Maleficent Themed Outfit!

If you saw Disney's new film Maleficent, you might just be as amazed and obsessed as I am!  I knew that I would love the movie, and decided to dress to the theme!

I took pictures to share with you all. :]

 

This is how I did my nails for the movie!  I chose a very pretty color of purple I received recently and did an accent nail with green glitter.  Then I drew Maleficent's horns on another finger nail.

To do the glitter nail I used "Nail Rock" which allows you to put sequins on your finger nails.

This is what is inside the kit, the sequins and the nail adhesive polish.

You apply the adhesive, then dip your finger into the glitter.

It's a bit messy, but really eye catching!

I then drew on the horns and added some lines to make them look more intricate and interesting!

Here is another picture that I flipped, so you could see the Maleficent!

I got this Maleficent t-shirt from TeeFury.com, a website that sells one of a kind geeky t-shirts for cheap.  They only have them for a day, unless you get a random one in a grab bag, which is how I got this one!

I have actually gotten a lot of compliments on this shirt!

Here is another way you can do your nails, which is much simpler! I've really been feeling purple lately! [Ignore the fact that I hadn't cleaned them up for this picture!] 

Then, to round it all out, I made a Maleficent horn case!  I used glitter and some glue, and a bit of time!

I LOVE the way it sparkles!!! 

If you are interested in these phone cases, please visit my Etsy shop! 

Thank you so much for reading!!

♥Riley 

DIY Glitter Ocean Chevron Themed Phone Cases!

DIY Glitter Ocean Chevron Themed Phone cases!

It's so much more beautiful in person, but hard to photograph!

What you will need for the Chevron Print:

• A Plain Phone Case, Plastic Preferred, $~2 on Amazon
• Glitter in a Couple Different Shades, Any Craft Store
• Mod Podge, Craft Stores/WalMart
• Electrician's Tape or Any Other Non-Sticky Adhesive
• Foam Brush or a Throw Away Brush

For the 3-D Elements you will need:

• Sea Shell and Bubble Buttons, $2-4 a Pack at Michael's, I Used Parts of 3
• Any Other Decoration
• Rope for a Bow, I Already Had Some on Hand
• E-6000, Hot Glue, or Another Strong Adhesive
• Nail Clippers

"Tiny Seashells" and "Bubbles" from Dress It Up, found at Michael's

"Seashells at the Seashore" from Dress It Up.  I chose to use plastic seashells for durability.

Here are some of my glitters I thought about using.  The teal and blue in the fat containers are the ones I ended up using, and are found in a set of 12 at Michael's.  I used a 40% off coupon and they were around $5-6 I think.  

The long skinny containers are from Walmart and were much less in price.  They are much chunkier.

The ones in the little baggies are from the Dollar Tree. 

The gunmetal glitter in the big ziploc is from Hobby Lobby.

I first tried to figure out how I wanted to use the bubbles.  When I bought the buttons I had no idea how I was going to use them.  I thought it would be cute to focus them around the top of the phone, where the camera and speaker are!

These are all of my buttons laid out.  To get them to stick to the case, you have to clip the backs of them off of the buttons.  The little semi-circles in the box are what the backs look like after they had been clipped off.  I have found that nail clippers work the best for taking these off, thanks to a suggestion from my dad!

Then I got to work on a stencil for the chevron print.  Electrician's tape isn't very sticky and leaves no residue, so I used it.  I took cardstock and drew a little chevron print.  I measured it out but I don't quite remember my measurements. I just wanted it to be very uniform.  Then I took electrician's tape and covered the card stock.  I cut the excess off, so that the points were cut. 

This is what my measurements looked like on the front. 

After I had cut out the points, I put a strip of Electrician's tape over the other tape.  This way, I could peel it off itself, and not touch the tape on the paper.  It shreds the paper if you peel it off.

Then I cut the excess black tape off and peeled it off.

I put it on the case where I wanted to protect it.  I centered it the way I wanted so that I could add Mod Podge.

This makes a pretty good stencil, but I'm sure there are other ways too! I might have made it sound complicated, but it really wasn't.  I had to replace my tape a couple times, because glitter would get stuck to it.

These are the supplies I needed for the next part.

Dab the Mod Podge on generously.  Don't drown it, but make sure it's covered well.

Add the glitter! I used a translucent kind of white shade, that I would probably describe as snow colored, for the top.  I let it dry for a minute and shook of the excess.  Then I dabbed on more Mod Podge and gave it a second coat.  This is the easiest time to give it a second coat, before all the other layers have been applied.

Decide how large you want your second stripe to be, and secure your stencil.  Then repeat dabbing on the Mod Podge and sprinkling on the glitter. 

This is how I ended up doing mine!  It's very different than what I first wanted to do, but I like it so much better!  The glitter had not fully dried for any of the layers before I would go on to the next.  I was impatient!  The only problem with this is that it's still a little squishy and easy to mess up, so be careful :]

I used E-6000 to secure the bubbles where I wanted them, around the top.  Then I used it to secure the seashells.  I started with the bottom shells, then attached the other seashells where I wanted them.

It took me a couple tries of moving them around to get them where I wanted.  I remembered I had beachy looking rope and tied a little bow with it.  I used E-6000 for this too, which surprised me.  I thought I might have to use hot glue, but the E-6000 worked great!

 These were taken very early in the morning by whatever possessed me to make this phone case so late in the night!  This craft took me a couple of hours to do, but I love the way it turned out! There is a lot of glitter fall out, but I don't mind.  If you don't want yours to do that, dab on Mod Podge over the finished piece.  It won't be as sparkly, but you won't lose much glitter.

The snapchat I sent out once I had finished it! Ignore me.

I loved doing this phone case! Please let me know if you make one like it or completely different!

♥Riley

P.S. I'm considering making phone cases for my Etsy store.  Any thoughts on price or variations of my design? Thanks! ♥

Decoden Style Phone Cases! : Christmas Cookie!

My new obsession: Decoden!!

Or old obsession, rather, but I just recently started to try it myself!

I decided to make a holiday phone case using Decoden styled decorations.

All in all this craft was a little more expensive than most of the others I show on my blog, but it's really fun and the result is amazing!

You will need: 

• White caulking, I chose DAP brand, Wal-Mart, Home Depot or other home goods stores ~$2-4 [here is a link I just found on Google http://www.tools4flooring.com/dap-kwik-seal-tub-tile-adhesive-caulk-p-195.html?gclid=CNHGuPSK5LsCFeZ7Qgod3k4Aew#.UsfEGPRDsg0]
• Phone case, Amazon ~$3 for a clear one like shown below
• Cake frosting tips, Michael's, Daiso, Wal-Mart, I chose a star point, ~$1-3
• Tape
• Charms/Beads/Buttons - These can be whatever you choose to use, the buttons I used were from Michael's, ~$1-4 a package, I used one package

So in total this cost me about $10, since I already had tape and a frosting tip.

Before I started with the actual decorating, I positioned the buttons I wanted onto the phone case, to get an idea.  I used all the pieces in one package of buttons from Michael's. 

Here is just about everything I needed for this craft.  Kwik Seal, a phone case, tape, a caake decorating tip, and buttons.  

The next step is to tape on the frosting tip.  Take the cap off the caulking and snip the tip off with a pair of scissors.  Then tape on the tip to the caulking with either scotch tape or duct tape.  Just make sure that it is sealed entirely.

Before I did my case I practiced a couple methods of dispersing the caulking. This is a little hard to describe without showing a person, but you squeeze the caulking out of the tube while moving the tip.  The top design on the box was squeezing it out in a swirl motion.  The middle portion is moving it around in a swirl and continuing the swirl around.  The bottom is just squeezing it out straight.  

Then I started squeezing it out onto the phone case.  I swirled on one line and then stopped.  Then, I started swirling them on the next row.  

I messed up a little bit, but it was my first attempt!  I swirled the entire case, starting from the line shown in the previous picture, down.  Then I used smaller individual squeezes for the top portion, which is why it is so pointy.  

Then I started putting on the buttons.  I liked the cookie cutter ones because they were festive and Christmassy and went along with the cake looking Decoden style.

Here you can see some holes in the design, that I filled in later by swirling the tip around.

Here is a side view of the phone case.  I ended up stamping the sides of the case with more caulking for a more finished look.

This is what the case looked like once I put on all of the buttons from the package.  It had a surprising amount of buttons in it! 

Then I squeezed some of the caulking onto the front portion of the case.  I was going to mod podge silver glitter to the front portion, but decided to just do it in the caulking.  

Here is a close up of the detail, not sure why it came out a little yellow in the picture.  I used white caulking to keep it fresh looking.

This was the snapchat I ended up sending to my friends to show the finished result.  I love the way it turned out, even with its imperfections! 

I then did a picture frame for my boyfriend's mom.  

 I used a similar style to make this frame.  This frame required two packages of buttons, one with bears and one with dogs.  

 Here is another picture of the frame in a different light.  

I used a little bit of transparent glitter, while it was still wet to make it stay. 

Thank you for reading this post! It was a lot of fun to make, and you could use it with any style or holiday. 

♥Riley 

P.S. If you try this, I'd love to see! :]