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Yay. I found a more convenient way of blogging and uploading pictures. So I'll be back to blogging soon :)

DIY Little Watermelon

Winter is long behind us, and the weather is starting to warm up. I got this cute little beaded charm for you. It's a little watermelon. I beaded one myself, I'm not particularly great at beaded works, but it didn't take me very long, and the instructions are rather simple to follow. Have fun. I will put up my work next time.

DIY Necklace Stand

Hey =)

Happy Boxing Day. All of you must be out getting those amazing deals that are on sale today.

Anyway, I went out on Christmas Eve, and bought a few supplies that I needed for the thing I wanted to make during the Holidays.

The first thing I wanted to make was a necklace holder. My necklaces are all tangled up in my cupboard and it's making me crazy every morning. Now my sleeping schedule is kind of messed up, I don't really have the time to untie it every morning. So I decided to find an idea to help me organize. I did a lot of research, but unfortunately many people were making necklace holders that you can hang on the wall. Some of them very similar to the one I made for my earring holder. That is actually a problem for me. Since I'm not allowed to have any nails on the walls of my rez, and I can barely hang my earring holder on that thin cork board of mine.

I did come across some really cool stands, but the one I really like is like a barbie doll stand. Unfortunately, there weren't anyone who made a stand like that, nor is there a tutorial. Anyway, I was thinking about buying a doll from the dollar store, and some how figure it out from there. Unfortunately, when I went shopping, I didn't find a barbie doll. But, I found something better. I was in the craft section of the dollar store, and I came across a little kit that said Fashion Studio. It was basically for making your own gowns that are doll sized. It came with fabric and pins and some stickers and lace. But I was only interested in the model it came with. When I saw that, I thought, 'I'm glad I didn't get a barbie doll, it is much more simple to make this stand up than a barbie.'

It took me a few hours on Christmas Eve, and today. But I finally finished. And I absolutely LOVE IT!

I didn't use any of the fabrics it came with. It wasn't as elegant or pretty as this fabric.

Hope you guys like it =)

Quick update =)

First term of University is slowing coming to an end. I'll be back home in a few days. I have about a week and half to relax before I have to come back already. I'm really excited for the holidays, mostly because there are a few things I want to make. =)

I've been meaning to organize my necklaces. But I have yet to found a tutorial to help me yet. I'm thinking about one of those ballerina necklace stand. Hope someone can help =)

DIY Laptop Sleeve

After a LONG period of procrastination, I've finally finished the laptop sleeve, unfortunately just before I finished it, someone gave me a laptop bag. What are the odds of that? However, Since I've put so much effort into making it and designing it, I, of course will take it with me to rez.

It's basically a laptop size version of the lined-zippered pouch. I've seen many tutorials of those. They are pretty easy to make.

Anyway, I'm still packing, so I don't want to make such a long post.

Here is my final product:

Front view:

DIY Boxy Pouch

As school is fast approaching, I realize that while in rez, my living space will be pretty small and furniture-less. I need a place to keep my small trinkets and such to keep my room neat and clean.

I decided to make a boxy pouch. It is very convenient because you can use it as a make up bag, jewelery bag. I wanted to make a couple, but I only have time to make two for now. I still have to finish the things on my list.

I didn't use one specific tutorial for this, but I have seen these tutorials before, but I didn't really like most of them, because they ended up cutting the corners off. I did like on particular tutorial, I think she did a great job. Projects by Jane has a few tutorials on boxy pouches, and I liked this one the best. Please check out her blog, she has made some really nice projects and I love her tutorials.

Here are the images:

I made two, one for myself and one for my best friend, Ki-Chan.

It's probably because it's night right now, the pictures didn't turn out very nicely.

DIY Kitty Pencil case

Wow, summer is almost over, but surprisingly I didn't actually make anything this summer. I've been so busy babysitting my brother. He's so troublesome and naughty.

Anyways, my to-do list is pretty long. Unfortunately, I won't be able to finish everything. So, I might have to put it off until next summer. I'm not bring any of my crafting stuff to rez, because then I would have to bring a lot of stuff. My room will be very small if i bring too much stuff, so i decided to leave it all at home.

I didn't actually make this pencil case this summer, I made it during the end of January. At the time, I wanted a bigger pencil case so I can fit my calculator in it. I actually lost my calculator right after I finished my second last exam of the term, my last exam was actually a math exam. So that whole thing was pretty messy. I thought it would be better if my pencil case was bigger. I did cut the fabric bigger than the original pattern, however it was still too small for my calculator. I messed it up during the winter, and never finished it. So a couple days ago, I decided to take it apart and redo it.

My final product, I absolutely love it.

The front: