Aileen Kim Watercolors: crafts

Friday, December 03, 2010

Sweet Couple Pillows {It's a Crafty Countdown: 22 days to go}

description: Couple Pillow dyed in natural brown using 100% natural dye Polyester Fiberfill 100% handmade with love * A...

description:

Couple Pillow

dyed in natural brown using 100% natural dye

Polyester Fiberfill

100% handmade with love

*Amor Vincit Omnia -the text printed at the back

is Latin for "Love Conquers All Things"

Eons ago, i had this obsession with stenciling i practically stenciled anything i could grab a hold of in the house. If it wasn't for H's intervention i would have already turned the whole house into a giant damask wallpaper. My obsession then had fizzled and i've moved on to other crafty things (if you're a constant reader of this blog, you may have already heard how i get easily distracted by new design ideas....which somehow propelled me to do this series). One of the many stencil projects was this couple pillow intended to be a gift for our wedding anniversary (which embarrassingly is already many months overdue and was not completed until this morning).

Anyway, the creative process is rather simple and i got tons of help and inspiration from the many tutorials available on the web. The two links below however were the most useful and fail safe methods i have tried so far. I did however a couple of modifications like using plastic vellum or acetate instead of paper (Martha Stewart) and fabric paints in tube instead of Mod Podge/glue (DIY Silkscreen).

Martha Stewart Stencil Idea

DIY Silkscreen

Please do check out other lovely links below submitted by some talented bloggers!!!

See you lovelies tomorrow for more crafty ideas!

Wednesday, December 01, 2010

diy military jacket

Old sweatshirt + gold-plated vintage button = military jacket how about you guys? Have you started on your ...

Old sweatshirt + gold-plated vintage button

= military jacket

how about you guys? Have you started on your own crafty countdown?

Friday, August 13, 2010

A last minute DIY Monster Plush!

Little sonshine's school was having a fundraising for the less fortunate through games and social events to be held in their sc...

Little sonshine's school was having a fundraising for the less fortunate through games and social events to be held in their school this Friday. All the children we're asked to bring whatever they can to serve as prizes either as stickers, pencils or stuffed toys. So off we went to the mall despite the pouring rain to buy some supplies. We were so in the spirit of giving that we ended up buying all the prizes asked except for the stuffed toy. We didn't get the toy for two reasons; they burn a big hole in the pocket and if you decide to buy the cheapest one it would probably just end up on the shelf, unloved and unplayed with! In short, i ended up making one and thought it would be nice to share it with you guys!

Here's the story of our last minute DIY Monster Plush!

D' DOODLING

D' TUTORIAL

get a pair of unused leg warmers or sock (this is the same material i used to wrap my DIY dress form) and cut the garterized part.
cut it open following the folded line.
put it on top of each other making sure that the outer sides are facing each other.
cut it according to the shape of the monster plush you designed (in my case i just eyeballed it as i only had overnight to finish it).
sew the sides together and leave a couple of inches of opening. This is where you would put the stuffing(i used these tiny styrofoam balls).
stuff your plush carefully making sure that all the tiney spaces are properly filled.
use any plain-colored fabric for the monster's face and sew buttons for eyes and white felt for the fangs...and you're done! (forgive me if there was no longer a photo for this step...i was running out of time)

We were so in love with him that we even thought of keeping him for ourselves. But of course we had to let him go and were content of the thought that he's making someone happy in his own little monster-y way.