DIY Tribal Outlet Cover

Happy hump day!

So I know I said I would be making a post on how to make your own Tissues Paper Pansies, but I'm having some issues making the template for the petals, so that will have to wait till next week!

Instead, today I present you with my DIY Tribal Outlet Covers

Last week I had a few days before my last exam, so I came home to procrastinate

I was going through our garage, looking for something to do, and I found a whole box of outlet covers (don't know when we'll never need 30 outlet covers...)! So I slapped on my thinking cap and this is what I came up with

What you'll need:

♥ An outlet cover- you can just steal one off the wall

You don't need to turn off the power, just make sure you don't stick your screw driver in the wires!

♥ Colourful Sharpies- Or any other permanent marker... try to find as many colours and thicknesses you can find

Optional:

♥ A tiny ruler- Strongly recommended, to help you draw a straight line.. obviously... if you don't have a small ruler, use a old gift card or whatever (that's what I did!)

♥ Screw Driver- To put your outlet cover back on the wall

♥ Nail Polish Remover- In case you make a mistake you can just wipe it away

♥ Sand Paper- So that the colour sticks on better... I actually wouldn't really recommend this because if you make a mistake, it is a lot harder to wipe away (as described above). But if you are really confident that you wont make any mistakes, then go ahead!

♥ Tissues- Tissues, paper towel, a piece of paper, etc. Whatever you can clean your sharpies off on

♥ Mod Podge- To seal in your design

Alright, ready?

Use your ruler (or London Drugs gift card, in my case) to start drawing some straight lines

Make sure you angle the pen so that it isn't pressing right up against the ruler as you draw. I found that if it did, then the colour seeps in under the ruler and makes a mess on your outlet cover. If this has happened to you, no worries! Just use some nail polish remover to wipe it away

Add in some nice details

It might be daunting at first, but just look at different the colour combinations that you think look good together, and start drawing

The best part of this DIY is that you can just sit, relax, and get creative

If you aren't feeling particularly artistic today, feel free to just copy my design :)

Sometimes when you use a light colour beside a dark colour, some of the darker ink will get on your lighter sharpie, and the next time you go to use it, you get a bit of a mess. To prevent this, every time I used a pen, I just wipe it off on a paper towel

Once your done, seal it in with some Mod Podge! 

Do NOT use clear nail polish. I tried this and it just smudged everything and made a big ol' mess

If you are adamant on using nail polish, test it out first on the back of your outlet cover

Mod Podge shouldn't smudge the sharpie

And there ya have it!

Hope you all enjoyed this little tutorial

I'm going to get back to tanning in the sun... it's a beautiful day today!

See you all tomorrow for my featured Nail Polish of the Week!

♥ Olivia

Goooood Morning lovely people

If you live in Vancouver than you probably woke up to sunshine this morning, beautiful!

Today's tune is Youth by Daughter, enjoy!

Oh, and I almost forgot

I showed my grandpa my blog and he really wanted to be on it, so here he is

Grandpa and Grandma

Awe how cute! Say hi to grandpa... although he doesn't speak a word of English, ha

Have an excellent day

♥ Olivia

DIY Goodbye Cards

Yeah so.... it's been a while, hey?

Whoopsie daisy! I know I promised that I would stop dropping off the face of the Earth unannounced, but things have been pretty much insane these past two weeks!

♥ I celebrated my 19th birthday ;) Woot woot, and for all of you that don't know, 19 is the legal drinking age in British Columbia, so things are going to start getting a lot crazier around here! (but probably not... this is a crafting blog... how crazy can it get?)

♥ I went to my first open house

♥ Had all of my exams and just finished my last one this morning, so I am officially done my first year of University!! 

♥ Got a sweet job as a hostess

♥ Said bye to my mom, who left for a few weeks to work in a hospital in Haiti (go mom!)

♥ And I also packed up my room at school! And let me tell you, I am so happy to get out of res

The building I live in is about 60 years old and from the looks of it it used to be a prison. Very happy to be back in my room at home, where I actually have space to stretch!

But one thing I'm pretty bummed about is saying bye to all my friends and floormates in residence

I've met some pretty amazing people this year, and not all of them are coming back next year, so I thought I would make them each a little card to say bye-bye

I was at this amazing little boutique by my house and they sell these adorable little chevron bags, so that gave me a cute little idea for my cards

What you'll need:

♥ Chevron Bags- Check out your local boutique... maybe you'll get lucky? Otherwise, no worries, you can find them all over the interwebs, for example here! They come in lots of different colours and you can even find polkadot bags! Cuuuute

♥ Washi Tape- So I finally gave in to the voice inside my head and bought myself some Washi Tape. If you guys remember from one of my earlier posts, I was complaining about the price of Washi Tape, so I made my own (you can find the tutorial here). You can make some, or you can buy it at any craft store!

♥ Shipping Tags- Unless you have a box of these in your drawer, you cannot call yourself a crafter! Jokes. But seriously, these are an absolute crafting must. They are just so cute! You can buy a box of about 200 of these at Staples or where have you for about 3 dollars

♥ Baking Twine- This stuff is seriously pretty expensive. It's like 12$ per roll... for some string! But it is sooo cute. But I'll share a post with you guys in a little while about where to find a good deal on this stuff!

♥ Jelly Beans or other small yummy goodies

♥ Stickers, ribbon, glitter, or whatever else you want to use to decorate your cards with

And you are ready to go

I'm just going to go through the steps I took, but ya'll can just do whatever you want. Get crazy!

First I added some black stripped Washi Tape to the bottom of the cards I was making for my male friends

I knew they wouldn't want any part of the lacy flowery cards I had planned for all my female friends

Threw on some blue and white twine that matched the bag, just keeping it simple

Write on a little message

I would recommend writing with a thin tip sharpie pen. They write so beautifully, and the shipping tags are thick enough that the ink doesn't bleed through

Throw my card into a bag

Sprinkle in some jelly beans, and you're done!

I did the same thing for the girls' cards except I added a lacy sticker to the bottom instead of Washi Tape

I honestly have no idea where you can buy this. One of the highlights of my life (I lead a very exciting life) was when I found out that my boyfriend Alexander's mom used to work at a scrap booking company, and she hooked me up with a bunch of dope scrap booking materials, like this lace sticker :') Nicest lady around!

If you are really into this lace, I'm sure you could find it at Michael's or any other craft supplier!

Then I topped the card with a tissue paper pansy

If you want to learn how to make your own tissue paper pansy, stick around because I'll be posting the tutorial on Wednesday!

Cute hey?

And there you have it, folks!

Again, sorry for disappearing on you all, but I'm back and with more energy than ever! Do I sound invigorated? Because I feel like a FREE BIRD

Hope to see you guys again tomorrow! Goodnight

♥ Olivia