I thought I might share...

Prior Knowledge: I take art classes.

Thus, I have been working on an assignment for the class. Teacher wants me to develop my design skills. I couldn't agree more.

Here is the result:

The cockatiel (upper left) was the first one, which I drew in a random musing. The rest came after. I must say, that one is the best.

P.S. According to spell-check, cockatiel is not a word. It suggests that I change it to "cockamamie". I can assure you that cockatiels are anythign but cockamamie. Thank you, spell-check.

Rainy Day Roundup

It's raining it's pouring...
As you may have heard, a huge tropical storm is about to hit the east coast! What better time for a cute roundup of rainy day DIY?

Source

Generate Custom Box Templates

Check out this cool site- it lets you generate custom tiny box templates for free!

You can also generate an envelope or card box. Or, as they like to call it, "envelop"

This has basically just canceled out all of my other tiny box sources... ever.

DIY Baker's Twine!

Oh. My. Gosh. I love this stuff! And now, I can make it at home. You can, too!

Drinking Straw Heart Paperclip

I make too many heart shaped paperclips... Here's another tutorial for one that's made using a fat bubble-tea/smoothie drinking straw.

Heart Shaped Paperclips

A project for the lazy crafter? Well, I certainly enjoyed it.

Have fun! These are especially cute for the back-to-school and Valentine's day seasons. :)

Colored Staples Tutorial

This is a fun trick to make your own colorful staples, and takes only moments to do! Have fun creating your own styles and patterns.

Cute Mouse Wallpaper

Lately I've been fiddling around with digital drawing and managed to come up with a little something for you guys:

A cute mousie wallpaper!

...And here's the iPhone version!

My Bunny iPod

It's weird. I don't even like bunnies. Don't get me wrong, I don't dislike them. But I don't like them excessively either. I don't know why I did this:

I doubt this is even worth a tutorial, since all I did was cut some "ears" out of a leftover bit of photo paper, and stick them on with some double sided tape, and then whip up a cute face with Doodle Buddy.

By the way, yes, that is a washi tape flag on my USB.

Upcycling- Colored Pencil Holder From a Wafer Roll (yum) Tin

Well, here's another super easy project for you. Yesterday, I found a nice tin container for cream wafer rolls just sitting there. Can you believe that? Just sitting. OK, maybe not so impressive. But anyway, I covered it up with some white paper, and decorated it with some of that lovely lace tape featured in the shop... and it was a perfect fit for all my colored pencils!