COILED MAGAZINE FLOWER FOR HEADBAND

'Found a way to jazzed up my old white plastic headband using coiled magazine pages. 

Here's how I did it:

MATERIALS:

headband

coiled magazine pages 

a piece of green magazine page cut as leaf

glue

varnish

(for the procedure on how to make coiled magazine pages, please refer to http://imaginen-nen.blogspot.com/2013/04/coiled-magazine-bangle.html )

PROCEDURE:

1. Form the coiled magazine pages into a flower; use glue.

2. Glue the leaf at the back of the flower; and apply varnish to make it a bit stiff.

3. Lastly, glue the flower to your desired position on the headband.

My little girl modelling it for me. =)

Have pretty summer! =)

COILED MAGAZINE BANGLE

I made this bangle out of magazine pages. I think this could be a great summer accessory; but I haven't tried to submerged it in water though. =D

MATERIALS:
magazine pages
super glue or glue stick
cardboard
poster paint
varnish

PROCEDURE:

1. Cut strips of magazine pages about 1.5 to 1 inches in width.

2. Get a strip and roll it from the tip.

3. Coil the rolled strip from the tip. Then glue.

4. Cut a cardboard strip and roll it according to the circumference of your arm. This will serve as your guide when you glue the coiled strips together.

5. Put a rolled scotch tape on the cardboard bangle to hold the first coiled strip. Then glue the coiled strips together according to your desired pattern or design. Avoid putting glue on the cardboard.

6. Remove the cardboard and leave the bangle to dry. Afterwards, you can also paint the dried glue with your chosen color so that it will look neat. I painted mine with green poster paint. Lastly, coat with varnish for added luster and to make it stiff.

That's it! Have a beautiful summer! (*-*)

COCONUT LEAF TOY ACCESSORIES

         When I was small, maybe 4 or 5 years old (I was leaving with my grandparents back then), during afternoons the girls in our neighborhood would gather together under the banana trees just across our home. There, they would make toy accessories out of banana leaves for pretend play. My cousin Freddie, my favorite cousin, would make me this kind of accessories so I could join the girls. Later on, I was able to make my own and I also discovered that this can be done using coconut leaves.

          I thought that this classic pastime could be a great summer activity bonding for me and my daughter since there are plenty of coconut trees in beaches. I'm glad she liked it. Let me give credit to my cousin who's already in heaven. Thanks, Manong Freddie! =)

 MATERIAL: Coconut Leaves (or a more scientific term is leaflet because coconut leaf is a compound type of leaf)

PROCEDURE:

FOR A BANGLE:
1. Separate the coconut leaf blade from its midrib.

2. Take a long and a very short portions of the leaf.

3. Wrap the small leaf around the long leaf just adjacent to the tip.

4. Fold the tip of the long leaf. Towards its ventral side. Let's call this a knot (it's not a knot though =D).

5. Insert the other tip of the long leaf in the knot.

7. Pull the tip to secure the knot. (Now, this is a real knot. =D)

8. Place the coconut leaf around the arm. (I'm making this bangle for my little girl). Again, insert the tip of the leaf in the knot to make a hoop.

9. Now, let's make a bangle's ribbon. Take the tip and insert it again in the knot (same side).

10. Once the tip is already pulled on the other side, insert it again in the knot. You should have formed a ribbon by now.

11. Lastly, take the tip and insert it on the other side to make a small hoop on top of the ribbon.

FOR A RING:
Just make a smaller version of the bangle. The same procedure could be used.

To make these ribbons on your ring just follow the procedure for making a bangle ribbon. This is done by inserting the tip of the leaf several times.

FOR  SPECTACLES:

1. Follow Procedure 1-5 of bangle and create a hoop.

2. Insert the tip on the other side of the knot to create the figure of an 8.

3. Lastly, get the leaf's midrib which will form the temple and earpiece of the spectacle. Decide on its length. 

To place it, just insert it on the side rim.

Caution: Coconut spectacles should not be worn when running or moving around. This is only good for picture taking purposes, lol =D (The midrib might poke your eyes).

My 3 y/o miss wants to make a bangle for me.

Ta-dah! Bangle by little miss.

NEWSPAPER NAIL ART

I find this nail art really cool. I saw this on YouTube by cutepolish; it caught my attention so I gave it a try.
For complete tutorial just go to this link http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2kcdt4_5Ncc .

MATERIALS I USED:

white nai lpolish

colorless polish

newspaper

70% Isopropyl Alcohol

cotton bud

PROCEDURE:

1. The first thing I did was to apply white nail polish on my nails.

2. According to cutepolish's tutorial you need to wait until your nail is completely dry before you dip it in alcohol and place the small piece of newspaper on top of it; however, I don't know why it didn't work so I tried another technique. That is, I dabbed alcohol on my nails using a cotton bud when my nail polish was still a bit wet and put the newspaper pieces immediately after. This time it worked. 

3. After a few seconds, I gently remove the newpaper pieces.

4. Lastly, I applied colorless coating. I noticed that the prints became more visible. 

RESULTS:

'Got fierce nails, rawr! Lol. =D

WATERMELON NAIL ART

Welcoming summer with refreshing watermelons! This is my first ever nail art. I have short nails so I thought watermelons would look good. When I was a kid, mom used to tease me that I have bivalve shell nails. Yes, my nails look like clam shells especially my thumb, LOL. I envy long candle-like nails; I think with those type of nails any nail art is possible. Anyway, here's how messy my first nail art went =D

1. I coated my nails with white polish first. This is the first application yet but already messy!

2. Next, red.

3. Then, white french tip. This is also my first time to make french tips; not perfect yet. =)

4. After that, I covered the white french tips with green.

5. Lastly, I painted it with oval black seeds. I also put yellow stripes on the green rind but it is not visible here. 

                                                                             

FINAL OUTCOME: Whew! Not bad. =D

MY CONCLUSION: Nail art is kinda hard. It needs lots of practice but it is a fun thing to do. This is definitely my art of the month! This stuff is so addicting so I made more.

My very own plaid. Just trying...=)

Nail PILIPINAS

 I like to keep the smears around my nails; It shows how hard I made it. I LOVE PHILIPPINES!