February Meet - PIC HEAVY

Sory for lack of updates! Surgery went well, and I'm back! :) Here are the pics from the February meet with the cherry gal circle.

We all met up at Dunobaby for tea and smoothies. We sat around, laughed, and played with makeup. So fun and casual. ^_^ I love my gals.

What I wore: jean shorts, cut tiger tee, fishnet leopard tights, fox tail (prolly for the last :( time), hip chain, heels, and head scarf. I rushed to get ready, so my hair isn't the best though... lol.




Here are the two newest members, and such sweethearts, Lana and her sister.



Me and Amanda looking especially silly, and me looking especially chubby . XD



And silly Myspace style pics courtesy of Amanda... hahaha...












All in all - tons of fun. Our next meet is a sleepover on April 16th. SO EXCITED!

Murua t-shirt project

I found this gorgeous Murua shirt on their web-store. If you look closely, the earrings are "3D" - real dangle parts!



So I want to try and make my own - which of the below would work the best?



Thanks for the feedback! As soon as I complete, I will post a tutorial!
:)

TREND UPDATE

FYI - strawbags are probably going to be in for spring and summer! (Source: Mitsu) I like this a lot because tis is an item you can find easily in the US - in stores and online. Also, there is the option to buy a plain bag and then dress it up on your own. ^_~

Above is the Yume straw bag.

Even W*C has one with the adorable Kumaten character.

Above bags are dressed in lots of bows and frills - Liz Lisa.

And lastly Cecil McBee has their own version with a simple bow and logo.

Haha, I am officially on the hunt for my own straw bag! I will be looking out at stores and online and will report back!

As a side note... I have been neglecting this blog and I am very sorry gals. :( Ready for it to get a bit personal? I have been juggling work and school, but that's not the issue. I have a surgery coming up next week that I've been getting ready for. So... Wish me luck, okay?

Oh these pants...

I love Gal because you get to experiment with your style... but sometimes I look at certain things and make a funny face. @_@

I have seen a lot of these pants (especially with the brand Marple Q) in gal mags. I have dubbed the this style - the "boy crotch pants" style.


IMO - these pants should die in a fire!!!! Why on earth would you want to wear a boy crotch on your pants? Are you using that extra space for storage?? Ugh... never mind. But there are still showing trends for this spring - leopard and flag print seem to be popular (more on that in another post).


What do you think about "boy crotch pants"? Cute? Horrible? Love or hate?

Sweets Deco - Whipple Review

I found a really fun sweets deco set at ToysRUs a long while back, and I finally got around to playing with it. :) Here is my review of Whipple!

The box comes with stuff for you to already decorate - cakes, fruit, beads and whatnot. The fake whipped cream comes in a resealable pastry style bag. Here is what I have played with so far.


I really like this macaroon as its a charm as well! :)


I took it a step further and decorated a clear cell phone case and embedded goodies straight into the whipped cream. Hahaha... my man says it looks like I'm talking to a piece of cake!


Think of the possibilities! :) You can deco the tops of containers, like eyeshadow, hair clips, headphones, pocket mirrors, just about anything!

NYX cosmetics at HauteLook

I don't usually blog about this sort of thing, but it was honestly too awesome to keep quite about. NYX is on crazy sale at Hautelook (go here). Huge eyeshadow palettes are less than $30, glitter palettes less than $20, and a super cute cupcake lipgloss set for less than $10, just to name a few of my favorites.

You would be stupid crazy not to at least check this out.

And you best believe I snatched up the glitter palette. ^_^

Super NYX sale!

Deco Madness and Tips

What have I been up to these last 10 days? Well, sorry for not blogging more often (I'm sure you've heard that line before), but I promise I've got good stuff for you guys to read now! ^_^ Quality, not quantity, right? I've been very busy with starting school, but mostly I've been toiling over jewels and charms. Specifically for my phone!

Here we can see my old phone on the right versus my new phone cover on the left.


For the one on the right (my old one and first attempt at deco), I used stick n' seal glue and then switched to super glue. I used 5mm jewels bought at a Michael's craft store along with some charms I found in their button section. Not bad for a first try, I think.

For the one on the right (my new one), I used stick n' seal only for the large pieces and super glue for the jewels. I used 2mm jewels and charms I bought from Yuki. (Hint - she ships from Japan to US, and sells GAL mags, just sayin'.)

My old phone looks sloppy in my opinion. I actually screwed up quite a few times, so I ended up gluing jewels on top of other jewels to cover it up. Oh, such a heavy phone case because of that. @_@

For my new one, I was super careful. Not only that, but I knew what I was getting myself into and had learned many valuable lessons from my previous phone deco adventure.

Here is what I learned:
*For large parts, use a very strong glue. Super glue will not cut cut it.
*For smaller, detailed work, use a glue that doesn't dry too quickly. I used super glue, but epoxy would hold better. You will need to move and adjust as you go.
*Use tweezers - touch the tip to the glue (just so that a very tiny amount is on the pointy tip of one side of your tweezers) and use it to pick up and place jewels. It will stick to the tip, but once you place it in the glue on your surface, it will detach from the tip of your tweezer. I've tried special jewel sticks, manicure sticks... it just didn't work well.
*Lay out your large parts first and glue them down. Then glue the jewels around them.
*Be patient! My first phone only took me a couple of hours, but my second case took me several nights... probably 8-10 hours total. Its worth the wait!

What handy tricks have you discovered while deco-ing?