Tuesday, January 26, 2010

做給自己的生日禮物


生日的晚上,送給自己的禮物。

最重要都係自己鍚自己:-)

我幸運,因為我有喜歡瘋狂儲鈕扣的呀媽;
我幸福,因為有喜歡買裝修工具的老豆;
我幸好,還有喜歡愛汽水的妹。

才促成我只花費數元港紙,就完成五隻手鐲。

看得出來,手鐲是用甚麼材料做的嗎?提示:與我妹有關。

答案:可口可樂膠樽。
只要將膠樽橫向剪至你喜歡的寬度,成圈,再直向再剪開,調整至你喜歡的大細,將多餘的膠剪走,再用膠紙黏好(我用的是鄒紋膠紙),就基本上成形。我將整個手鐲都包上了膠紙,因為剪開膠樽都很鋒利,以免受偒,還是包住剪口較安全。

我媽很喜歡織冷衫之類的東西,家中就存放了一大堆的冷線。我就是用那些剩餘物資,包了整個手鐲。自發現神奇膠水E6000之後,沒有甚麼東西是不能黏的。我就黏上之前做手工剩下的菊花裝飾,當然還有母親大人數十年儲落的衫鈕,做成了這個所費無幾的Bangle Bracelet了。有些鈕扣背後有個圈好讓穿線的,此時,老爸的兩大把金屬較剪就派上用場,先用膠紙貼好背部,再大刀一
剪,就將那「阻定」的圈給剪走,平滑的背部,加上E6000,就成了手鐲的靈魂。

我承認,這不完全是我突然之間諗到出黎的,靈感來自SoSheSews。可惜店主只賣Bangle Bracelet,不提供作法(tutorials). 我就自己做自己的版本。看起來還不錯吧。

Sunday, January 24, 2010

Happy Birthday to January!


Isn't she adorable? Focus on the hair clip, the PINK Flower hair clip. I made it! I made it! I made it!
That is a little PreSent for my little cousin. She and I both birthday are in January~!




Isn't this cake suicido? instensify dark chocolate mouse and super sweet white chocolate flower for those has crazy sweet tooth. Not just me and my cousin birthday are in Jan. And also, my dad, my aunt's husband and my cousin's father. One cake serve all. Worth it, isn't it?

Saturday, January 23, 2010

Hang on, my love, and grow big and strong

It's been a long time since my last post. I did some art projects. But I didn't bother to take photos and post on this blog. I start to realize it's the project itself bring me amusement, not the photo or the blog post of my project.

I made a flower hair clip using felt wool as a gift for my little cute cousin. I made a wallet out of carton box. I made two wallets out of magazine paper. (If you want to make one too, I can send you the tutorials which I refered to.)

Something unbelievable happen to me. I go out less, I mean MUCH less. And of course, I cut back my expenditure on clubbing, shopping, movie-going, theatre-going and invest those money in art materials. It brings me much happiness and amusement. I used to spent over hundred of dollars for a few hours performance, like pop stars' concert. But, everytime, everytime, after the performance, I fell into a hole, a hole with loniless and sadness. I blamed myself for spending that much money for a performance and which money I didn't make. The horriable thing is that I keep doing it. That is totally destructive.

Making craft project is very difference. I start to acknowledge myself for making something that is "pretty" and useful. (I always think my craft work is pretty, but my younger sister never think so...) And the most important thing is the process, from nothing to something. It cost less and bring me huge happiness and satisfaction.

The best birthday gift I found, was a letter from Iggy pop. No, he didn't write to me. He wrote to his fan as a gift. He told the girl who just turn 21 years old,

Hang on, my love, and grow big and strong.