In my Easter..fascinator! Buckram base.

  This Easter I'm doing something I've wanted to do for a long time. I'm wearing a hat! Well, okay it's more of a fascinator than and actual hat. If you don't know what a fascinator is, it is something that the British are wearing a lot these days! They can be shaped like anything and go from small and simple to large and outlandish.
  My Mom and I went to Ulta to see what kind of hair clips they had when we came across this!

I loved it and even Mom liked the hat/fascinator so she said I could have it as my Easter present. Sooo HAPPY! I don't remember how it came up but Mom said she would wear one too if she had one. Well, I had been wanting to try my had at it for a while anyway so this was the perfect excuse!  So I went surfing the net looking for tutorials on how to make one. There aren't that many on how buckram is used but with some basics on how to mold the buckram, guess work, and trial and error I managed to make this.

This was the better shot of the complete fascinator but the one below has better lighting and is more accurate in the coloring.

 It is the first one I have ever made and I am quite pleased with who it turned out. It is a perfect match to Moms dress. I made all the flowers on the fascinator from a pair of white nylons I had laying around. I then painted them with blush and eye shadow for the pink and dotted it with eyeliner for the black dots on the lilies.

sorry about the hot glue string. I didn't see it before I put it up.

I have never seen a fascinator that is shaped or decorated like this so it is my original design which made this all the more fun to make!  If you are interested in any tutorials just leave a comment below or send me a message! Thanks for checking this out and I well talk to you next time! Happy Easter!!!!

Boutique doll tutorial

Just a small tutorial on how I made the dollar store dolls look a bit more classy.

First thing I did was to get her hair out of the way. I decide on how I wanted the front to look, got some gel  and style her hair.

I made four ringlets with bobby pins and small clips from the dollar store. I leave it styled like that over night.

When I had the hair out of the way I started painting the shirt and base. I used nail polish since that adhered the best and gave the best coverage.

I'm sorry but I seemed to have accidentally deleted some pictures of the next few steps. I covered her in fabric which I found is not the easiest thing to do. I would recommend using lace like I did on the first one. I then added some beads to jazz it up a bit. To get the hair to stay in the bun I have to sew it in place. Use thread in like color or it will look weird. I could use hot glue, but if I want to do her hair again or in a different style I wouldn't be able to.

And that's it! She is all done and ready to be put into a boutique. I might even make her a hat to model.

My Etsy card holder

I just made this really cute holder for my Etsy business cards. I love the way it turned out!! My card holder holds 15 cards comfortably. Here is a link for a great tutorial I watched on how they are made.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YcEs5FKQVmg

Boutique Head Forms

I saw this beautiful display head on pinterest and just had to give it a try!

 I was going to make one from scratch by getting an old barbie from a thrift shop and cutting her to size, but as I was getting bribe gifts *ahem* REWARDS for the  girls I watch I found them already made and ready to go with just a small amount of work. :) I bought two of them, one blond and one red head.

This is what they look like straight from the box.  As you can tell they need some work...
This is my finished project I hope you like her!

 I painted the base brown and sealed it and glued lace on for a dress collar. I then put styled her hair and put it into a chignon.

I also made a hat her her to display for when I put them for sale on my etsy account.

And there you have it! a but of work and they go from cheesy plastic to boutique model!  Hope you enjoyed. :)