Soon to be necklace and earrings after I add some rhinestones. Look out for new designs on my etsy ( szmoon.etsy.com )! c;

I decided to look into the giveaway notes problem again and found the answer. People are saying that Tumblr is trying to prevent giveaways through likes/reblogs/replies (more info in a post I found here).

But I feel it’s a little unfair to all the people who entered my last giveaway since I haven’t been able to pick a winner yet. So I’m going to re-do the giveaway with some simple rules. :]

How to Enter:

1. Follow me (szmoon) on tumblr and reblog this post. Giveaway blogs will be disqualified. (If you reblogged the last one you don’t have to this time. Honor system here~ )
2. Then send me a message (not reply to the post) saying you have entered. :]

I will compile all the usernames of people who have sent me a message saying they have entered, and use Random.org to choose a winner. This way I won’t have to rely on Tumblr’s note system to see all entries.

Winner will receive:

• 1 Sin Kitten necklace (winner’s choice of color for the chain)
• 1 pair of Lighting Melt Earrings
• 1 Lightning Melt Ring

Giveaway deadline is July 21! Thanks for your patience everyone, and good luck! ♥

To celebrate the beginning of summer and all the nice things that come with it, I am hosting a new giveaway! :D

I recently added a ton of items to my etsy shop, including my new lasercut jewelry, eyeball crop tops and full length t-shirts and I wanted to celebrate the occasion. c; The prize for this giveaway will go to one winner and will be:

• 1 Sin Kitten necklace (winner’s choice of color for the chain)
• 1 pair of Lighting Melt Earrings
• 1 Lightning Melt Ring

Ways To Enter:

You may do ANY OR all (however many you want) to enter, each bullet point counts as one entry~

• Follow me (szmoon) on tumblr and reblog this post. Giveaway blogs will be disqualified. Max amount 3 reblogs per day. (Each reblog = 1 entry)
• Like my Facebook page and leave a comment on the giveaway page saying you did so (please include your facebook name and email so I can contact you!)
• Follow me on Twitter and leave a comment on the giveaway page saying you did so (please include your twitter username and email so I can contact you!)
• Follow me on Instagram (@szmoon) and leave a comment on the giveaway page saying you did so (please include your instagram username and email so I can contact you!)

Giveaway ends June 1st! Winner will be chosen with an online randomizer and will be notified within a few days. If there is no response within 3 days a new winner will be randomly chosen.

I tried to include a bunch of different ways to enter so that people won’t be discluded if they don’t have a tumblr account. :] Good luck everyone, and thanks for being such lovely readers! ♥ ♥ ♥

Look out for an szmoon jewelry giveaway very soon! c;

(Taken with instagram)

I know I haven’t been posting much in the past few weeks, so here’s a little update on what I’ve been up to~

This wednesday was my last day of classes, so to celebrate I went out with the film and video club on their barcrawl. I’m not actually a part of the club though I’ve helped on some of their projects, but Michael (behind me) and Chuntanay (on my left) are. It was a night full of friends and dancing, two really great things. :]

On the last day of class I wore a sin kitten shirt. It was slightly fitting because our group was presenting on something called the “wheel of hate” (long story :p). But anyway, I decorated my nails with pen during critique because I was hyped up on iced tea and needed to use my energy somehow other than sitting, haha..

Before school shuts down its labs for the summer I’m trying to make use of my access to a laser cutter, and am making a bunch of new items for my etsy shop, as well as some personalized jewelry for my friends and myself. ;p Here’s an instagram preview from yesterday~

If you’re interested in laser cutting yourself, you can check out my intro tutorial here. c;

I still have a research paper for my seminar due on monday, as well as a couple more finals this coming week. But after that I am free! Look out world, I’m going to take full advantage of my summer free time to make and sew everything I possibly can. ;p

Intro to Laser Cutting!

Today I tried using a laser cutter for the first time. :D I’ve been wanting a custom name necklace for quite awhile now, especially like those made by Cicily Margo and Di Depux. The only problem is that I’m a student trying to make rent and can’t currently afford to purchase such lovely work (I still would like to get a custom order from them in the future though!). :c

I’m going to walk you through the steps it took me to make these today! :]

Where to find a Laser Cutter

For this project I used the laser cutter at the Art and Design building of my university. There are many places you can find them outside of schools though!

Hackerspaces often have laser cutters available for use. For those of you that aren’t familiar with them, the definition of a hackerspace is:

A hackerspace or hackspace (also referred to as a hacklab, makerspace or creative space) is a location where people with common interests, usually in computers, technology, or digital or electronic art can meet, socialise and/or collaborate. …

Many many cities have hackerspaces, here’s a list of them from all around the world. :]

If you’re unable to find a laser cutter near you, you can always have designs cut online at sites like Ponoko~

Preparation of the Design

Each laser cutter may be set up slightly differently in terms of how you need to create your layout. Some have you use specific sized outlines, fill in designs with certain colors for different options (engraving, cutting, etc)

I created the layout for the pieces I needed to cut in Adobe Illustrator. Inkscape (which is free) and Corel Draw are able to make the correct vector files as well~

Cutting the Design

I chose to cut my pieces out of wood sheets because I wasn’t able to find acrylic sheets today. Here is what they looked like cut out. :D (My school charges $2 for 10 minutes of cutting. These took around 1 minnute to cut out)

Painting and Gluing

Since I used wood instead of acrylic sheets and still wanted my pieces to be colorful, I had to paint them. I used some plain acrylic and some glitter paints (as well as Krylon Clear Gloss spray paint) and painted the pieces before I glued them together.

Here’s a photo of the mess of paint I used, haha:

And here’s a photo after I put a chain on the necklace. :D

I’m excited to keep tweaking my method, and also experimenting with acrylic sheets and engraving eventually~~ :D