Some handmade birthday gifts...

As mentioned in one of my previous posts, here are some photos of the birthday gifts I'd made so far~


Necklace and bracelet set for Alina. Made of handmade resin clay roses (sealed thrice with matte sealer), Swarovski pearls, Swarovski crystal butterfly charm, metal butterfly charms and interesting-looking chains.

The following are birthday cards made from different mediums.


Base of cards are some craft papers I bought at Popular bookshop. The 3D portions were made of different types of resin clay, ultra-mini plastic bottles and wires. And yes, those cookies and sweets in the jar are really very tiny... (the card is 1/4 the size of an A4 paper) =P

Still have some more gifts to make~ Will take more photos once I've finished making them...
(Still have my O' Crafty Day to prepare.. ><)

Bling!

I should have put this up last week, but had been kinda busy... Oh wells.. Needed a gift bag desperately for Angeline's birthday gift, so fished out whatever I had at home to make one.

Managed to find these 2 pieces of fabric-like wrappers (you know, those that they used to wrap bouquets of flowers?) and had some plastic flatback rhinestones (oh.. it's the fuwa fuwa mousse brand! Lol.. It's meant for the cream-like clay. But I'll be switching to swarovski flatbacks for that) and came up with this!



What I did was measure the desired width and height for the inner bag (just wide enough to put the gifts), sew the sides right-side facing each other, and then flip it inside out. That's the inner bag.

Then I measured another piece which was slightly wider and shorter than the inner bag. Sew the sides like before and turn it inside out. That's the outer bag. I pasted some blings onto this outer bag before placing the inner bag into the outer bag.

I then put the gifts into the inner bag, use a ribbon to tie the bag, and it's done!


Oh, by the way, had a little bit of fun with Photoscape...

Trying to be funny.. heh.. and that angle makes my wrist look fat!...

Bling bling... Dun ever get UHU glue onto your manicured fingers.. ==

Before telling you my horror story of my manicured fingers, let me present you my latest Bling Bling stuff!!!

First, some Bling Bling stickers I bought from Akihabara (Japan, Tokyo)..




Now, lets look at my plain old Motorola razor...

The front

The back


Here's how it looks like after Bling Bling application!

The front!

The back!


And my Nintendo DS lite (from Akihabara as well) too! (The lace sticker was bought in Singapore.. It looks similar to the one I bought in Japan, doesn't it? It's slightly whiter though..)




OKAYYYY... the horror story.. U see, last saturday, I went for a manicure with my 2 good friends. I had it done at my neighbourhood manicure/pedicure shop..

Pretty, isn't it.

Well, as you know from the earlier post, I had been busy making CNY decorations, and I couldn't do without UHU glue... Thing is, the rat project was so messy, and glue was all over my hands... I don't have the habit of washing my hands WHILE doing a paper craft project... So by the time I wanted to pause and have a rest, all those glue bits were already very dried on my nails.. When I tried to pick the glue bits off my nails, the polish came off too!

Arghhhh... How can I walk around with such ugly nails during CNY?!?! I tried to save it by adding silver Bling polish design to every nail.. But the nail polish was kinda thick and it was difficult to apply. It looked kinda ok though... However, I was in a rush and I accidentally smudged the Bling polish, and even more polish done during the manicure came off!!... Arrghhhh...

I had no choice but to remove all the bling areas, leaving "nicely designed" polish-less areas. Tried to fill it in with a polish in the same color family. It looked quite alright actually... But my hand was too itchy... I just want to put some bling in it... (I just don't learn, do I...) Once again, the Bling polish spoilt everything... And that was it... I removed all the polish.. There goes my 35 bucks of manicure... And that's my horror story...


Anyway, decided to DIY today.. bought a 2-way buffer from the Face Shop, Sally Hansen Mega Shine top coat from Watsen, pink polish on sale at John Little and some nail stickers. All in all, it's less than 25 bucks (and I can still use the top coat and polish for numerous times!) Granted I'm not a pro and it doesn't look as good, I'm still satisfied with the results. Love the Mega Shine top coat!

Oh yah, the nail buffer from the Face Shop (only $3.90) does make a difference on the appearance of my nails! They're SHINY even without any polish!

Without buffing... (This is my right hand)

With buffing... (This is my left hand...) Shiny, ain't it?


After putting on nail nutrition, base coat, pink polish, nail stickers + bling, and top coat...

It's slightly less pink in person..