DIY Felt Fox

My friend's birthday is this weekend so I've been giving her gifts last week and this week. 

So she likes Foxes and I found this really cute fox ornament and decided to make it for my Tutorial weekend. 
I was having some technical difficulties  with my cameras so it ended up being shot by hand which makes it a bit messy. 

Here is the Youtube video. 

Here is a picture of the final product.
 I think it is super cute. 

Fairy Garden Table and chair DIY

I started volunteering at my local 

county fair about 7yrs ago. 

And I honestly love it. 

I work in the creative arts area 

for check in and check out of all the crafts. 

The first year I started I didn't enter anything, 

But on and off since then I have been. 

This year I really got into it. 

Mostly because I really got into making stuff. 

One category is theme table settings.

I entered a fairy garden tea party. 

So over the weekend

 I had to make my table and chair, 

because I wanted to do miniature.

This is my first video tutorial, 

so cut me some slack. 

It took me about 30mins to make 

2 chairs and the table, 

but I cut the video down to 12mins. 

Here it is!

The tray will look like this

I just haven't found a bowl at the 

thrift store yet to make the mushroom top. 

Anyway, I had such a blast making it and

 I loved the end result. 

Best Wishes

By -J

Keep an eye out for my other fair projects, 

including: cake decorating, cupcake decorating, 

sewing, Origami and string art. 

So I Cut My Hair

Yeah not a good idea to give me scissors at night.

Or at all, really.

Well the other night I was in the mood 

for a change and my bangs needed to be trimmed.

This I do myself because 

I'm not going once a month to have 

my bangs trimmed for $20.

I got a little crazy with the split ends trimming 

and thought "why not trim a few inches"

I took five inches off.

And I'm not really good at cutting hair.

Anyway it made me think 

that I should look into tutorials on giving yourself 

a little trim between salon visits.

So here is what I found.

You have to old fashion put it in a ponytail, 

hang up-side-down and chop.

Its supposed to give you layered hair.

Be advised that it will always fall shorter than 

you think. Trust me on that one. :)

Supposedly Beyonce cuts her own hair.

Next you have the very technical way to layer

How to cut layers

 This video is long but help full in giving a 

visual at layering.

But its not helpful for cutting yourself.

You can't see the back of your head. 

Keep looking....

This blog showed us how to 

nicely cut swoop or side bangs.

How to cut side bangs

 I cut my side bangs along the line of my eyebrow.

Either way works. 

Surprising the most helpful for

 cutting your own hair came from 

WikiHow

Cut-Your-Own-Hair

For men and women.

So either you are Beyonce and you just know,

you have two professionals.

You cut upside down and hope for the best.

You convince a friend to let you do hers.

You just trim it slightly and

 wait for the professional

Or go for it and try it all.

Like my mom says

"It's hair, it will grow back"

Probably why I cut mine at age 4.

Here is a picture of me today.

I love my bangs.

You can't see my

 "just past the shoulder length" hair

But I like it :)

By -J

Happy Tax day!

Tutorials Gone Wrong

First things first. I am terrible at following through.

Example: I was supposed to take one of three finals for a math class last Thursday but I didn't feel like it so I didn't.

So on Friday I told myself to just sit down and do it after work. Than I volunteered to work the afternoon/evening and "didn't have time"

So I did them on Saturday instead of going to the beach,

I'm slow to do but quick to celebrate. 

I went to Seaworld on Monday to celebrate finishing the worst class ever!

Anyway I'm bad at follow through.

More examples. 

I was going to show how to make a cute cake for my Mom's birthday but I ran late, had to leave for a class and the only picture I took was this one. 

Nice shot of the pans right?

Then I was going to tutorial this hair do

Or this one

Lets just say I can do my hair I just can't take pictures during.

Then I was going to tell you all about how I made these adorable bunny cupcakes for Easter.

Before....

After....

And that is about it.

I also gave up Netflix for the week so my brain is

 re-calibrating.

Maybe now my class is done I can schedule some time.

By -J

What activities can you never seem to get a handle on?