Bubble Tea Tutorial

Here's a bubble tea -strawberry flavored- drink charm video...

Bye everyone!

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!

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!

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! 

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!

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.