Shoes!! The first attempt

I bought 2 pairs of pretty plain shoes so I can try some DIY blinging.

One glossy black pair, and one bleh brown pair.

This post deals with the brown pair, as I haven't decided what to do with the black ones.

As usual, I couldn't wait to start, so I only thought of taking a before picture once I'd already started drawing. But you still get the idea:

BLEH!!!!

After:

  

These two pictures were taken with different cameras, hence the tone difference. But look how cool they came out!!!! I used a gold permanent marker and some rhinestones.

I'm so pleased!!

Spray-bleach rocks!!

I have been MIA for a couple of months, not that anybody's noticed... Poor me...

Anyway, I have however been quite busy. Not just working (which has been crazy), but crafting too.

The first thing that comes to mind is this shirt. I saw a post on Pinterest about spraying bleach over a design onto a shirt.

Sounded super simple... and it was!

The shirt with the stencil. I got the stencil with a craft magazine. I think it's supposed to be for cake decorating.

I proceeded to spray a mix of bleach and water over the stencil and shirt. I mixed the water in because the bleach I bought was a gel-like consistency.

It worked like a charm!

The darker blobs were still a bit wet, once they dried it was more uniform.

Looking at it now, the sprayer bottle I used produced perhaps a too-fine spray. I'll work on it...

Sodalite Bracelet

Hey Peanuts!

Today I have a chain-link bracelet for you. I have a string of  polished Sodalite chips (like the malachite of yesterday, but a little bigger) which I decided to make a bracelet with. I looove Lapis Lazuli, and Sodalite is pretty close.

I'm still working on the technique. I think the little dangly bits are a tad long. They tend to make a racket and get in the way.




 



Like it? I made a couple of them, with garnet, hematite and some others that I can't remember right now.

Anyhoo, I'm off again