Hello Kitty bow hair tie tutorial

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Wednesday 23 January 2013
I am a huge fan of Hello Kitty! Here is a simple and fast tutorial on how to make a cute bow hair tie~


You will need :

Red fabric or any colour/ fabric of your choice 
Thread of your chosen colour
Needle
Ruler for measuring
Pen for marking
Hair tie


Firstly, cut two 8x12 cm pieces of fabric. Sew them on the back and leave a gap to flip it over and fill it with stuffings. 
Secondly, cut another piece of fabric that measures 6X8cm. Sew it together along the 6cm, flip it over and fill with stuffings. 
Close the edges.
Place your hair tie in the middle of the large piece, wrap the small piece around it. 
Sew it together and now you have a cute bow hair tie!

More cute crafts coming soon, happy crafting everyone!
Lisa

How to make fruit pieces from clay

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Sunday 20 January 2013
This is my second tutorial for my Sweets Deco Series, the reason I made this tutorial because I personally like to decorate with them and it is not that hard to make. I want to share my experience to everyone so they can also make them instead of buying. When I first start making sweets deco, I aways want to make realistic fruits, but it is not easy to find the 'how'. After searching on the internet and research on other artists's creation I finally figured out the way to make it. It is easier than you think, so please do give it a try! I hope this would help all the clay crafters out there, and hope you enjoy this tutorial!

I used homemade cold porcelain clay, and coloured them with acrylic paint. I make lots of fruits at a time and let them sit on a foam board to air dry for one day. These are not big objects so it dries fast however it also depends on the humidity of the area you are in. 
These are the blueberries I made after filming the video because I had left over clay. The photo doesn't look nice to me because of the red stain on the toothpick left by the strawberries. =^=

So here is the tutorial, enjoy!



Happy crafting!
Lisa

Deco Cupcake Tutorial

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Tuesday 8 January 2013
Finally I uploaded my first Youtube tutorial, I always wanted to start one but I couldn't find the time and film. This simple and short tutorial took me 4 days to edit, and as well learning the video editing software at the same time. At the end, I am very happy with video, and I hope everyone will like it too! My Youtube channel will be having lots of cute craft tutorials and I will also share techniques and ideas , so please subscribe ^_^! 


About the tutorial:

This is a very simple cupcake, for this tutorial I used air dry clay for the cupcake base and homemade cold porcelain clay for the decorations. Air dry clay means that you don't need to bake it, it will air dry within 1-2 days minimum. I used baby oil as a 'release' agent for the mold so the clay will come out easier ( you could also use cooking oil) I used Tamiya Baking Master to shade it the cupcake, you could also use pastels or acrylic paint to brush on the shading. I bought the Baster Master recently and I always wanted to try it. The colour pallet is the same as soft pastels, but mine turned a bit hard so it was hard to brush on. For the decoration, you could use anything you like. I personally like to decorate them with fruits, I will be making them in the next tutorial.

So I hope you enjoy this tutorial, I will be more making sweets deco, needle felt, felt cakes and cute crafts!




Happy crafting!
Lisa