Heating pads

Happy Holidays! 
For my dad I made a heating pad with wheat grains - and I had enough to make myself one as well, heh. 

I'm a big fan of heating pads with wheat grains. You put them in the microwave for 3 minutes and they are ready!

First sketchbook

I have successfully made my very own sketchbook!

DIY: elbow patches

Oh bugger, I don't like this new Blogger layout :(

About 5 years ago, I bought a blue/white striped sweater in a second hand store. It's been used and loved, but lately it's been looking so... dull. So I decided to liven it up with elbow patches! Yes, I'm a sucker for elbow patches, haha.

 

What you'll need;

1. Sweater of choice
2. Elbow patches (these can be bought pre-made in different colours - fairly cheap too)
3. Iron
4. Sewing needle
5. Thread

First, find out where you want to place it, and iron it in place - follow the instructions on the elbow patch package!

When you've made sure they don't peel off, you can leave it like that - or secure them by sewing them in place.

 

I decided on a darker thread colour.

And then you're done! A brand "new" sweater, ready to wear ♥


 (Alternative title; Astrid's Inner Hipster)

back again

Finally I'm back with actual updates! What came in the way, you may ask; I formatted my computer and was without a photo-editing programme until a few days ago.

The above images are my outfit for Sascha and mine's combined birthday party in February; we had it circus themed! You can see more pictures at Sascha's blog ♥

Here's another outfit from early February, and some pictures from my apartment;

A while back I crafted this necklace - I collect crystals, and I bought this one last summer, wanting to make it into a necklace; but I guess I forgot all about it until then!

horn tutorial v.0.2

V.0.2 of the ram horns for my Aradia Megido cosplay!
(I forgot to put this up yesterday, I'm sorry)

These horns are easier to make than the previous ones, and weights nothing at all - this means, that I was able to just stick them through my wig, and hold them together with a ribbon! They don't give you a headache, and are easy to deal with.

Let's get started!

For these horns, you'll be using:
Wire mesh
Wire
Paint tape (optional)
Papier-mache
Wood glue (for indoors)
Ribbon (anything will do)
Acrylic paint (color of your own choice)

1. This is the wire mesh I used - I cut it out in pieces, and put them together with wire. You can see the finished form on the right in the picture - it took a while to get the shape right, so be prepared for trial and error!

2. This is basically the forms I used for a single horn - notice that I have cut a lot into every piece, to make it able to shape as I wanted it to.

3. Wrap it up in paint tape - NOTE, this is optional!

4. Cover them in papier-mache, and do the textures with papier-mache too.

5. For this, I cut a small hole on both sides of each horn, and put a ribbon through - like this, I could hang them up, so it was easier to even out the glue!
I gave them three layers of glue - you have to wait for each layer to dry, before applying the next one.
This makes the horns hard to bend out of shape, but they're still soft to the touch!

NOTE, remember to fit them for your head, and adjust the shape often!

6. Paint them in the desired colors! I still need to paint these properly and give them a layer of shine.

DONE! I didn't get a picture of how I put them in the wig, but basically, I cut a hole where I wanted them to be, and stuck them through - the ribbon hold them together, so they don't fall out of the wig or fall out of place!

Don't hesitate to questions!

sewing on the A's

My camera have been feeling a bit cold, so I made it a cover today.
Does the theme surprise you? I bet not, haha!

Happy birthday

I'm 19 years old now, it doesn't really feel that different from being 18, haha.
It was this Saturday, so I had invited my parents, sisters and their boyfriends over for brunch. I had planned everything in beforehand, and luckily I got everything done almost on time! But I tell you, five hours of cooking is hard on you!

I remembered to take a photo of the food when people had started eating, so all the plates, most of the smoothies, bread and pancakes are gone. But doesn't it look delicious? There was SO much food, and almost everything was eaten, haha ♥

I had such a good time, it was nice having them all visit me.
I even got a LOT of present, some really good ones! Let me show you:

I also got a big and fluffy shirt, tights and another copy of Alice in Wonderland!

Around 4pm my family went home. I had actually planned to spend the evening alone, but then that thought became too much for me, being all alone on my birthday :(
So I called Sascha and invited her and Kenny over! We ate some of the left over food and just enjoyed ourselves. At dinnertime I drove home with them and ate! And after dinner, we went to Sascha's parents place! There we had "Fastelavnsboller" and ice cream with strawberries - and we watched Fantastic Mr. Fox ♥

So, I really had a great day ♥ ♥ ♥

Sunday, Sascha and Kenny came by again, to have some more food! I made them American Pancakes, mmm.

I felt so full and disgusting afterwards, with all the food I'd eaten throughout the weekend, haha.

The black skirt is homemade. I finished sewing it while Sascha and Kenny had just gotten here!
Honestly, it's not finished yet, I need to make a print on it. But I was so happy to have finished sewing it, that I needed to wear it!

And lastly, before this gets too long and boring, I have a little project going on right now:

Can you guess what it is? And Sascha, your answer is invalid, haha ♥

Pink painted roses

I spend my Saturday with Sascha so we could sew!

Genki '10

OG SÅ VAR DET GENKI TID !!!!

Bedste con jeg har været til i rigtig lang tid ヾ(〃^∇^)ﾉ
På trods af at jeg var med til at arrangere 3 arrangementer var det slet ikke for meget.
Og der var hele tiden noget at give sig til, der var stort set hele tiden gode paneler i gang ♥
Jeg håber de holder den standart fremover, for det hele var rigtig godt planlagt og næsten alt kørte til tiden, på trods af en del tekniske fejl under cosplay showet （　´∀｀）
Det var dejligt at se en masse venner igen, og lære nye at kende.
Særligt vores Tea Party synes jeg var en stor success! Sascha og jeg havde ikke regnet med at der ville komme SÅ mange mennesker, og slet ikke så mange klædt i lolita (*ﾟ0ﾟ)ﾊ

Helt klart noget vi skal gentage ♥

Lolita teaparty

Lolita modeshow

Aaaah, det var bare sådan en god weekend, med søde mennesker, flotte cosplays og fed hygge!
Jeg glæder mig til næste år ♥ ♥ ♥

Mine outfits fra weekenden:

Fredag og lørdag, havde min guro kjole på.

Søndag havde jeg noget fancy noget på til Tea Party - jeg brugte 5 minutter på at sætte det sammen, haha. Jeg kunne ikke nå at lave en anden kjole færdig, så jeg skulle hurtigt hjem og finde noget andet inden vi tog afsted ヾ(ﾟДﾟ)ﾉ Jeg synes det blev ret godt!

Jeg er rigtig stolt af guro kjolen, det er den første avancerede kjole jeg har lavet!
Her er lidt progress billeder af min guro kjole:

Urg, ærmerne var en dræber.
I fremtiden vil jeg rigtig gerne lave flere af sådan nogle kjoler!

Astrid approves of Genki!