Make Your Own Erasers: Part 1

Make Your Own Erasers: Part 1

Hello Lovelies! I have a new tutorial for you: how to make your own erasers! And just in time for everyone going back to school! It's actually got to be one of the most fun DIY projects I've done so far.

What you're going to need:

Eraser putty, I got mine from Amazon

An Xacto knife or something to cut the putty

A pencil

And maybe some glue

The first shape we're going to make is the Pokéball. So take your red and white putty and a little bit of the black. The putty is going to be a bit solid to start off with so just kneed it until it becomes more pliable. 

      

Now turn them both into the same sized balls and then flatten one side so that you've got two domes.

Then push them together. Be gentle though, so that you don't ruin the shape. If it doesn't look perfect, don't worry.

Take the black and roll it out like so:

And flatten it. I just used my Xacto knife because that's what I had and it actually worked pretty well. Just keep the cap on the blade so you don't hurt yourself.

Once it's flattened out wrap it around the centre of the ball so that it covers where the red and white join together. Use the knife to cut off any of the excess black putty.

Next take a tiny blob of black and a slightly smaller one of the white and flatten them. Then press the black on first, then the white on top of that. If I'm not explaining this right, feel free to use the picture bellow as a reference:

You could be finished now, but I decided to make it into an eraser for the end of my pencil. All you have to do for this is to take the pencil and gently push it into the bottom of the eraser. 

And ta-da! There you have it. Now all you have to do is follow the instructions that come with your eraser kit. Mine needed me to boil them for a few minutes, but yours might need something different. Just remember that no matter how you've got to set the putty, allow it to cool before using it or handling it.

The next Eraser I made was the Poop Emoji. I know, really mature, but it's one of my favourite so whatever. Take the brown putty and two small blobs of the black and white putty.

Roll out the brown putty into a long string. As you can see, I got a photo of the emoji up on my phone so I had something to use as a reference. 

And now start coiling it around and up.

You should end up with something like this:

Now it's time to make the eyes and mouth. Take the white putty and break it into three pieces. Make two of them equal sized ovals and the third into a circle.

To make the smiley face I used my knife and cut the circle in half to get a nice, neat semi circle.

To make the pupils just take the black putty and make two small black ovals and place them in the centre of the white ovals.

And then gently press them onto the brown putty, and there you go. Now boil or bake, depending on the instructions and there you have it! Your very own Poop Emoji.

The third eraser I made was a lollipop. Take three colours of your choice, I went with purple, blue and pink, and then take some white and a little bit of yellow and orange.

Mix together the white, yellow, and orange putty together.

And roll it into a short, fat snake shape and set it aside. This will be used as the stick for the lollipop.

Roll out the other three colours into long, thin snakes and stick them together at one end.

Then twist them around one another until it looks like this:

And roll them all together into one single strand

The next step is to twist the strand into a twirl.

Now take the stick and press it to the back of the twirl. 

Make a second lollipop face

And press it down on the other side of the stick to completely cover it up. Cook it and let it cool and there you have it, a lollipop eraser!

Here are a couple of other erasers I made:

A crying laughing emoji

And an Ice cream cone!

That's it! It's so simple and fun and customizable. You can make any shapes you want, like cake, or pizza, or different emoji faces or love hearts. You can keep them for yourself and have your own individual erasers or give them away to friends as cute, personalised gifts.

I hope you liked this tutorial, let me know what you think!

Thursday, 10 September 2015 Comments: 0

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DIY Jewellery / Necklace Organiser

DIY Jewellery / Necklace Organiser

Hello Lovelies! Here's another quick tutorial and it's so easy you can do it in your sleep! Haha, okay, maybe not, but it is simple, cheap, completely customizable, and the end results are pretty cool. 

What you're going to need:

Cork-board, size of your choice

Spray paint, which ever colour you like,

Gold / Silver paint

Paint brush

Scotch tape / painter's tape

Push pins

Something to protect your work surface

The first step is to tape along the borders of the cork-board like so:

Next step, place your board over something like a bin bag or, as I'm doing, a large piece of fabric, to protect your work surface (I'm working outside today because the weather is so lovely) and spray paint the board. Make sure you're in a well ventilated area to avoid breathing in any fumes from the spray paint.

Be sure to do a couple of coats, waiting for each one to dry before doing the next. Keep going until the spray paint is opaque and you can't see any of the original colour of the board.

Now take your gold or silver paint and your paint brush, then, carefully, begin painting the edges. It'll take a couple of coats but it's a surprisingly quick process. Once everything is dry I recommend using a protective spray and covering the whole thing before you start hanging things up on it. You don't have to if you don't want, but I did it just to be sure.

The next step is to take your push pins and start pinning where you want your necklaces to hang. It works well for bracelets too! As you can see from the picture bellow I created a simple enough pattern, with my necklaces overlapping slightly. I hung earrings on pins with matching necklaces and even hung up a few of my rings too! But it's completely up to you how you do it, you can use it exclusively for necklaces or bracelets, you can choose whatever colour combination you like too.
I wouldn't recommend doing this with any expensive or valuable pieces of jewellery, they should always be kept somewhere safe, but it works nicely with statement necklaces and rings.

This is the finished result:

Hope you've liked this quick tutorial, let me know what you think!

Wednesday, 26 August 2015 Comments: 0

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Make Your Own Hair Bows

Make Your Own Hair Bows

Hello Lovelies! I'm back with another tutorial, this one is very simple and super cute: DIY hair bows! This is so much fun and an inexpensive way to make some cute hair accessories, you can make them whatever colour you like and mix and match patterns if you wanted!

What you're going to need:

Your choice of fabric, I'm just using some scrap fabric I had,

Scissors,

Glue Gun

And Crocodile hair clips

First step is to cut out a square and a rectangle from your desired fabric. I didn't measure exactly, I just kind of eyeballed it, but obviously make the sizes bigger or smaller depending on what size you want you bow to be.

Next, take the square piece of fabric and fold over the edges to create a rectangle. Make sure the edges of the fabric are overlapping.

Now take the hot glue gun and CAREFULLY glue the overlapping edges together.

Once you've done this the next step is to fold in the corners to create a single point and glue them down. It doesn't have to be perfect so don't worry about it if it's not exact!

Fold the two edges into the centre to create a small rectangle, but don't glue anything just yet!

The next thing to do rather than glueing is to turn over the rectangle and then pinch it in the middle, as demonstrated in the picture bellow:

Now it's time to adjust and play about to get the look you want and once you're satisfied add a dollop of glue to the back and let it cool. Remember the thin rectangle of fabric we cut earlier? It's time to use it. All you need to do is wrap it around the centre of the bow like so:

And then glue it so that it doesn't come undone.

The final step is to take your crocodile hair clip, add some glue to it and then press it to the back of your bow.

Make sure to press firmly.

And there you have it! You're very own bow! Isn't it cute? And it didn't even take that long to make!

 

I hope you've enjoyed this tutorial, let me know what you think!

Friday, 21 August 2015 Comments: 0

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