Now that it’s summer time I’ve had so much more time to make things! This outfit outfit has a few items I’ve been wanting to make for awhile but couldn’t find the time for during the semester~

A cutout denim jacket was at the top of my list! Ever since I saw this photo on tumblr I knew I had to make one. Now that I take a second look at the photo I realize that they used clear vinyl in the cutouts, whoops. But I still like my version without anything in the cutouts so it’s okay~

The jacket was $4 or $5 from the thrift store and I bleached it to a much lighter color. The silver studs are from Hobby Lobby and the pink studs are from a belt my parents got me. :D I also stitched around the cutouts so that it wouldn’t stretch too much, and to keep the fraying from going too far. Here’s a detail shot…

I also studded the collar to match the back. c; And I clipped my sassyNpunk bat hairclip, haha.

Another thing I’ve been dying to make is a high-waisted circle skirt! I used some rainbow metallic spiderwed fabric I got during last Halloween season. I’m so in love with that fabric~~

And finally, I made a ton of hair bows out of the same fabric. I kept a couple for myself and the rest are up for sale in my etsy shop. c;

Oh, and that mini-project I mentioned a couple days ago? I took some ceiling paint we had and painted 2/3 of one of my room walls with it. I have 4 different colored walls in my room and they are all reflective, so the white gives me a nice non-reflective background for photos. :] Ahh, the things my parents let me do… ♥

A couple days ago Julie, Melissa and I went thrift shopping. I love summer. :]]

Here’s what I picked up that day…

Recently I decided that I wanted to start wearing jewelry. I always have the problem of not being able to keep it on (I play with it) or just not putting it on in the first place. Let’s see if it will actually work this time. :p

From this purchase I realized that I seem to like all the cheap, plastic accessories haha. They’re just so pretty and sparkley… D: The lightning bolt earrings were like new! I really really like them, they even have tiny little rhinestones on them. Not sure if I’m a hoop earring girl yet.. only time will tell~

I’ve been wanting a new pair of comfy night time pants and look what I found! MINT GREEN PANTS WITH CATS. They turned out to be girls sized pants 914-16) from Target. Sleeping shorts and pants are some of the few things that I won’t by used (how many of you put those pants on without underwear on?? I know I occasionally do), so it was awesome these still had the tag on. c;

A $0.60 t-shirt that I plan on turning into a tank top or crop top. I want to draw some sort of design on it too~

Originally I wasn’t going to get this because it was a little large, but I figured for $0.90 it was worth getting and altering. It’s velvety~ And best part is, when I paid for it the price was only $0.45 because green tags were half price that day. :D

And last but not least, a sewing pattern from what I’m pretty sure is the 90s. The only design I really liked was the top-right one. But it was only $0.49 so I had to get it. :]

So that was my thrift-shopping haul for the day! I’m glad I have you guys to share my finds with, it’d be too sad to keep them all to myself. ;p

warning: old photo of me that is not representative of present-day me :p

10 minutes ago Eva asked me if I could find some files for a class project we worked on together freshman year of college. So I went sifting through my files.. I didn’t end up finding it. :c But as often happens when I go through my backups, I found some photos of miscellaneous old projects. :p

Here’s a dress I made for my highschool freshman year turnabout dance. I had to last minute add sleeves onto the dress because my dad wouldn’t allow me to go sleeveless (hahaHAHaha). So I ended up finishing the dress about 15 minutes before the dance.

I remember getting the bamboo fabric for $1 a yard at Joann Fabrics and buying the teal lining so I’d have enough fabric for the rest of the dress. Remember when Joann’s sold nice, cheap fabric??

I love how 14 year old me is wearing platform sandals. She knows what’s cool. And this was when I was still using mascara-like brush on hair colors aww. c;

It’s getting kind of late here, but I was just finishing up a mini-project.. more will be explained soon (hint: it involves paint). :D

So sleepy, these aren’t even clothes I normally wear anymore haha.. just picked some things I left in my closet at my parents’ home~

night for now!

A long overdue messages answered post, sorry about that everyone! As always, feel free to send me questions and comments. :] I usually answer non-anonymous messages more quickly and save the anonymous ones for weekly posts like this~

victoriastarz asked:
gahh I don’t think I looked at your page enough when I came across it, I went all the way to page 86 o.o Anyways, you are very creative, and nice colors and I love your cat Toast, so so cute and fluffy omg haha :) cute name too. And your so talented. Omg, i’v done some sewing before and loved crafts but never did anything like you haha, very good. :O Anyways :) nice page.

• Aww, that means a lot to me, thank you so much! ♥

live-in-techni-color asked:
I like your new theme, It’s like I’m in the future :3 hehe. I like how you included yourself on your banner on top :D

• Yay, thanks for the feedback! Glad to know you like it c;

Anonymous asked:
your new theme seriously hurts my eyes

• Hahaha, whoops, was still in the process of fixing up the colors, hopefully it’s slightly more bearable now. ;p

wicked-i-am asked:
i really dig the new look of your blog

• Yay thank you! c;

Anonymous asked:
Are those Minnie mouse sweats? You’re frickin’ cute.

• Yep! Super fuzzy and comfy too. c; Thanks!

waltergropius asked:
People like you are what make the internet a great place.

• Aw, haha thank you ^^;

mallyandcaffeine asked:
What do you usually do with a belt after you de-stud it?

• If the holes from the studs are too visible I’ll usually get rid of it, since I don’t actually wear belts. But you can always decorate them with something (rhinestones!) to cover up the holes and wear them. :]

theaquabats asked:
hello! :0 I was wondering where you got your skeleton leggings? :) They are so cute!

• Hi! I got them at walmart during halloween time. :] I think you can get them on ebay too~

about wireless camera remotes

I finally ordered a new wireless remote for my camera. :] There were a couple problems with the previous remote:

• It didn’t work reliably, even when it was newly purchased.
• It stopped working at all after not too long
• The camera I purchased it for was stolen (long story)

I don’t remember exactly what brand/model remote I got the first time. I do remember however that it was around $8, looked a lot like this remote, and worked with the Canon T2i.

After having my new camera (luckily replaced by the friends who had it stolen!) for a few months, I finally decided to get a new remote. This time I carefully read through reviews and spent a little more. I ended up with this remote by Cowboy Studio for $21, which works with the Canon G12.

And it works like a charm! I had to click my old remote over and over and over and maybe it would work. This one is one click, even with it covered by my hand, and it works! :]

Here’s a test shot from last night..

The photos with Toast above were taken with the remote too~~

A remote is so much better than using the timer alone on your camera. This is because the camera will focus on whatever is in the frame when you press the button. If you’re not in the frame (because you’re pressing the button) it will focus on something else like the wall. This might mean you’ll end up slightly out of focus compared to the wall when you jump back in the photo before it snaps. The remote allows you to have the camera focus on you before it snaps the shot. :D

Also, it’s so much simpler just clicking the remote rather than running back and forth to the camera to press the shutter. :DD

My lovely outfit in the photos (hahaha..) is made up of pacman boxers and my boyfriend’s fake D&G shirt from China. And my hair was braided so that it would look like this the next day…

A shot from this morning.. no time to set up the camera and use the remote so it’s a standard camwhoring shot~ ;p