My Camera

So if you have been following my blog for a little bit you will know that I have a new camera! It is a Canon T2i! And I LOVE it! :) Before it I had just a point and shoot so this is an awesome step up! I am loving every moment with it.

All of the pictures you have  seen (so far) are taken with the t2i (Since Christmas 2011) with a standard lens. (18-55mm) I hope soon to get a new lens- possibly 2! I do have a small studio in my bedroom. I will include pictures of it soon! I now have studio lighting too! :) I also have a Fisheye Lens too but I don't think I have posted any pictures of it so far...

I have a multitude of different filters so I don't know which ones were used when in each picture. I have Starbursts, Macro,UV, Florescent, Polarizing, Rainbow, Prism... a few others too. :) I was truly blessed that when I got a DLSR my grandmother gave me her old camera accessories! (Thanks Meem!) They were made for a 52mm but some are 58mm and they make step up adapters and step down adapters which is wonderful! I love my camera! I hope to keep posting picutes up and I hope you will keep taking the time to look and comment on them!

As for other acessories... I have a remote shutter release, and a tripod. Not to exciting but still fun!

~Sarah

New Dress!

I LOVE to sew! I love it! :) So when I first found Pinterest I feel head over heels in love with this dress! I finally made it! What do you think?! I LOVE IT! :)

The Front

The Back

I finally learned how to use Photoshop enough to twirl my face out! Yay! hehe!

The dress took me about 1 and 1/2 hours to make... not bad. I have never made any piece of clothing from start to finish all by myself and I did this time so I am very happy! I hemmed it too! :)  A first for many things! :) It was super fun and a wonderful learning experience! If you want more specifics let me know!

~Sarah

Circle Bead Bracelet Tutorial

So I have a new tutorial for you!!! Wahoo! I pulled out one of my old designs and decided that you may like to see how I make it! I love this design! I used to wear it every day when I was around 7 years old. I designed it then. Its cute and easy!

Here is the finished product... :)

What you need:

Beads

Beading Thread

Scissors

A Clasp

To Start, cut a piece of thread 3 inches longer than 2x the length of your wrist.

To start thread 8 beads on to the center of your thread. Then take one of the ends of beads and thread it through the center of the last bead on the opposite thread. (Confusing language but look at the picture...) Make sure that your beads are in the CENTER of your thread otherwise your bracelet will be completely off!

Pull tight.

Next, Put 4 beads on one end of the thread and 3 on the other.

Like we did before, only this time it matters which one you stick through the center! Take the thread that has 3 beads on it and stick it through the 4th bead on the other thread.

Continue! At this point I realized that I did not want to be sitting there doing this all night because I was using seed beads and they were way to tiny. SO I did 3 of these circles and then moved on to E beads because they are bigger. You can do what ever you want- you can do them all small or all big or mix them up!

Here is my transition to the bigger beads. I like these ones better...they don't make as nice circles but I think that was just me. :) (just keep going)

I kept going with the big beads and then I switched back to the smaller ones so it would look like I did it on purpose.

Tada! All you need to do now is tie it off and add a clasp!

All Done!

So what do you think? Is there something else you want me to post about? Let me know!!! :)

Pinterest

So I just read a scary thing about Pinterest.... Does their Terms of Use scare anyone else?  But then I read someone elses review and I feel 75% better.... :)

So Anyway- I give your permission to "Pin" anything on this blog onto Pinterest... In fact- I WOULD LOVE IT if you would! I love seeing others enjoy these things... So go ahead- PIN AWAY!!!!! :)

I hope to add MANY more posts today so look for a Post OVERLOAD later!

Small Duct Tape Rose Tutorial

So I previously posted pictures of my duct tapes flowers and someone commented saying they liked the small roses. So I made up this tutorial for you!

What you need:

• Scissors or X-Acto Knife
• Duct Tape
• Ruler or Cutting Mat
• Fingers

I used a X-acto Knife, and a cutting mat.

To Start- Rip/Cut a piece of Duct Tape off about 10 inches long

Cut the Strip of Duct Tape into about 1 inch by 1 inch squares

Fold the 1 corner of the duct tape on to the stick side so that it forms an "L" shape of sticky.

Fold the 1 of the stick sides onto the already folded duct tape. It will make a triangle of duct tape


Fold the rest of the Squares.

To start your duct tape rose, roll the 1 of the triangles into a cylinderish shape.

Keep adding petals around to form the flower. (It will take a few pictures for you to get your technique
mastered.)

Tada! You made a duct tape flower. To make a larger one, just make the squares bigger. Have Fun and Good luck!!!

Duct Tape!!!

So I have become reobsessed with DUCT TAPE! :) I love the stuff!!!

So today I am making flowers! Want to see them!? ;) comment if you want me to make a tutorial for one of them or all! ;)

School Book + Duct Tape =????!!!!

So what do you get when you add A school book and Duct tape together? No not one hot mess- but a awesomly covered book! I had paper bags on my books and one of them was VERY ripped and since I am lazy and didn't want to recover it I just duct taped it.

****IMPORTANT!!!!!!!! DO NOT DUCT TAPE TO THE BOOK!!!!!**** :)

What You Need:
-A Book Covered in a Paper Bag
- Duct Tape
-Scissors

My Math Book is ready for a make-over
Paint Splatter Duct Tape












Take the duct tape and start at the top. Take a piece of tape andcover from one end to the other. Keep going until you finish. Yes it is really that easy!

The finished book!
Chemistry and Math Book!!!

My Sketch book was startying to fall aprat so I duct taped it too!
A peek inside to show you it was a sketch book...












Have fun!!!!!!!!