Beautifully made brushes and a delight to use

The set of brushes came boxed prettily and I'm pretty sure these will make a lovely gift to someone. There are 10 different shaped brushes in the set. The brushes has a velvety handle on them which feels nice to the touch and a rose gold tone. The brushes are full and filled with soft fine bristles that actually feels nice across the skin. There are brushes for different applications of makeup.


For the bigger round brushes, I use them for foundation, loose powder and for blusher, contouring and highlighter. The smaller ones I used for concealer, eye shadow, eye liner, eyebrows and for finer contouring. The thinner brushes for eyebrows I had to get used to maneuvering and needs more practice. I think it's because it's a different angle approach but the brush is stiff the way I like it for an eye brow brush so perfect for what I want it to.


The foundation brush and concealer didn't leave me with any streaks so a really good result. I used one of the medium brushes for blending and it did the job well. The brushes are finely made it's really lovely to touch. They are also easy to clean and dries up over night ready to be used again.


I am quite impressed with the quality of these brushes and I think they will last a long time. I haven't seen one fiber shed.


Buy it here

Crocheted Bead Bracelets and Set

Crocheted Bead Bracelets and Set

It's been hectic at work and home lately.

These little babies keep me sane at times.

A bonus that my daughter appreciates them and managed to get orders from friends too!

I did some other patterns and color combinations on the beads that I have. I haven't photographed all of them.

Here are some:

A set for Mary. Custom lengths too!

  

This one is my favorite. It proved popular amongst my friends too. I made a long chain to create a focal point in the middle. I'm going to put a knot in it! But as these things go, I made the ones for friends first before I  finish mine. 

This one is custom made for Faye.

Mary liked it too but I ran out of beads so until then, off to finish the other orders. 

What do you think? 

Happy crafting!

May xx

More DIY Crocheted Bead bracelets!

Hello all!

So, Christmas and Santa has come and gone! Phew! That was a lot of food and family time. Precious times when we all get together and realize how lucky we are to have all the gorgeous family members we have. 

I have been lucky to be off for 6 days over Christmas! That was something I haven't had for months! 

What else can a girl do than take this down time as an opportunity to craft! Ha!

Crafted I did! See!! 

Warning: lots of photos of these beauts :-)  

Also, please forgive the unedited mess. 

If you liked them, let me know! My better half said these beauties can definitely be gifted... 

Now off to work I go tonight for 6 nights in a row. Now that is something to ponder and heave my chest. Like last year, when midnight strikes I will be on the phone with my kids and husband doing the countdown with them armed with my coin purse and a healthy space to be jumping on and screaming "Happy New Year!!!" In the hospital, finding a space to do that is tough and so I found it in the back stairs! No one around to mock me or shush me and far enough from everyone that I can still celebrate new year jumping! Breathless and happy is a good way to start the new year. It could be better by spending it with family but hey, I can come home 8 hours later and find them most probably comfortably asleep and warm which makes me happy.

What's your new year's celebration tradition? As a family, we normally have cheese and biscuits for midnight... Yum!

For the New Year, I wish you all overflowing love and happiness and good health!

May xxx

Easy Diy Pearl Bead Ball Tutorial

Easy Diy Pearl Ball

Hi guys! I've been absent lately. Work and life seems a bit hectic sometimes that when I get minute to myself, I tend to sit tight and breathe... just breathe. Maybe with my eyes closed too sometimes :-)

Anyway, after that collaboration with Ashley and running out of big blingy crystal type beads to accentuate the crocheted rope beads that I have been making, I thought it would be nice to make my own bead. Perusing the web and pinterest, I found this! I have tried a few and it didn't quite work out.. but this one was a breeze! Although I'm not sure how to end and close and secure this ball, I winged it and it seems firm and secure.

Materials:

any round bead, same size

wire thread

I tried using a cotton thread but it was a crochet type thread and that was a nightmare to thread through a beading needle. Wire thread made it soooooo much easier to thread the pearl beads without ending up cross eyed!

So, here are the pictures of the step by step! Enjoy!

Slowly pull tight.

I twisted the end of the wires together.

I pulled it through the whole bead a few times going in different angles and soon as I'm happy at how secure it was (which was quite a few), I cut the twisted wires as close as I can so it doesn't show. 

Here they are! Aren't they adorable? These are so versatile. They can be used as stud or dangling earrings, a pendant with the chain fed through, a bracelet using one or a few. Endless possibilities!

Enjoy!

May xx

Crochet Seed Bead Rope Bracelet with my Favorite Stack

On this bracelet, I used a size 8 seed bead in aqua with a silver lining. It's a row of 6 and about 4.5 inches in length.

I added a bead cap, gem and silver tone spacers, crystals and a pearl.

And here it is with my diy pearls and crystal bracelet and Tiffany silver bead bracelet. I have used this stack on literally anything I have worn and got so many lovely comments about them. 

They are so cute and simple to make. Because of the size of the seed beads, you can easily whip the crochet bead rope in an hour or so depending on how quick you are with those hooks! ;-)

Enjoy! 

May xxx

Crochet Flowers Headband Tutorial DIY

I have made lots of headbands for Ashley and this seems to be my favorite. We have gifted them to friends and they seem to like it too! 

I used some vintage cotton yarn and had to use 2 or 5 strings together to achieve the thickness I need. You can use a 4ply for the small flowers and a double knit on the big flower.

Materials:

Cotton yarn (or whichever one you prefer)

Crochet hook 3mm for the big flower

Crochet hook 2mm on the small flowers

18 inches suede strings x3

black ponytail

gluegun or any strong glue you already have

cotton thread to match your flowers

Flower Pattern:

1. Make a magic ring and do 6 sc into the ring. Slip stitch.

2.  *Chain 2 and slip stitch to the next sc* repeat 5 times. You can change color from this point or carry on with the same color.

Added a few flat backed pearls on each of them and placed  the flowers on the suede plaited strings. I sewed them instead of gluing it on but you can for the process to be quicker.
Enjoy!

May xxx