I ripped my shirt!

Well sort of.

I've watched these awesome t-shirt reconstructing videos from salinabear at YouTube, and I've been dying to try them myself. For my first try, I didn't want to go too overboard so I just did some basic horizontal cut-outs.

I looked for an old t-shirt in my closet and I found this. I actually really like this shirt because it fits me very well, but I haven't been wearing it for a while now so here we are.

w/o flash

w/ flash

First, I cut five horizontal slits (the first five from the top). I left it at that at first but then my sister suggested it would be better if I cut more slits, and so I went on ahead with my scissors. She also told me to make it different by cutting into an hourglass shape from the usual V-shape.

Well it turned out fine. However, my mum didn't quite like it so I did this.

w/o flash

w/ flash

I did a basic shirt weave, but instead of tying the ends, I pinned it (using a safety pin) to the bottom part of the last slit. This is another look that can be achieved with the slits that were just made into the shirt.

I used a safety pin since I was still deciding on whether to permanently sew it in place or not. In the end, I realized that being able to create two looks with just one shirt is the way to go for me, so I left it as it is.

I will definitely do more styles but I have yet to dig for more old t-shirts. Keep posted! ;)

For the T-shirt weaving video, click here.
Post comments and links to your attempts at t-shirt weaving as well!

What have I been up to?

So I was M.I.A. for a good three weeks from here. Although I had two posts up in my other blog (Icecreamoholicities), it was more of throwback stuff. They were old posts I had in my Facebook, and I thought of posting them there since I was conjuring some things for that blog. Oh I do have a couple of things for sure, but they'll have to wait until next week.

In the meantime, let's get back to business. The last couple of weeks were the last weeks of the semester, and it meant papers and exams and all that. Basically, that was what made me busy.

Also, last week, my other half graduated from college. YAY! ^_^
So now he is on to the next chapter of his life, and I couldn't be more proud. :)

March 22, 2013

 Okay, on to our next agenda. I will be stating the rest randomly.

Awww. Isn't he cute? Everyone, this is my 8-year old teddy bear. I still sleep with him, alright. With him and his younger sister, another cuddly blue teddy as well.

And here we are each donning our own Krispy Kreme hats one Sunday night. Happiness ^_^

Meet my cousin Pam. This was during a dinner out with cousins, but this picture was taken after the dinner. We were in Chatime. Milk tea happiness :D

Obviously, I cut my hair yet again. Quite drastic, don't you think? But if you already follow me on Twitter, you know that I've been planning this for weeks. I believe this deserves another blog post, yeah?

Last but not the least is my attempt at french tips manicure.
I used to really like french tips back in high school, but since the nightly dishwashing chores and the laundry I have to do, maintaining this type of manicure became a hassle. When I did have them, I had them done by a manicurist. So anyway, my boyfriend mentioned recently that he liked these kind of manicures (I usually have one-color bright nails). And since it's summer break and I have nothing much to do, I decided to give it a try. So here we are.

w/ flash

w/o flash obviously

and another w/o flash

Not bad for a first time, eh? It's not perfect and my nails definitely need to be more square-ish to get that whole french tip vibe, but I'm quite contented with the result.

A breakdown of what I did:
I started with no nail polish since I anticipated making a lot of mistakes with the white one. Next, I applied white nail polish on the tips like I would with a normal nail polish (notice NOT left to right across the nail). I let that dry and then I applied clear nail polish on to everything, and that's about it.

Do pardon the pictures taken without flash. T_T
Also, my nails on the right hand are weird, yes. Explanation about that can be found here.


So that ends my post right there. I hope you somehow enjoyed reading about my 2-3 weeks away from the bloggerverse. I'll be having my "taste of summer" tomorrow and hopefully I will be able to blog about it. My family and I will be going to a newly-opened resort and I might write a review about it so stay tuned.

Have a happy summer!

xoxox,
demidawn♥

The Other Side

Edited these photos, which were taken earlier in the evening. Thought I'd share them. :D

This is my Facebook profile picture as of the moment.

I edited the lighting (as it was too dark) and emphasized the lip color I had on during the day since it had already rubbed off after being like 5 or 6 hours out.

Bring on the dark side.

I wanted to post another photo --eyeglasses version just because. As I was editing, I experimented with the lip color being darker (also because I want to wear a really dark red lip color). And this is the result. I look like such a meanie. Maybe a bit more dark eye shadow and off to the formal we go. Just kiddin'. :D

Hope you enjoyed that little "transformation". Teehee.

demidawn;)

P.S. Photo-editing done with PicMonkey. Ever so freeeee. :DD

First Day of March 2013 OOTD

Second day of the FincCon, and this was what I wore. ^_^

Top - Forever21

Black skinny jeans - Bench OJ Americana

*Both were mentioned on my previous post: Holiday Gifts

For my shoes, I wore this red (almost pink, really) and black suede ballet flats.

Shoes - Muñiz

Pink and blue beaded bracelet - DeeDee's

Bag - Anne Klein

For my makeup, I kept it fairly simple.

Maybelline Clear Smooth 8-in-1 BB Cream

Ever Bilena face powder in Natural

Ever Bilena eye pencil in Brown (for my brows)

Maybelline Expert Wear in Sapphire Smokes (crease and liner color)

Maybelline Eyestudio liquid eyeliner in Black

L'Oreal Extra Volume Collagen Mascara in Black Brown

Maybelline Pure Blush Mineral in 01 - Pink

Maybelline Lip Smooth Color Bloom in Pink Blossom

Tupperware Brand Colour Collection Rose and Romance in Precious Rose

And that is it. :D

Most of the photos were taken after the event, meaning I've been out for like 5 or 6 hours already. o-o

Thanks for reading. Till next post! ;)

xoxo,

demidawn♥