Tutorial : Tuna Bruchetta

Hey everyone. Sorry for the long awaited post. My hands and mind have been pretty tied up these days.

I'm currently working now (will update you on that later), and have been preparing for a brand new bazaar experience! 

  It's a Wedding Bazaar ! I'm joining as a vendor for wedding favors. Planning has got my head cracked up pretty bad. Pricing's a headache, but well, everybody needs go through these before having things smooth sailing isn't it? It scared me when I was told to be prepared for orders up to a thousand pcs!

Anyways, back to the post. Today, I'll be teaching you how to make your own Tuna Bruschetta !

Yumzies. Here's what you need :

1) Tuna (I used mild tuna)

2) Cheese

3) Seaweed

4) Crackers/Potato chips

5) Baguette (french bread)

6) Toaster 

7) a HUNGRY tummy!

 Tune Mild Mayonnaise. I thought it would taste nicer with some spice. Apparently, it didn't come out spicy at all. Hmm..

 Lots and lots of fresh cut baguette! 

 Alright, start by placing pieces of seaweed on baguette pieces.

 Then, get a spoonful of tuna and spread it right on top of the seaweed.

This is where you can add your crackers or chips. I didn't add them to all the baguettes, just a couple of em.

 My all time favourite, CHEESE!

How can you have bruchette without cheese? That must be a sin. 

Kidding. I tried these cheese and also those pizza toppings that come separately with mozzarella or cheddar. Those worked better and gave a nice cheesy top coat.

 Add some torn up seaweed for 'decoration'

 Into the toaster!!

 Tadaa!!! your bruchetta is done!

Have a bite into it and feel the tuna bursting into your mouth with a dash of flavour! (yada yada yada.. )

Alrighty! That's all for today's post! I have missed my dear blog so so very much!

Hope you enjoyed reading! Toodles!

Tutorial : DIY Ribbon Organizer

Ribbons, ribbons, ribbons!

I've been collecting a whole bunch of ribbons from everywhere. I didn't buy them (ya right...) but they seem to just grow out of nowhere! 

Messy messy ribbons that would sprung out and dance into a pile of headache after.

And for that, I've decided to make myself a ribbon organizer!

What you will need :

1. A container/box like the above (or modify a shoebox to have several holes)

2. Strings

3. Cardboard

4. Scissors

5. Ribbons

6. Circle cutter (optional)

So, let's get started! The first thing you do, is to tie the string to one side of the container/box. This piece of string is to go through the loops of your ribbon and make sure they don't move too far.

 Then, it's time to cut circles slightly bigger (This is very important. It has to be slightly bigger to hold your ribbon properly) than your ribbon's circumference. I used a circle cutter (you can buy them in your local book stores, else, hunt for Daiso). Poke a hole in the middle of the cardboard circles. I did that with a pencil and an eraser placed below where I want the hole to be. You can use anything soft to replace the eraser.

 Put the ribbons and the cardboard circles in such an order :

 Cardboard circle --> Ribbon --> Cardboard circle

Each time a ribbon is placed in, pull the ribbon out from the hole on the container or the shoe box.

Then repeat the order above.

 It will look something like this.

The reason why you need the cardboard circle for the ribbon organizer, is so that the ribbons do not come off and it would be hard to pull the ribbon out from the front.

 I used holes of different heights for different ribbons as some has a bigger circumference, and some has smaller ones. The DIY ribbon organizer is about done.

 Here's the other side where the smaller ribbons are. I didn't have that many, and thus the ribbon organizer is only filled in half way.

 Top view. My ribbons are placed randomly. It's alright to have it a little messy from the top view. You'll mostly be seeing the sides only. You can decorate a cover and place it on top to hide the ugliness too if you wish. And with that, the ribbon organizer is done!

 I love my DIY ribbon organizer! It has served me well so far. No more messy ribbons!

End.

Sketching A Butterfly !

 A simple butterfly I drew while waiting for a friend in Pyramid early February.

3 person actually came up to me and say it's pretty or showed me the thumbs up sign. heh.

 

 

 

I'm a happy girl.

Just a simple post for today. Have a great day!

Handmodified Bling Jacket for G.I.Locket's Jessica Lew

Hello !! Happy Belated Chinese New Year! I really wished that I could update by blog during CNY, but my connection was really bad. So much for bringing my laptop and hard disk to gram's place. Oh well. It's great to be back and blogging!

That dress is what I wore during CNY Chu San (Third Day Of CNY). I bought it from a friend of mine who owns an online boutique - ChiqFliq ! Go check out what other goodies they have in store!

Here's the main highlight for this blog post! Recently, (well, actually it was before CNY) I've helped my sister transform her new plain denim jacket into a super blinged colourful jacket!

 This is the plain denim jacket.

For those who didn't know, my sister is a dancer. She and a couple of friends made a group called G.I.Locket where they do mostly kpop dance covers which you can see here.

 My sister chose the blings that she wanted and showed me.

 I added a few of my own and we started placing them all over the jacket. Yeap. It's THAT simple!

The rose and star were hand sewn from last time. I kept them in my little 'treasure box'.

 I have a box full of unedible M&Ms, and I thought it would be cool to bling one side of the colour with these colourful candies. Besides, what could go wrong with M&Ms? Everybody loves them!

I glued them down with my trusty hot glue gun!

 My sister said she wanted to add something more to the shoulder and arm's side, so we took out mom's old pearl necklaces and blinged that side. Too many tiny charms would look messy and less attractive.

We wanted to sew the necklace on, but then changed our minds as we thought it'd be cool to have safety pins just randomly sticking around on the jacket.

 Tadaaaa! The blinged jacket.

 Phew-phwit !!!

 Check out those awesome M&Ms ! That's my favorite part of the jacket!

The pearl necklace adds a really nice touch too!

 From the front. Shweeet!

I really enjoyed having this little project.

Yipee!

Since you've seen the awesome jacket, why not take a look and G.I.Locket's awesome dance cover teaser!

Check out more of their dance covers here on their Youtube channel!

P/S: It was such an honour to be able to bling a G.I.Locket dancer's jacket! *fans self like a overly obsessed fan girl*

Tutorial : Rainbow M&Ms Cap

 Hey everyone! Check my new cap out! It's covered in 3 rows of yummy colourful rainbow M&Ms! I think it's pretty cool and definitely suit any sweet tooths out there. I ain't a sweet tooth, but I'm already loving it!

 It's actually VERY simple.

All you need is :

1. Plain Hat

2. Non Edible M&Ms

3. Hot Glue Gun

If you can't find non edible M&Ms, you can use anything else from old pearl beads, to rainbow sequins, to different fabrics and many more.

 Step 1 : Get your hot glue gun heated up and ready

Step 2 : Scatter a bunch of non edible M&Ms and arrange their placing on the hat.

Step 3 : Carefully apply some hot glue to the middle of the colourful M&M pieces and quickly stick onto the hat where you want it to be. Start with the middle and work towards both sides.

Step 4 : Repeat till satisfied

Well, that is it! So simple!

I actually wanted to cover the whole white area in M&Ms, but the M&Ms are really pricey and I'm afraid the hat might add up to be too expensive. 

So tadaa! That's it for this simple tutorial. Hope you enjoyed it!
The product will be available soon at BoxOfHobbies! Only one available.

Handmade Denim Pouch

 Hey everyone! Check out my new creation! It's a denim sling pouch!

Since I have a sewing machine of my own lying at home and tons of old denim jeans, I decided to slaughter everything up and make something useful.

 I cut out part of the pocket from the jeans and another similarly sized plain denim fabric. Then, I sew the zipper onto the plain denim fabric.

This allows me to cut open the middle of the zipper so I may flip the pouch 'outside in' later on without needing to leave a space at any corners of the original pouch.

 Pin them together so that everything goes in place. I hand sew this part.

 

I sew a zigzag line across the pouch to keep the two pieces together.

 I kinda like how the zigzag turned out.

 My initial intention was to make it into a wallet. Looks pretty good huh?

 A very simple wallet.

Without trying to iron it into place as a wallet (was a tad bit lazy then), I kept having the idea if it should be a pouch. It looked kinda cute. And from there, I started cutting up long strips of denim fabric and sewing the sides so strands wouldn't escape.

I sew along the edges of the denim strips with the X design.

 The metal rings are from my "Rubbish Made Treasure Box" I mentioned so many times before.

 These clips are also something I've kept for a very very long time. Can't remember where I bought them.

 And finally with that, my pouch is done! I think it looks pretty good.

 I love how the purplish lines shine.

 How I attached them together. I hope that everything's sewed tight and well.

 When I was done with my 'surgery'. This was how messy the place was. All the denim fabric sprawled across the table.

After every project, - yes, it is true that you will make the place messy again when you start another project - , a clean up session should be held.

That's all for this post! Thanks for dropping by!
Tata!