☆Tattoo Tights☆ Trendy Tutorial!

Helloo everyone~~! So sorry that I missed a week! Last weekend ended up being super busy, and so did my week! I ended up staying after school just about every day this week, which totally cut down on my ability to do a blog post. I'm still going to try to post as often as possible, but I'm a lot more busy now, so bare with me! Anyways~ Last night I finally made myself a pair of Tattoo Tights! In case you don't know of them, Tattoo Tights are sheer stockings with sections colored in black/whatever color that have totally been trending lately in J street fashion! Since the tights are totally clear or skin toned, it appears like a tattoo! It's such a cool concept and always looks killer worn ( here are a few examples) that of course I had to jump on that bandwagon.

But no way am I paying a ton of money for them! anything over $10 for these is unacceptable for me, and ordering them online almost guarantees that due to shipping ; A ;! Luckily they're not hard to DIY at all~ They're so simple, but I thought I would put together a small tutorial or something in case you want to know exactly what I did for these ones~ ;u;!

So here's what you need~ 

☆Paper (preferably thick; I used a page from the sketchbook where I did the design)

☆Pen or Pencil

☆Sharpie in whichever color you want your "tattoo" to be~

☆Sheer tights/pantyhose 

☆Optional: star/heart/whatever you want templates

☆Scissors

So~ first you draw out the parts of your tattoo. You'll have to place these sections under your tights and draw over them, so I just drew an outline, and then cut them into the sections I needed.

After that, you basically wear your tights, slip the papers underneath and place them where you want the design to go, and color it in with sharpie! You have to wear them while you do this so that the design turns up the right size and in the right place. It's also important to use the paper and not just color in the designs, because the ink does go through the tights!! You don't want to get sharpie all over yourself (though it will was off if you get a little on you)!

Basically just keep on replacing your hearts/ stars/ whatever design you want! within your tights and coloring over em with your sharpie until you're done! it comes out looking really great, even if you're coloring doesn't seem totally consistent.

This is what mine looked like after I took them off! Super cool right? The best part is I can easily add more to these if I ever feel like it, and they only cost as much as regular sheer pantyhose! score~!

And here they are on~

I can't wait to properly coordinate with these! I'll be sure to show you guys my outfits with them soon!!

Thanks for stoppin' by ~☆!

Tutorial: Turning a Care Bear Into a Backpack~!

Hello everyone! In my last thrift store haul post, I showed you all a big Wish Bear that I got! A day or so after having it sit on my bed with the rest of my stuffed animals, I realized that it was the perfect size to turn into a backpack! I have a tutorial of exactly how to do that here for you~

Here are the supplies~

☆ A Large Care Bear (or any stuffed animal~)

☆ Fabric (for the inside of the bag and straps)

☆ Scissors

☆ Needle & Thread (There's a lot of hand sewing ;^;)

☆ Zipper (so the bag can close)

And some things I forgot to show here are~

☆ Pins

☆ Iron

Now that all of the supplies are gathered, lets begin!

First, use the zipper to approximate where you'll cut the openging and mark it with pins, or draw a dashed line with a fabric market or pen or something like that.

Now it's time to cut that opening, and take out a bit of the stuffing. If you don't remove the stuffing, then nothing will be able to fit in your bag! Be careful to remember this step.

Next, cut a square or rectangle of fabric. This is going to be the "bag" part. Make sure it's wide enough to fit into the opening that you cut before you sew up 3 of the sides.

Note: When you sew this, make sure that the right sides of the fabric are facing each other!

After you have that done, stuff the pouch of fabric inside of the opening in the bear.

Then pin the edges in place.

Now comes the time-consuming part! You should probably switch a movie on or something, because you'll be sewing by hand for a while ;~; (can you tell I really hate sewing by hand? xD?)

Sew the pouch into the opening

And then pin and sew the zipper into the opening (this by hand too ;~;)

Make sure the zipper can close. Now you're almost done! Next you just have to make and attach the straps. Also the hand sewing ends here for a while ;u;!

Cut two long strips of fabric, fold them in half (wrong side of fabric showing) and sew the edges together. Then turn them inside out (this takes a good while too ;~;) and iron them to get this~

Pin the straps on, and try the backpack on to see how it sits on you. Make any adjustments and as soon as you're satisfied sew them on.

had to hand sew this as well ;^; I think I'll go back and super glue the straps in place, I don't trust the way I sewed it xD.

But now it's done! Here are some more pictures~

This is what it looks like open ;u;

And there it is worn!

I made the pouch deep enough to hold a lot of items. I can fit my phone, iPod, wallet, mirror, notepad, pencil, and nail file in with quite a bit of room left! Though the hand sewing was tedious ( I'm sure it's obvious how much I dislike it by now xD!) and the actual opening looks ~odd~, It definitely works as a super cute backpack! I can't wait to wear it around ;u;.

What do you guys think? Will you be turning your stuffed animals into all sorts of bags? I would love to see if you do!

Thanks for looking~!

Tutorial: Making a half bonnet from waist ties!

Hello everyone! I have my first tutorial for you all today :D! Usually, when I craft I always forget to take pictures during the process x~x. Luckily, today I remembered so I'll be sharing with you how I made my new half-bonnet!

This is the second bonnet that I've made, the first one I made from a straw hat for AWA, and though it was cute, it's basically impossible to wear anywhere other than a convention or costume party xD.

So today, when I got off the computer to clean my room (obviously, thats not what happened;;;) I found the waist ties to my bodyline carousel skirt. I never, ever use them, since the blouses that I own wouldn't show them. ...So what could I do with them? Instantly, I thought to make a half bonnet! Spring is coming, and bonnets are always darling in spring! I've always really liked the look of flimsy half bonnets as well x3

What you will need

-Waist Ties of a dress or skirt

- Seem ripper

-Scissors

-Iron

-Sewing machine (or needle and thread)

- Pins

-Coordinating Fabric

-Headband

Steps

1) Due to my bad habit of not taking pictures while crafting, I totally forgot to take pictures of this step! Basically, all you need to do is rip open one of the side seams so the waist ties become a square of fabric. Cut off the bottom of the waist ties (the part with the lace and ribbons or other details) to use as bows later. Iron it all out!!

2) After you have two squares of fabric, you're ready to construct the base of the half bonnet. (Sorry, I didn't take pictures of me doing this part either x~x). Basically, with scrap fabric, fold it in half and cut a shape like this

Put it on top of your head to fit and see how long it is/wide/how it fits. Adjust this piece with pins until you find the perfect shape. After you have that shape, fold one of your squares of fabric from the waist tie on the seem (the other side seem that you didn't rip out) and cut that shape out. Stitch it in place and now you have the base on your bonnet!

3) With the second rectangle of fabric you have, cut that in half along the seem and then re sew the pieces back together horizontally (finally started taking pictures!). You need this part to be twice the length of the base so that you can ruffle it!

4) Pick out and cut your lining fabric. I just used some scrap fabric I found that happened to be the right length. You only need enough to cover the long rectangle you just made. Match it up to that, and cut. After you have this piece cut out, its time to attach it to that long rectangle. Put the printed side of the waist tie fabric, and the right side of your lining fabric on top of each other, and pin all the way around, but leave an opening for turning this inside out later.

5) Sew the long rectangles of fabric together, leaving that opening. After that, turn the fabric inside out, iron it, and stitch around the edges.

Turning inside out~

Ironed and ready to ruffle x3

6) Now comes the fun part! Gather that long rectangle of fabric to the base of your bonnet. I folded, pinched, and then pinned the fabric together to get the ruffles to look the way I wanted. Make sure you pin the waist tie printed side on top of the right side of your base.

After you've got it pinned, stitch it. This might involve some frustrations between your machine and you ( ;~;) , but if you have patience I promise it will work out fine.

7) Now comes the REALLY fun part! The decorations! Remember the edges of the waist ties we cut off at the beginning? It's time to make those into bows and stick them wherever you want. I won't go over how to do that, because there are lots of places you can find out how to make bows online ;u;. I put mine on the bottom sides. If you want to put lace or ribbons or anything else on your bonnet, you can do so now.

8) So now your half bonnet is done! Except it won't stay on your head. There's a really simple fix for that, though. Grab yourself a head band. Any headband you can use. On the bottom of the bonnet, attach three little rectangles of scrap fabric so that you can slide the head band through. Heres a picture to see what I mean

Now you're all done! Go enjoy your new half bonnet! This was my first time ever making a half bonnet, so if you find any ways to do this more easily, then of course feel free to! You can probably move some steps around to make everything go by faster as well, this is just how I did it ;u;. Also, if you had any troubles understanding a step, you can ask me about them in the comments. I'll answer you as best as I can!

~Pictures~

Finished bonnet!

Here's what it looks like worn~!

And heres the coordinate I came up with to match it~

Last but not least, I took a really cute picture of myself LOL. I want to share that as well x3

So what do you think? Will you be making yourself a half bonnet from your gently used waist ties? If you do, I want to see!!

Thanks for looking~