Etsy Store

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Cat Graphic Tank Top

Supplies:

Tank top or T-shirt

Acrylic Paint

Paint Brush

X-Acto knife

Flash Cards

Piece of Cardboard

1. Draw your design on a flash card and use the x-acto knife of cut it out. (cutting out multiple stencils it helpful)

2. Place the piece of cardboard inside the shirt to prevent the paint from bleeding through.

3. Paint in your design. I noticed painting from the outside in was easiest.

4. Remove stencil

5. Repeat until desired amount.

Enjoy!!

Bleached Love T-shirt

Supplies: Dark colored T-shirt

Bleach Pen

Stencil

Cardboard

1. Use your stencil to draw your design onto your shirt. I used fabric chalk to trace it.

2. Place cardboard inside your shirt to make sure bleach doesn't transfer to the back of your shirt.

3. Trace your design with the bleach pen.

4. Wait until you see it start to change color. Don't wait too long since you don't want the bleach to eat away at the cloth.

5. Take the cardboard out of the shirt.

6. Rinse the shirt in cold water to stop the bleaching process.

7. Let air dry or place in the dryer.

Enjoy!

** Please be carful using bleach, it can be harmful to your skin and other clothing**

Decorative Cavas Bag

Supplies: Canvas Bag or T-shirt

Pencil

Acrylic Paint

Stencil 

X- Acto Knife(not pictured)

1. Print out a shape or word to use as a stencil. I traced an ornament instead.

2. Using an x acto knife, cut out your shape or word.

3. Center your design, use tape to keep in place. Begin stamping with the eraser end of the pencil.

4. Continue until desired design.

I wanted to apologize about not posting for the past two weeks. Things have been difficult for me lately and my blog was pushed to the back burner. But I really hope to continue back on my Monday and Friday schedule.

I hope you understand.

S

Positivity Jar

Supplies:

Mason Jar

Acrylic Paint

Paint Brush

Hot Glue Gun

Glue for the glue gun

1. Use the hot glue gun to create a design on your jar. *Tip: it is a lot harder than it looks, so pick something easy.  But if you mess up you can just peal the glue off once it is dry.

2. Once the glue is all dry, paint over your design with the acrylic paint. You may have to do more than one coat.

3. Here is the finished product!

How I use this jar:

I found this idea on tumblr where you write down positive things or good things that happen to you throughout the year and stick it in the jar. Once the year is over, you look back at all the little notes and see the good things that happened. I did it for the first time last year and I will be doing it again this year. 

Enjoy! 

Nails of the Week

I kind of have a love/hate relationship with nail stickers.  I love that you can get cool designs that aren't achievable any other way, but other than that they can be kind of annoying. It is hard to get them completely flat on your nails without any bubbles. And the edges tend to be kinda rough and not very smooth.

I feel like I could sit here and rant about this for a while, but I won't do that. And even though they can bug me, I will probably keep buying them and trying to make the best out of it.


These are Candie's brand from Kohl's. They were normally $8.99 ( ridiculous!) but on sale for $3.99

Bird Earrings

I didn't really have anything planned for today's post, so I decided to get my jewelry stuff out and wing it. 

Supplies: Pliers

Wire Cutter

Bird charms

Jump Rings

Head pins( don't get the ones with loops like the picture)

Earring "Hoops"

Beads

Also, I am not going through how to wrap the wire with the bead or open jump rings etc. I did a step by step post previously so I will link that. Beginners Bracelet

1. Put the bead(s) on the head pin, wrap wire and connect to bottom of bird.

2. Use a jump ring to attach earring "hoop".

3. Repeat 

Here is the final project. Pretty simple but fun!

Enjoy!

Nails of the Week

I love this combination. It just looks so cool! :] I used the Forever21 polish in "Lavender" for the base color and Sally Hansen Crackles Overcoat in "Vintage Violet" for the top color. I know you can find similar lavender colors at CVS or anywhere really. And the crackle can be purchased at CVS, Walmart or Target. The crackle overcoat also comes in many other colors as well. 

S

Etsy store

Come check out my etsy page! 

www.etsy.com/shop/smantey

OOTD

Sweater: Kohl's

Jeans: Levi's

Shoes: Naughty Monkey

Necklace: Forver21

Nails of the Week

I got these nail stickers in my stocking for Christmas. I think my mom got them at CVS. I love that they are super quick and easy and you can buy cool designs that would be impossible to try to do yourself.

OOTD

Army Jacket: Forever21Similar

Crochet Top: Thrift store

Jeans: Levi's

Shoes: Target Sam & Libby Paxton

Scarf: Wet Seal Similar

DIY Heart Felt Bookmark

Supplies: Felt

Thread

Needle

Scissors

Book

1. Line your felt up to the edge of the book and mark where to cut.

2. Make sure the felt lines up. (the marks don't matter because they won't be visible)

3. Cut out a heart big enough to cover the triangle. You can use a heart shaped object as a template or

cut out a heart free hand.

4. Sew the triangle to the back of the heart.

Since it is a little plain, I plan to do some sewing on the heart to make it less boring. I was going to use buttons, but realized they would stick up too much. 

Be creative!

Happy New Year!

S