Fruit Slices

Watch the video below for charms resembling fruit slices right down the middle!

Bye, and see you next time.

Dipped Strawberry Charm

Hello guys! Here is a video tutorial on how to make your very own dipped strawberry charm! Please enjoy.

Blog Announcements- Mark you calendars! Mark your calendars! I'm just kidding, but coming up, after the next tutorial (will be a drink charm), I have a new series of videos. It will contain 4 episodes, and possible more if anyone wants to see them. New Series: Simple Kawiis. These videos will be released until the end of the month, and are super quick (like 2- minutes) and cute. Need quick, random charms to give as gifts? You won't want to miss these videos. Then, as I've promised before about the many videos next month, there will also be a cool series in store for the last month of summer before it's time to hit the books. That series will consist of 6 episodes plus one grand finale! Of course, I'll also post some independent tutorials for you, too! Lots of exciting stuff planned. I'm not sure if I'll keep coming up with new series for each month or not, though. Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.

Bye everyone!

Links:

Youtube-http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOXPLUdSL9HmSIbbyWTS5VA
Pintrest- www.pintrest.com/kimlychee/boards
Beauty Blog- itsratherpretty.blogspot.com


P.S. Yeah, I know I haven't been updating my Pintrest, but I'll get to that (:

Cupcake and Ice Cream Charm Tutorial

In this video tutorial, I will show you guys how to make cupcakes in three different styles and ways. As a bonus, I also snuck in an ice cream tutorial as an alternative to the last of the three cupcake how-tos.

Personally, I love the nearly naked cupcake tutorial the best- you don't really see that many cupcakes without liners out there, now do you? Anyways, I hope you enjoyed the video- and if you want, please take a minute to subscribe, comment, like, and be fun! Bye everyone!

Links:

Youtube-http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOXPLUdSL9HmSIbbyWTS5VA
Pintrest- www.pintrest.com/kimlychee/boards
Beauty Blog- itsratherpretty.blogspot.com

Clay Wars

Remember last month, when I told you guys about Clay War between Carie Shott and myself? Well, here is a quick slideshow on most  of the charms I made (this was the first round- Chocolate Desserts was the theme). The second round was on fruits. I'm hoping to snap some shots of those to share.

Thanks for watching! Check back frequently for more fun charm videos- especially this summer!

Mustache Waffle Sandwich Charm

Here's a video on how to make your own Mustache Waffle Sandwich Charm. I made mine a little bigger than I usually do, so I think I'll turn mine into a necklace charm with a chain necklace.

Did you notice? I finally have new background music! Plus, I tried to cut out all of the parts of the tutorial where I was out of shot and boring, but there's probably still some. Bar with me guys! This is my 4th post today. It's like I've been holding off on video tutorials on so long, they all have to release at one time.(: Anyways, as always, I hope you enjoyed my novelties, and please take a moment to subscribe or give me feedback/comments. Thanks everybody. Have a fabtabulous day- this is my last post today.

Clay Wars Charm Update #1

Here are a few charms that I made during the aforementioned Clay Wars, well, except for the pseudonymous charm- I made that in January(: Hope you enjoyed this quick video, and please check back for more fun or subscribe to keep updated on my crafty fun. Have a terrific and cool day.

Smoothie Charm...WIneglass Base Follow Up

Here's a sample drink charm that I made, using the wineglass as the base. Back to good old step by step instructions! Here we go...

Yeah, sort of sideways there.

1. Roll a piece of pink clay out. Roll a thinner piece of white and coil it to emulate a "whipped cream topping" look. 
2. Hotglue one end of the pink cord into the top of the wineglass. Use your thumb to roll the pink stuff and the wineglass to fit the smoothie onto the glass. Hotglue the fitting whipped cream. 
3. Take a rectangle of tape, and cut off the ragged edges. 
4. Wrap the tape around the smoothie kind of snugly to form the cup. Cut off excess tape- do not just keep wrapping around the smoothie with the extra tape or you will end up with a messy cup!
5. Stick in an eyepin and a jump ring to finish off your amazing charm!

How were your experiences with this new (or old) technique? Leave much appreciated comments down below!

Tastykake® Kandy Bar Kakes

http://www.tastykake.com/ is the Kandy Bar Kakes' official website.

Products reviewed below (S'Mores Kandy Bar Kakes) courtesy of Influenster.

TastyKake claims the following: Let's see if it's true.

Kandy Bar Kakes are the best of both worlds. Light and fluffy chocolate enrobed cakes come in a unique kandy bar shape with a delicious créme filling made with your favorite candy flavors. Available in S'mores, Peppermint, and Peanut Butter flavor.

Let's see if it's true. My sister and I ate a S'mores flavored Kandy Bar Kake right after coming home from a beach trip, so we were horribly starving. Even then, I noticed some of the cake's flaws. First of all, the bread parts enveloping the creme were a bit dry. Secondly, the bread was mega sweet! TOO MUCH SUGAR! I couldn't really taste any of the cracker bits on the top of the cake. I like the creme- it was very light and fluffy. Plus, the snack was amazingly soft and easy to digest. The thing that struck me the most about this cake was how similar tasting it was to Twinkies! In my opinion, Twinkies and similar assorted cakes from the Little Debbie brand are much more yummy in terms of sugar and flavor. My final say about the product is that it needs to work on the recipe a bit before selling more. I give the snack cake from TastyKake a C.
My recommendations for the devouring of the cake is to eat only one forth of it a time. Plus, have some milk nearby so you don't have to suffer ts dryness...read more read more read more read more read more!!!!

Make Your Own Wineglass!

Yah me for finally making this video- I've been meaning to since last year! Anyways, are you guys- talking to you charm makers- ever tired of not being able to make those really pretty drink/dessert charms that are in a clear glass? Well, I was! In this video, tutorial, I'll show you how to create that glass and overcome your charm fears and obstacles! Maybe not the last part, but... The drink itself/the yogurt/ice cream/fruit toppings will come later in newer Summer tutorials!

P.S. The glass color depends on the tape and hot glue you decide to use. You'll understand once you watch the video below.

On a completely irrelevant note, I have been promising a big bunch of scrapbook pages but haven't done any- if any- paper crafts this year. OK guys, the good news is that I finished the pages (all 40), and the scrapbook is sitting on my desk right now. However, it was the first time I ever attempted to do such a big project- I usually stuck to cards. I was trying to make an overview video, but then I thought if I go back and post pictures to make separate "instructional" type posts, that would be boring. I haven't done anything about the scrapbook yet because, I don't know what to do. Hmm...
Anyways, I hope you enjoyed the tutorial (was this the first video on this blog? If so, YAH. I lost track because I posted a bunch of videos on my beauty blog) and have a cool day. See everyone next post! 

Chocolate and Strawberry Cupcake With Sprinkles

Hi everyone. As I promised, I improved my cupcake charm from the previous cupcake charm post. I am really proud of this charm, and am thrilled to be able to share it with you guys. If  you've been following my Spring Break Dessert Charm Spree week, then you've seen all of my different techniques and step by step tutorials on how to make different charms. By now, you must know enough about charm making for me to skip the tutorials. I'll just give quick step throughs. If you have a particular question on any of the steps, please leave a comment or go look at the other dessert charm/dessert charms posts. I would also like to thank Fairytailslilangel for providing extremely helpful videos on how to make cupcakes! Following her video,  made the cupcake liner (that's what it's called!) out of clay, a blade, and tweezers to magnify the creases in the liner. In her video, she tells you to have the liner and the cake itself start out as the same piece of clay that will later be separated. However, I find that making the liner, then adding a pressed circle on top for the cake  to be more fun. I then got twirled four strands of icing and attached  vanilla and chocolate sprinkles. Oh- don't forget the white dots on the liner or the charm pin either! Have a terrific day, and see everyone next post!

Green Cupcake with Vanilla Sprinkles

      Here's anther pretty cool cupcake charm that I made. Hope you've enjoyed all of my charm posts.

Mint Oreo With Toffee Ice Cream

                                    Here's a double dose of daily sweetness- cookie and ice cream!

Chocolate Bar

I really like taking photos of my charms without the protective covering- its a shame that I only thought of this  on the last day of my Perfect Polymers Spree week.

                                                                      Chocolate Bar

Ingredients:

• Model Magic in Black and Brown
• Aluminum Foil
• Staple
• Flathead
• Blade
• Scented Oil
• Clear Glue

Instructions:

1. To make the chocolate bar, mix black and brown in a ratio of 3:5. Make a rectangle base, and a smaller rectangle for the top of the chocolate.
2. Center the smaller rectangle on top of the larger one, and glue. Use the Flathead to make 2 rows of 3 mini squares on the chocolate.
3. Glaze with a small amount of glue. Let dry.
4. Poke the hook into the top of the smaller rectangle. Do not try to poke through the head of the larger rectangle because, calamity will strike when you realize that your chocolate bar head is wilting.
5. Dip chocolate bar through scented oil.
6. Wrap bottom half of chocolate bar in foil. Cut into the foil and unevenly fold downwards to finish wrapper.

P.S. I just got a new crafting table, and am gushing at how large it is! It fits all of my writing tools, polymer tools, drawing tools, laptop, Silhouette, papers, ribbons,and, beads/jewelry and glitter kits! I like to be able to have all of my things in one area, where I can see them. When organizing your own crafting areas, I recommend getting a table that fis everything, and still have space left over for you comfortable work on! Bye, and see everyone next time!

Better Lemonade

Better photo quality+ better looking! May I present to you the "Better Lemonade!"

On Tuesday, I played around with hot glue, and created a cup of lemonade. My sister suggested that instead of making a cup from hot glue dots, I should chop off a piece of unused hot glue! That was such a great, time saving idea! Thanks Carie (to see more of her great ideas visit her blog at www.craftables.blogspot.com)! Warning: It des take some arm grease, and you could end you cutting yourself- so be careful. Anyways, when I cut out the piece, the bottom of the glass wasn't "perfect', so I made like another bottom out of yellow Model Magic. Then, I made a lemon slice from yellow and yellow and white clay. I glue down all the parts, and poked a hole with a needle through the cap before sliding the hook in. I guess you could make a straw. but I can't see how you could make it look like the straw is also inside the glass. Do you have any suggestions? Please leave me a comment blow to let me know! Thanks so much and have a fun day!

Green Cupcake- Act One

OK, so in today's Dessert Charm post, I created a green cupcake.  There will be no ingredients or instructions list yet, as I know my cupcake making skills are a work in progress. In short, however, I rolled out a cord for the icing, made green sprinkles, and used a blade to texture the cup bottom. I'm going to try out more cupcake techniques, and possibly consider buying some deco gels. Have a great day, and see everyone next post!

Lemonade

Sorry for the poor quality picture. Also, sorry for the lack of theme. This probably isn't a dessert, but still should count as one in my defense! Anyways, I really wanted to experiment with the charming capabilities of hit glue. In this super small charm, I made a large dot of hot glue, waited for it to dry, made a second- slightly smaller dot on top, and repeated the steps for the last dot. Once every dot has dried, you can peel the "cup" off the mat and look at your semi-claer cup. To make the light yellow tinge that lemonade always has, I poked a hole with a needle for where the straw should be, and "needled" it with yellow food color. Then, I got a metal staple, made the straw, made a hook, and finished the charm off with a slice of lemon.