heart so it doesn't get too weird and floppy.

I wore it out to a Chinese Spring Festival dinner with my family.

DIY iPad cases!

I recently got a second hand iPad 1 for Christmas & I could not find a case that I liked enough for it so...I made two during the week while I was supposed to be studying.

 I LOVE the way they turned out

They're both from the original wonky black cases that came with the iPad 1.

I used Puffy Paint that you can buy from any craft store, or from National Book Store in Manila.

I picked them up & just sort of started free handing it.
I love how shiny & colorful it came it out!

Then I decided to deconstruct this black sequined tank top that I never used, cut it to size & hot glued it to the case :)

It took me less than an hour.

This one has gotten a lot of love & I've had a few ladies keen to know where I bought it & the best part is saying, "I made it!"

Left side is the front & the right photo is the back 

Then I glued a piece of soft black fabric to protect the face of my iPad

At last! After perusing the malls for iPad cases & only finding unoriginal/ugly ones, I am satisfied with how pretty these came out :3

Those DIY Baby Onesies

Last year I made some baby puffy paint onesies for a girlfriend & gave them to her as baby shower gifts

I got the ideas for them from pinterest but there was unfortunately no attached link, but they seemed simple enough & cute enough that anyone would enjoy them!

Her beautiful baby girl has made her way into the world (and everyone's hearts) & now she's big enough to fit in them!

How adorable is this little girl?

I think the best part of gifting your crafts is when the people who receive them really like them & use them.

I love that part the most :3

Photo to canvas transfer made easy

I've been ooing and aahing over photo canvas prints & I knew that they would make the perfect gift for any occasion.

I tried looking up tutorials online on how to transfer photos to canvas, but it was hard for me to find some of the materials & the effect was more of a faded/rusted look and I was going for more of a printed look.

I had recently discovered the joys of mod podge while making these Star Wars necklaces & decided to give mod podging it a try.

I made this set as a Christmas gift for two of my good friends :)

Here's how I did it:

What you need:

• Canvas - I found this itty bitty canvas with a cute easel on sale, it came out to around P50 at National Bookstore
• White wrapping Tissue
• Mod Podge - I used gloss finish.
• Printer

Cut your white Tissue to size, it should be smooth to print on easily. If need be - take a few extra minutes to iron it smooth.

Leave space for a border.

Tape your tissue to a piece of printer paper, make sure to tape it all the way across where the paper feeds into the printer. 

This way it feeds through smooth & you don't get a terrible paper jam.

It should come out looking like this:

Carefully cut your photo out.

Be very gentle since the tissue will rip easily - I ended up needing to print my photo twice because I wasn't gentle enough the first time :(

Apply a layer of mod podge onto the canvas.

Carefully place your photo on top & let it dry for a few minutes.

Apply another layer of mod podge on top.

It might be a little wrinkly, but I ended up really liking the way it turned out & so did they!

It was a great gift!

I can't wait to make a few for myself :]

Hope everyone is doing well this Monday :)

Happy Crafting <3

My First CO+K Feature!!

My ultimate favorite craft website, Cut out + Keep, featured one of my projects!

This is my first time being featured for any of my crafts & I'm pumped!!

Crafterella (the website's mascot) chose my Whisk Earrings Tutorial to feature on the home page! 

Now my pretty project gets this sweet ribbon to go with it :)

I'm so giddy!!

I never really thought of having a project featured :3

Whenever they did post a new featured project I would always check it out and think, "Genius!"

It prompted me to take a peek at some of my old projects & my first posted project on the site, the one that got the ball rolling last year, was this poorly thought out T shirt to laptop snuggle (which I still use)

It hasn't really been very long since I started making my own jewelry - not even a year & I've learned so much about jewelry making from techniques, styles I like, things that work & don't work.

I'm so glad I joined the DIY movement!

There's always something more to learn & make

Happy Crafting everyone!!

The spiked clutch!

I LOVE screw on spikes

They are amazing

One of the fastest add-ons to anything & look good on everything.

So there I was...

The first day of Uni the next day...

It's 3 in the morning...I can't sleep...

What do I do?

The only thing I can do of course....DIY

I have a bunch of assorted spikes that I've used on other projects - mostly on shoes & Ive put them on a sweater temporarily once.

I decided I wanted to jazz up this adorable black clutch I got for Christmas.

I was worried about mixing gold and silver spikes at first, but I love how it ended up

I haven't stopped using it ever since
I feel like I just weaponized myself... I'm walking around with it on the street like, SOMEONE TRY AND GRAB MY PURSE! JUST TRY IT!!

but no really, I'm just kiddin o__o
And now for the fancy quality photo:

Happy Crafting All!

DIY Whisk Earrings using paperclips

These are perfect for the baker or chef in your life!

You can also make these using thin jewelry wire - but I didn't have any so I used paperclips :)

What you need:

• Paperclips
• 2 Coil Ends
• 2 Earring hooks
• Plies & jewelry cutters
• Hot Glue Gun/thick glue

Bend your paperclips & cut them evenly

Bend your paperclips close together like this so it will fit into the coil ends

Bend up a loop from your coil end - this is to attach the earring to later :)

You have to do this a little fast if you're using hot glue.

So have your paperclip bits ready

Put in a small drop of hot glue into the coil end & push in the paperclip bits as fast as you can & turn them a bit so they face different directions

Attach your earring hooks & you're all done!!