tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-43609841149442524692024-03-17T23:03:20.808-04:00Elemental CarbonAlyssahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00598911141746606207noreply@blogger.comBlogger67125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4360984114944252469.post-59091769586989784692016-12-02T13:14:00.002-05:002016-12-02T13:14:42.357-05:00$300 Bathroom Makeover: Part 1<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hello there! It's been well over a year since my last post but for some reason you people seem to keep coming back to my humble little blog anyways. So for that I say, thank you! I appreciate your continued support.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">To get your attention, here is the before and after that I'll be sharing today:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In my 1.5 year hiatus from the blog, a few things have changed around here...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1. I got married</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2. I bought a house</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">3. I started grad school</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">(Wedding photo cred to the fabulously talented <a href="http://www.holly-lynn-photography.com/" target="_blank">Holly Lynn Photography</a>)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So WOW it has been a while and a lot of things are very different. But I'm back in full swing and have continued being crafty so there's no shortage of exciting projects to share with you all :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>First stop: the house.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The house that my husband and I bought was built in 1918 so it is almost 100 years old. We fell in love with its charm, character, and especially the location! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">From our initial walk-through, there were quite a few cosmetic updates that we wanted to do to make it our own. BUT our budget is quite limited (newlywed grad student life doesn't come with a large salary!)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This little house has seen a lot in its lifetime...including some pretty ugly wallpaper and a watermelon pink bedroom.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The first room makeover I'll be sharing is our upstairs bathroom. It's definitely small but our budget couldn't handle any large-scale renovations to make it larger so we had to get creative and make it look and function the best possible with our limited finances. All in all, we were able to complete this makeover for about $300!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Here is the before and after again:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Today I'll be sharing the story of how I redid the countertop and the wall with the medicine cabinet.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">(Please excuse the bad lighting and random tools; I took the initial pictures quickly right when we got possession of the house and started immediately on reno that day!)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">First dislike: the tile. It was slightly off-white and felt dirty. Plus it just gave the whole bathroom an outdated look. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We also weren't terribly fond of the medicine cabinet. It offered limited (and poor quality) mirror space and, once again, felt outdated.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So the first step in making it all look good was removing all the tile plus the medicine cabinet. I used a hammer and a chisel and it was so satisfying to chip it all off. The countertop tile came off pretty easily.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This is what the countertops looked like underneath the tile. The countertop had originally been a laminate with boomerang shapes on it. Flashback to the 70's! I then removed all the laminate and stripped it down to the MDF-type material underneath in order to have a better grip for the concrete I'll discuss later.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So here I am, chiseling away, feeling like an empowered, construction-savvy woman and then...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I MADE WHAT I THOUGHT WAS THE BIGGEST MISTAKE OF MY LIFE.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The wall tile. Gosh dern that stubborn wall tile. It just didn't want to budge. And when it did, it took everything else it possibly could with it. I kept chiseling and started to reveal more and more of the lathe.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This is the best picture I have of that hot mess:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">What have I done? We can't afford to get entirely new drywall! What I've I've structurally damaged the walls? <b>I'M ONLY A CHEMIST WHO ALLOWED ME TO DO THIS KIND OF THING.</b> Oh crap, this is my house. I'm responsible for all of this. Haaalp.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So I did what any sane person would do, I called my dad. And next time he was in town, he saved our cute little bathroom from impending doom (AKA saved us from spending oodles of money on someone to fix my mistakes). He used drywall to patch up the part of the wall where the lathe was exposed plus the big gaping hole that taking out the medicine cabinet left.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The picture below also shows how the countertops looked post-tile removal and post-laminate removal:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Thank goodness for dads, am I right?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The next step was patching all of that uneven, drywall mess with lots and lots and lots of spackling putty. Here's a picture of me holding a putty knife and regretting my life choices.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In the beginning of home reno, I bought a couple small tubs of this stuff. In the end I started getting it by the gallon bucket. (Other projects I'll feature later will explain why). </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So finally, after hours of patching and spackling, we had a smooth wall again. The next project to tackle was the countertop. We didn't want to fully replace the countertop because that would have cost a lot of money due to its funky shape (trust me, I got many estimates for everything from poured concrete to laminate to granite).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So I used my vast knowledge of all things Pinterest and decided to make a concrete countertop myself. To do this, I used the increasingly popular technique of skim coating the existing counter with feather finish concrete. There are good tutorials of that <a href="http://joeandcheryl.com/major-diys-in-the-kitchen-part-1-countertop-resurfacing/" target="_blank">here</a> and <a href="http://www.remodelaholic.com/diy-concrete-vanity-integral-sink/" target="_blank">here</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This is what the countertops looked like after, but pre-sink install:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">After finishing up the countertops and installing the original sink, we switched out the sink hardware for a new, more modern look and this is the end result:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My mom and I bought this huge mirror at a yard sale for $20 (score!) and spray painted the frame a dark gray to match our color preferences. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I will definitely be posting more about the other updates in this bathroom (backsplash tile, floors, and more!), but for now here is the cost breakdown of the entire bathroom so you can see how (as advertised) it cost around $300!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Paint: free (leftover from kitchen painting)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We also got a new toilet but that was a Christmas gift from my parents last year (yay adulthood!) and doesn't necessarily change the updated look of the bathroom (it's just a lot nicer and less dirty) so I did not include that in the total.</span></div>
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Alyssahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00598911141746606207noreply@blogger.com23tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4360984114944252469.post-11263943459342306152015-06-29T22:15:00.005-04:002015-06-29T22:15:40.669-04:00DIY Roundup // 6.29.15<div style="text-align: center;">
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Alyssahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00598911141746606207noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4360984114944252469.post-15329467032029779392015-06-21T14:53:00.003-04:002015-06-21T14:53:30.349-04:00DIY Roundup // 6.21.15<div style="text-align: center;">
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Alyssahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00598911141746606207noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4360984114944252469.post-71420856081438545422015-06-09T20:40:00.000-04:002015-06-09T20:40:03.500-04:00DIY Roundup // 6.9.15<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I'm back at it with a little Pinterest inspiration. I have a little bit more time for crafting now that it's summer, but it is still quite a struggle to get projects completed.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hopefully I'll be more diligent about posting the projects I do end up doing. I'm trying to get a stockpile to make my life easier during the school year. </span></div>
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Alyssahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00598911141746606207noreply@blogger.com29tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4360984114944252469.post-56802431813881332052014-11-08T16:00:00.000-05:002014-11-17T17:24:04.546-05:00DIY Roundup 11/17<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In an effort to get posting more as well as to keep track of my DIY ideas, I am starting a new series called DIY Roundup in which I post pictures of a couple DIY project ideas for inspiration.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Feel free to comment if you want to see any of these projects on the blog! (With an Elemental Carbon spin, of course)</span></div>
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Alyssahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00598911141746606207noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4360984114944252469.post-3322662409890890102014-11-01T12:24:00.003-04:002014-11-01T12:24:31.891-04:00Geometric Notebook // DIY<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Today we're making geometric notebooks. They're so cute and easy it almost hurts. These would also make great handmade Christmas presents!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Why hello there, crafting world. Long time no see!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Today I'm going to show you how to make an iPad (or nook or other tablet or laptop) cover. It's awesome AND easy!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>(Hint: this tutorial is very similar to the <a href="http://elementalcarbon.blogspot.com/2012/10/studded-leather-foldover-clutch-diy.html" target="_blank">studded foldover clutch</a> I did previously. If these instructions confuse you some, try looking at that post for clarification!)</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1. Place your device on the fabric and cut a rectangle that is about 1" larger on each side to allow for seam allowances and thickness. Cut two of these rectangles of the lining, two of the outside fabric, and two of the batting.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">5. Place the outside and lining pieces for the top of the pocket together, right sides facing each other. Sew along the 3 edges as shown below. Turn the top of the pocket right side out.</span></div>
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Alyssahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00598911141746606207noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4360984114944252469.post-20798941058423990052013-04-07T22:50:00.001-04:002013-04-07T22:51:19.684-04:00Woven Ribbon Sweatshirt // DIY<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Easy peasy sweater weavy.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My roommate made that one up anyway.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1. Cut the crew neck of the sweatshirt so that it creates an off-the-shoulder scoop neck.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2. Make cuts in the sweatshirt as shown below. Do NOT to cut all the way to the edge. (Leave about a 2 inch gap between where the cut ends and the neck of the sweatshirt starts).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"For you created my inmost being; you knit me together..."</span></div>
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Alyssahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00598911141746606207noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4360984114944252469.post-44915586971735427472013-03-31T14:49:00.000-04:002013-03-31T14:49:02.169-04:00Tag Necklace // DIY<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1. Attach the bead to the tag with jump rings.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Jesus answered, 'I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"The world takes us to a silver screen on which flickering images of passion and romance play, and as we watch, the world says, 'This is love.' God takes us to the foot of a tree on which a naked and bloodied man hangs and says, '<i>This is love.</i>'"</span></div>
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Alyssahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00598911141746606207noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4360984114944252469.post-47529691293104795132013-03-03T22:01:00.001-05:002013-03-04T18:49:16.427-05:00Sweater Bangle Bracelet // DIY<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Have old sweaters lying around that you never wear? Today we're taking those old sweaters and putting them to good use by making them into bracelets. Say whaaat?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Yup. It's called recycling. Or refashioning. Or being a hipster. Or whatever.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And who doesn't want to be a hipster?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If you like recycled or repurposed item projects (or even if you don't), be sure to check out <a href="http://elementalcarbon.blogspot.com/2012/10/zipper-bracelet-diy-repurpose-october.html" target="_blank">this zipper bracelet</a> and <a href="http://elementalcarbon.blogspot.com/2012/10/twister-board-raincoat-diy-repurpose.html" target="_blank">this [SERIOUSLY AWESOME] raincoat</a>. It'll blow your mind.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1. Take an old sweater and cut off a few inches of the arm so that you are left with a circle of sweater that is tall enough to wrap around your bangle.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Today we're making these beautifully simple gold triangle bangles!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">For this project I used this <i>amaaaazing</i> liquid gold leaf stuff that I have also used to <a href="http://elementalcarbon.blogspot.com/2013/02/gold-shoes-diy.html" target="_blank">paint my shoes gold</a>.</span> <span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If I'm not careful, everything I own will soon be gold.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">-Wooden bangle bracelet (I got mine at Hobby Lobby!)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1 & 2. Tear off a strip of Painter's Tape and cut your design out with the X-acto knife. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I took a commercial art class in high school and absolutely <i>loved</i> it, so I appreciate anything with beautiful typography.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I wanted to make some art to hang in my room (the concrete brick walls are a little sad!) so I decided to make a chalkboard-inspired black and white canvas painting.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">While I have pretty darn good handwriting (thanks, grandma!) I'm not <i>that</i> good, so I designed the word layout and then traced them and painted over the tracing. You can have basically zero artistic skill and still do this, I promise!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The words I used are from the song "Hosanna" by Hillsong United (it's awesome!) If I had Illustrator on my laptop, I would have used that because it's the bomb, but I don't, so I used powerpoint to design it. If you want a copy for your own personal use, feel free to shoot me an e-mail at elementalcarbon12(at)gmail(dot)com and I would be glad to send you back an attachment of it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">5. Fill in with white acrylic paint. This is a little tedious, but oh so worth it! You can use regular acrylic paint found at your local craft store or you can use a white paint pen, which makes the process go a little faster.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love."</span></div>
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Alyssahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00598911141746606207noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4360984114944252469.post-58605276180418878002013-02-10T00:01:00.000-05:002013-02-10T00:01:59.487-05:00Gold Shoes // DIY<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If you ask me, these are some of the sweetest kicks around.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It's like having 24K gold feet. But without paying for actual 24K gold feet.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So feel free to start calling me Midas.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Side note: I have a funny story about "kicks"...that song Pumped Up Kicks by Foster The People? </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">When I first heard that song, I thought they were saying, "all the other kids with the pumped up kickstands" when really they were saying, "all the other kids with the pumped up kicks you better run, better run..."</span><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Also, Imma give credit where credit is so rightfully due - go check out Allison's <i>fantastic</i> blog and <a href="http://dreamalittlebigger.squarespace.com/post/24-k-baby.html" target="_blank">tutorial</a> where I got the idea for this!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">(Tip: It looks like a really small jar, but <i>trust me</i> it goes a LONG way! I painted both shoes with two coats each, plus had over half of the jar left!)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Do not be quickly provoked in your spirit, for anger resides in the lap of fools."</span><br />
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Alyssahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00598911141746606207noreply@blogger.com332tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4360984114944252469.post-90566683067241927872013-01-27T15:33:00.004-05:002013-01-28T21:06:52.821-05:00White Studded Leather Wraparound Bracelet // DIY<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The semester is zipping right along. I feel like I'm constantly on the go!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Today we are making these funky studded wraparound bracelets. They are <i>so</i> easy! And they give just the right amount of edge to any outfit.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So for Christmas, I made my mom a clock. But not any old clock. Oh noooo, this is a prime time clock.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Yup. A prime time clock. It has prime numbers. Feel free to laugh now.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">3 & 4. After printing your numbers and the words "prime time," cut them to size, color the back with pencil, and trace them onto the clock in the order you prefer. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It has been a while since the last post, but I decided to take a little break from blogging over the holidays to spend time with family. But alas, I have returned! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">You may also notice the little facelift. So I haven't been <i>completely</i> lazy over break.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If you have zero crafting skill whatsoever, keep reading! This is the perfect project for the anti-crafters out there.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">-Fabric (two ~2"x2" scraps are all you need!)<br />-Fabric button making kit (~$3.00 at craft stores)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I haven't posted a tutorial in quite a while (in case you missed it, don't miss out on one of my most recent posts <a href="http://elementalcarbon.blogspot.com/2012/11/leather-gold-feather-earrings-diy.html" target="_blank">here</a>), but that doesn't mean I haven't been crafting lately. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Despite being quite busy with the end of the semester and finals week as well as traveling to see family over Christmas break, I've started quite a few projects that I am super excited to share with you all in the upcoming months! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">While I finish all the projects I have started (and have yet to start) and write up tutorials on them, I'm posting some pictures of inspiration I am drawing on for upcoming projects.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And I figure that if I'm wearing cute workout clothes, people are less likely to look at my face, which usually looks like a boiled tomato. Which is where pv.Body (and an <i>awesome</i> discount for you readers!) come in.</span></div>
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Alyssahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00598911141746606207noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4360984114944252469.post-12811638673262776542012-12-02T18:59:00.004-05:002012-12-02T18:59:55.843-05:00Book Garland // DIY<div style="text-align: center;">
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Alyssahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00598911141746606207noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4360984114944252469.post-68860328994411939142012-11-25T14:21:00.001-05:002012-11-25T14:21:31.176-05:00Leather & Gold Feather Earrings // DIY<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Today we're making leather feather earrings. That's right. Leather feather earrings. Try saying that three times fast.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">These earrings were inspired by <a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/139822763402419684/" target="_blank">this pin</a> on pinterest, but I couldn't find the original site that they came from. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1. Draw out your feather pattern (or just look up some clip art and print it off)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">5. Paint the gold onto the feathers. For a gradient look, I used a dry brushing technique. To do this, get a little paint on the paintbrush and then wipe most of it off on a paper towel. Then, paint a section near the top lightly with what is left on the paintbrush. Gradually add more and more paint to the paintbrush as you near the bottom to get the faded gold appearance.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Today we're making a very gathered skirt. I think really full skirts are super fun to wear and they also happen to be quite easy to make! And you can obviously make it with any fabric you want as long as it hangs well!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">-2 yards of fabric (depending on the length you want, you can probably use less but I like to be safe rather than sorry)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1. Cut the main piece of fabric - a large rectangle that is about 3x your waist wide and fairly long (the length doesn't matter much at this point - we will hem it later.)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2. Next you'll need to cut the waistband. Make the waistband about 4 inches tall and your waist + 1 inch wide. Also cut out a piece of fusible interfacing the same size.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Today we're making these super cute studded stud earrings!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I have given a few pairs of these away through giveaways on other blogs. I'm thinking of doing a giveaway of a pair when I hit 100 followers, what do you think?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">-Pyramid Studs (The kind I got were all connected and sold by the yard at JoAnn's)</span></div>
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Alyssahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00598911141746606207noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4360984114944252469.post-80799717074261876802012-11-04T11:22:00.000-05:002012-11-04T11:22:51.957-05:00Denim Shirt Refashion // DIY<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Today we will be doing a denim shirt refashion! It's quite easy and super cute.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My wallet is doing little jumps for joy right now. Wish you could see it - so cute, little wallet.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If you missed any of the projects from the REPURPOSE OCTOBER series, be sure to check them out!</span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1. Turn your denim shirt inside out and lay it flat on the floor. Take your well-fitting button up shirt and lay it on top of your denim shirt, lining up the neck and shoulders.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2. Now, put the side seams facing up and down (shown in picture below) and cut off the bottom to make the hem a little shorter. (This step can be skipped if it is a good length already).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">3. My denim shirt had a lovely little "Cowboys" logo on the pocket. Not exactly high fashion. So I decided to cover it up with some scrap fabric. To do this, seam rip the pocket off of the shirt.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And voila! You're done! This project was literally free for me because a family friend gave me the old shirt and I used fabric from my scrap bin.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Kinda funny that I'm a Chemistry major and, well, we have Bunsen burners.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Anyways, what does my fear of fire have to do with crafts? You'll need a lighter or a candle or matches or a blowtorch (pick your poison) for this one!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And it takes literally five minutes.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We're finally down to the last week of REPURPOSE OCTOBER! How sad! Of course, I will always be posting new DIYs each week (that is, after all, the purpose of this blog!) but I have really enjoyed trying to be extra creative and repurpose things!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><u>Don't forget to keep sending in your repurposed crafts for a feature post of my favorites at the end of the month!</u></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I have seen this done a few other places before, but I can't seem to pinpoint the original creator. If that is you, feel free to send me an e-mail and I'll post a link to your site for credit!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2. Using your source of fire, melt down the edges of the zipper so that it won't fray. You can kind of see the melty edges in the picture below.</span></div>
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