Printable Party Poppers

Printable Popcorn Poppers:

Christmas is tomorrow! What better to celebrate than with these printable popcorn poppers which I found at ohhappyday.com.

What you'll need:

- Printable Popcorn Poppers

- 3 pieces of 8.5 x 11 colorful card stock

- 1 piece 8.5 x 11 white card stock(for tags)

- ruler

- craft knife

- scissors

- glue (not pictured)

- bone folder

- screw punch or hole punch

- string

How to do it:

1. Print out the Printable Popcorn Poppers on 8.5 x 11 colorful card stock.

2. With the bone folder, score all indicated fold lines on the popper. The score lines will go through the center of the triangle shapes and then perpendicular above & below the triangles (see template).

3. Using the craft knife, cut out the popper template.

4. Fold all of the scored lines on the popper using the bone folder.

5. Cut out the triangle shapes by folding each side and cutting with scissors (see photo for detail).

6. Use bone folder again to fold the scored lines that are above and below the triangles. These will be the ends of the popper.

7. Glue the small flap and assemble the triangle shape popper by pressing the small flap under the large flap. Allow glue to dry.

8. Once the popper has dried, press the triangle cut-outs inward and tie off one side with pretty string or ribbon.

9. Stuff your popper with popcorn! Cut out one of the “pop” tags and punch a hole in the top using the screw punch or hole punch.

10. Tie off the popper some with the tag and string.

Done!

Enjoy!

Get the look: The Hobbit

I decided to make a get the look for the Hobbit since the Battle of the Five Armies just came out. Also since faux fur seems to be super popular again which I love, I thought of including it in every outfit for this get the look.

Michael Kors three quarter sleeve top / H m shirt, $20 / The Row grey coat, $19,095 / BLANCHA green coat / SLY 010 fur parka, $2,085 / Fashion Union red faux fur coat, $64 / H m vest, $47 / Gucci zipper pocket pants, $1,800 / Helmut lang legging, $235 / H&M ankle length jeans, $47 / Pieces cotton stocking, $16 / Pull Bear cotton skater skirt, $16 / Buckle booties / Forever 21 short heel boots / Mossimo Supply Co. long shoes / Vintage black boots, $53 / Round toe boots, $44 / Brown shoulder bag, $305 / Ted Baker zip top tote, $265 / Yves Saint Laurent patent belt / Topshop black pom pom beanie / River Island fingerless leather glove, $13

Enjoy!

DIY Cat House

DIY Cat House:

I have many cats at home and they all like sleeping inside or on something. Buying a house for your cat can be very expensive especially if you have a few like me. So why not make your cat their very own house with stuff I'm certain you already have at home.

What you'll need:

- a box

- a t-shirt

- 2 metal hangers

How to do it:

1. Grab your box. Cut of the edges or tuck them into the box.

2. Untwine your hangers.

3. Make them into an arch shape.

4. Overlap them like so. Secure them with a wire or tape.

5. Put the t-shirt on the box and make sure your cat can fit through the neck hole.

Done! How practical!

Enjoy!

Get the look: The Theory of Everything

This is a "Get the look" for the film "The Theory of Everything" which stars Eddie Redmayne as Professor Stephen Hawking and Felicity Jones as his wife Jane Wilde.

J JS Lee flare dress / Closet mini dress, $65 / Mela Loves London sleeveless dress, $24 / Toast elbow length top, $155 / Uniqlo button down cardigan, $125 / Collared shirt / H M brown cardigan, $78 / Vero Moda open front cardigan, $18 / Ted Baker dark blue jacket, $390 / Frame Denim blue jeans / MARC BY MARC JACOBS short skirt / Loro Piana suede boots, $1,160 / Charlotte Olympia suede pumps, $345 / Ballet shoes / TOMS oxford shoes / Grenson oxford shoes, $130 / VIPARO leather satchel, $215 / Emili leather wallet, $76 / Barneys New York black wallet / Retro eyeglass / Forever 21 hair accessory

Enjoy!

Mini Tribal Cubes

Mini Tribal Cubes:

I bought these small cubes a while ago and was planning on doing something The Hobbit related. But after staring at my black and white tribal patterned pillow, I thought "why not make tribal pattern cubes to match?", so that's what I did! They are quite cute for decorating a shelf or if they are bigger and heavier they could serve as book ends. That would be a next great DIY! 

What you'll need:

- tribal print (black and white)
- small wooden cubes
- glue
- scissors

How to do it:

1. Cut out six squares the same size as the sides of your cube.

2. Glue them one by one on each side of the cube until the cube is covered.

Done!

Enjoy!

Decorated Clipboards

Decorated Clipboards:

I went to a sort of dollar store today (it was Japanese) and saw these plain clipboards and a variety of fabric tape and immediately I thought I should just use this floral pattern tapes on the clipboard to make it look nicer! So here you go:

What you'll need:

- clipboard
- fabric tape/washi tape
- Scissors

What you'll need:

1. I took a small size clipboard and covered it with my lovely fabric tapes.

2. I made sure to cut the edges to make it look neater.

Done! What do you think?

Enjoy!

DIY Tardis Galaxy T-Shirt

DIY Tardis Galaxy T-Shirt:

Check out this great DIY by the http://3chicgeeks.com/.

What you'll need:

How to do it:

 Enjoy!

Not All Those Who Wander Are Lost

So I decided to decorated my wall today because I was bored and also because I was thinking of my cousin who has something similar in her room. She chose a quote from the well known Divergent. I chose to take a very famous quote by J.R.R Tolkien. I'm sure you all know him, if you don't does Lord of the Rings or the Hobbit ring any bells? It must! Anyway, it took me quite some time but I managed to get it up on my wall with the help of my sister. Thank you little sister! You can now decorate your wall with any quote from your favourite book or perhaps a movie, even a song or a poem, it's all up to you!

What you'll need:

- Photoshop
- many images (For my quote I chose loads of Hobbit and LOTR images)
- separate images of letters
- scissors
- blue tac
- patience

How to do it:

1. Open Photoshop and gather all your images.

2. Using the same method as the one from the Elephant Butterfly Tutorial or the DIY Watercolor Map (I remind you: use your "magnetic lasso" and go around your first letter. For the other images, in my case the hobbit ones, go to "select", click "all" then go to "edit"and click "copy". Go back to your letter and go to "edit" and select "paste into".)

3. Repeat this step for all your images.

4. Print and cut them out.

5. Using the blue tac, hang it up on the wall in the correct order. This might take some time to get it straight or centered.

Now step back and enjoy this super easy wall decoration!

How was it, not too complicated I hope?

Enjoy!

Plum & almond crumble slice

Plum & almond crumble slice:

Hello! There are two reasons for why I am posting this recipe. First reason is that we are in autumn so it is time for plums and other fruits and second reason is that I am really hungry right now and this is what I feel like eating. Anyway, it really does look amazing and it doesn't sound too hard to bake. My sister will probably make them since she is the cook in this family. I'll just sit back, relax, with a good book and stuff myself with these delicious looking traybake.



What you'll need:

- 250g pack butter (cold)
- 225g caster sugar
- 300g ground almonds
- 140g plain flour, extra 25g
- 2 eggs
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- 1 tsp baking powder
- approx 6 plums, stoned and cut into sixths
- 50g flaked almonds

How to do it:

1. Heat oven to 180C/fan 160C/gas 4. Butter and line a 20 x 30cm baking tin with baking paper. Put the butter, sugar and ground almonds into a food processor, then pulse until the mixture resembles very rough breadcrumbs. Spoon out half the mix into a bowl and set aside.

2. Add 140g flour into the mix in the processor and whizz until it just forms a dough. Tip into the tin and press down with the back of a spoon. Bake for 15-20 mins until golden. Leave to cool for 10 mins.

3. To make the filling, put the remaining butter and the sugar and almond mix back into the processor, saving a few tbsp for the topping. Add the eggs, the 25g flour, cinnamon and baking powder and whizz to a soft batter. Spread over the base.

4. Top with the plum pieces and a little extra caster sugar and cinnamon. Bake for 20 mins, then sprinkle with the remaining crumble mix and flaked almonds. Cook for another 20 mins or until golden. Leave to cool in the tin before slicing.

Yummy!!!

Enjoy!

DIY Frame Shelves

DIY Frame Shelves:



Hello! Hello! Sorry for being away for so long and not posting anything, I've been very busy, I have so much homework but i'm here now! Since I'm a bit tight on time and haven't had the chance to make anything, I've searched everywhere and found this really nice and easy DIY by Shanty 2 Chic, DIY Frame Shelves. It is so great and adds a beautiful touch to a bare wall. Hope you give it a try because I definitely will!

What you'll need:

- old picture frame
- 1x4 boards
- ruler
- wood glue
- spray paint (optional)

How to do it:

1. Remove the different parts of your old picture frame and keep only the frame.



2. Measure each side then cut the boards to the measurements of the frame. You should have four 
different pieces.



3. Glue the pieces together with the wood glue. (you could nail them together as well)

 

4. Glue the frame to your new box/ shelf.



 

5. You can secure it with nails.



6. Finally if you would like, you can paint the whole frame in white like the one that was done by Shanty 2 Chic. I would have probably left them bare to give this antique look.

 

Lovely isn't it?

Enjoy!