Dangly Episode #2: Mostly Breakfast Dangly

For today's Dangly episode, you will see a tutorial on how to make this three- charm dangly (doughnut, lime, egg). These character's were inspired by kidRobot plush toys.

Hope you enjoyed this video, and if you haven't seen the last dangly episode, check it out! Plus, come back in two days because I will post a new charm tutorial for you guys.  Please like, subscribe, comment, tell your friends, be awesome, or all five if you would like- thanks. Bye everyone.

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.

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!

Day Two: Strawberry and Vanilla Ice Cream Sandwich

Sorry that I forgot to post a dessert charm yesterday! I was picking strawberries with some friends and completely forgot about posting until midnight! anyways, I woke up early today to make this ice cream sandwich. Looks so yummy- makes me hungry...and hungrier still because I haven't had any breakfast, yet.

Ingredients:

• Metal Staple-Straightened
• Skewer
• Model Magic-Black and Brown
• Play Dough- Pink and White
• Needle
• Xacto Blade
• Strawberry and Vanilla Extract*

*I actually was too lazy to go downstairs to get these extracts so I just used a berry pie scented oil (says on the bottle that it was a mixture of cranberry, orange, and vanilla). This goes to show that you can do any type of flavoring that you want.

Instructions:

1. To make the chocolate bread slices, mix together black and brown Model Magic in a ratio of 3:4.
2. Use the cylinder side of the Xacto knife to gently flatten the hun into a slab. Remember to leave some thivkness as a real ice cream sandwich would have. Cut out two rectangles of matching size. Lay out the slabs. Use the side of the blade to go around all of the bread's edges to soften them up. Use a needle point to mke two long rows of evenly spaced dots on both bread pieces.
3. To make the ice cream, get a ball of white and and a ball of pink Playdough. Press together. Roll into a cord until the two colors line up with each other perfectly. Shape the cord into a rectangle with slightly smaller dimensions than the chocolate breads. Carefully dip the ice cream into the scented oil, and then sandwich it between the two bread slices.
4. Shape a hook from the staple- follow steps in the Chocolate Mint Cone post- and stock onto the top of the ice cream sandwich.
5. Dip the whole charm into the scented oil. Allow time for the oil to dry- the scent will still be in the charm- before packaging. See tips for packaging in the Chocolate Mint Cone post.

Stay tune for today's charm post!
Link to Chocolate Mint Cone post for reference: http://www.gobrushes.blogspot.com/2013/03/chocolate-mint-cone.html

Chocolate Mint Cone

Happy Spring Break everyone! Starting today, I will be posting once everyday with a new dessert charm until the end of Spring Break. It feels so fantastic to have a whole week where I actually have enough time to have some polymer fun! As you can see, today, I made a Chocolate Mint Cone charm (scented). Doesn't it look yummy- what with Summer steadily approaching and all!
                                                       
                                                Chocolate Mint Cone
Ingredients:

• One metal staple
• Crayola Model Magic in White, Brown, Blue, Green, Yellow, and Black
• Pure Peppermint Extract
• Tweezers
• Skewer
• Circle Cutter
• Something with a Cross-hatched Texture (A Xacto Knife)
• Toothbrush

Instructions:

1. To make the ice cream, mix together blue, green, and white Model Magic in a ratio of 2:3:14, respectively. Roll into a ball-shape. Set aside.
2. To make the cone, mix brown, yellow, and white in a respective ratio of 1:1:9. Roll into a ball. Flatten with the textured Xacto-Knife into a flat slab. Using the circle cutter, cut a circle. Roll into a cone shape. (Tip*It's easiest to start by folding the bottom of the circle inwards, then curling the entire circle into a cone shape.)
3. To make chocolate chips on the mint ice cream, mix small amounts black and brown Model Magic together in equal proportions. If, when you've finished blending the colors, you find the color to be too light, add a smidge of black. Remember that black is a very very strong color. Roll out into the thinnest-sized strand possible, and use knife to finely "chop" into small chips. Gather chips.
4. Slightly flatten the bottom of the ice cream by pushing down towards work surface. Fit onto ice cone's mouth. Roll ice- cream in prepared chocolate chips. Use tweezers to adjust spacing of chips if you desire.
5. Use one side of a tweezer to smush the bottom lining of the ice cream scoop into the cone to form a rim. 
6. Use toothbrush to dab at ice cream for added texture.
7. Straighten a staple. Line up staple's middle with the skewer. Wrap the staple around the skewer twice. Twist the remaining staple ends together. Push down into the top of the ice cream cone for the char hook. 
8. Allow three days for charm to "dry-" though it still will be squishy. 
9. Clamp lightly inside tweezers, and immerse in peppermint extract. allow for a second for the oil to vanish.

Yields one perfectly scented ice cream cone.

*You can stop here if you just want to play with the charm for a few days (the scent will wear off eventually.) However, if you're planning to give the charm as a gift or sell it, put it on saran wrap. Make a name label for your charm. Place the second layer of saran wrap over the charm's top. Press around the charm for a greater seal. This wrap will prolong the scent of the charm. Remember to get a cello sleeve to ut the charm in when it is really time to give or sell the charm- as well as any other scented charm. Good luck ad have fun.

P.S. Tell me about your experiences with the charm in the comments section below. I look forward to reading them!

A Bowl of Ice Cream

Winter's coming, and its time to start making gifts for eeryone! This year, I'm giving everyone a dessert-realated gift- who doesn't like sweets? Here are the first three charms I've created...

A Bowl of Ice Cream!

A Honeybun!

And, a Chocolate Chip Cookie!

Don't they look yummy enough to eat?  These, by the way, were made with colored Play Dough and will soon be glazed with glossy clear glue. I'll keep you guys posted on more of my dessert charms. Until then...
Have a sweet day, and see everyone next post!