DIY Galaxy

Happy Wednesday! You know what that means (at least for the Spring Semester): DIY!

I posted some pics for random post day of these galaxy shoes (find the post here) and it came with a "tutorial" but I decided to post the full tutorial for today! 

I love this tutorial, because you can use this technique to galaxy *anything*

Be warned though, It's a lot of steps. The key thing I want you to remember right now: blending. And layering. Seriously. I painted 3 layers...

I'm going to be painting a black clutch, because it's a nice flat surface and it's easier to show each step.

Here's a side-by-side pic of the clutch and the finished shoes (I found a single lace...):

Materials:

• Something that you're going to galaxy (preferably something canvas-y/fabric-y)
• Fabric paint
• I chose purple, pink, and blue...but you could always buy pink and blue and mix them together to create purple
• You also need white
• Optional: black
• Toothpicks
• Index cards
• Sponge brushes
• not shown: paper towel, Mod Podge (optional)

For the very long, extensive tutorial, keep reading after the jump!

Random Post: Galaxy Sneakers "DIY"

I don't have a step-by-step cookie cutter tutorial, because it's pretty basic. though I could do this for my DIY Wednesday though...

I used: sponge brushes, mod podge toothpicks, fabric paint (black, blue, purple, pink, white), and white canvas sneakers (I got these from H&M).

"Tutorial"

-remove laces

-glob on limited black paint (squeeze an amount onto shoe, spread it out with sponge brush)

-glob on colors (really random really); just squeeze some amount of paint, glob it out by dabbing it with a sponge brush. I personally didn't wait for my colors to dry, because I liked how the colors meshed onto each other. Also, I only used one brush, so some of the colors it picked up from previous globbing carried onto the other colors (more blended look)

-though these shoes were my sister, and I sort of blended all the colors together by applying some white paint on my brush and brushing it over the entire shoe. Unfortunately, my sister didn't like it, so on paint job part 2, I used separate brushes, and made the colors pop out a little more

-glob some white paint on a separate sheet of paper, dip a toothpick in it, and add on "stars," for the larger globs of white paint, take the toothpick, and make a "sparkle" star

-when you have your desired look, mod podge the whole thing

-optional: remember to tape down the white "shoe" parts (the not fabric parts, no idea what they're called). I didn't, but that's because I ended up painting them over with black

For pics, keep reading after the jump!

DIY "Chandelier" Earrings

Happy Wednesday! You know what that means. DIY!!

Alright, let's get down to business (to defeat, the huns).

Materials:

• Clear Vinyl (or any sort of clear flexible form of sorts. What also works: shower curtain, laminating sheets, the works)
• Scissors
• Chandelier silhouette 
• Black fabric paint (or regular paint; I chose fabric paint because 1) I have it lying around everywhere, and 2) it's 3D-esque) 
• Toothpick
• (not shown): pen, earring hook, safety pin, jewelry pliers

For the tutorial, keep reading after the jump!

Happy Mother's Day!

Also. Just temporarily for the "Spring" term, DIYs will be moved to Wednesday because that's the only day when I don't have class. Yep. Taking Spring classes. Joy. From 9-11 MTThFr. 

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And yes I may be stalling. Major "design block" aka my room is absolutely demolished and I can't find anything that I actually need to make cool DIYs. 

(I'm a bad blogger)

But yeah actually. I have no idea what to make. Hopefully I'll have a moment of genius on Wednesday,  maybe I won't. 

Peace out!