I'm really bored with my hair right now, but I'm trying to grow it out. I've never really liked to dye my hair, but I guess now is the time to get some 'fun' out of my hair.

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For everyone who has a Nintendo-lover on their list this year, take a look at these Mario coasters! They're made from those plastic beads that you iron over to melt together, with a layer of cork on the bottom. The pixelated nature of the original Nintendo graphics makes this the perfect medium to reproduce it! I especially love the coinbox holder. :D

Hi folks, here is a bento I posted on bentochallenge. This week's topic is to make a bento that recreates a famous work of art. And what work of art is more famous (or awesome) than the Dogs Playing Poker? It's very crude but I had fun making it.



Background is bread with pasta sauce. Table is spinach leaves over cheese slice. The rest are made from various bits of cheese, radish, carrot, dates, almonds, grapes, red cabbage and a Triscuit.

I picked up an old breadbox at the Salvation Army for 3.99. It was pretty grimy and weirdly black inside, but I rubbing alcohol-ed that sucker to within an inch of its life to get it clean, and then gave it a light sanding, primed it, and gave it a good coat of spray paint.

Before: breadbo-RING!



( After: Bread-SEXY! )

It was a lovely pixie-esque sort of thing, but it's grown too long in the back and front. I'm debating a couple options.

( No seriously please help me. )

I used to always know what to do with my hair and now I'm clueless. Goodness gracious.

Black rice musubi and chikuwa bento box.

Read the step by step assembly on today's hapabento blog post.

So I finally got off my butt and did something productive today. I made this bubble gum machine necklace. And I'm REALLY proud of it. :)


Ain't it just sweet?

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upgrade, downgrade?

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Tomorrow we get to work on eachother at school, and I'm in need of change. I attend the Aveda Institute, so nothing unnatural since we don't have anything like pink, blues, etc..

I was thinking about going back to black - my base color - but if I want to change, it'll be a bitch. What do you think would suit me? I don't really know if I want to go red again!




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hello all (: i've been considering dying my hair lately because its been the same color for quite a while and i want a change of some kind! what color now?!

this is myself currently:
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some suggestions as to what i should do would be wonderful (:

ps: i really LOVED my hair when it was like this but i did it on accident so kind of hard to achieve again:
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gracias & happy thanksgiving

What would you make your mother for Christmas if you had 1 yard of fabric that you picked out because it reminded you of her?

ETA: You guys have so many great ideas! Thank you!

been a while since I posted anything steampunk inspired so I thought I would post a few of my new pieces. The first four are Steampunk bugs that I made out of paperclay. On the back I added a pin back so that they can be worn on a shirt or jacket but I also left the antenna with loops at the end so that jump rings could be added to the end and they could be worn as pendants. Each one is made by pressing watch parts into the clay then latter painting them, some parts of the bugs are sealed in a glossy finish and some are in a matte finish.


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pictures of your favorite aline/asym/a mixture of the two for chunky, round faces!

GO!

(thank you lots. C:)

hair and hot tools help.

so i have ridiculously straight hair that likes to be straight everywhere but the back. i like to let my hair air dry because i'm growing it out and don't want to damage it, but i get "crinkles" or five or so waves in the back.

what are your recommendations for a straightener? i was just thinking a chi 1 inch because i like my sister's and my 3 inch is too hard for the back. i'm also looking to curl but i don't expect miracles for just a little straightener. my boyfriend said he would get it for me for christmas but i don't want him to spend too much. ghd's are so expensive but i've heard good things about them too. i've looked over folica reviews but most people are "like omgz i love it" or "omg mine broke after one day."

i'm also getting my haircut tomorrow. i got straight across bangs before the semester started and i loved them, but they are getting too long to be reasonable straight across. they don't push off well to the side and i don't like how messy blunt bangs get when i'm out in the wind and rain. i think i'm just going to ask her to add in some angles and soften the sides on the bangs.

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John Frieda clear shine luminous color glaze?

Does it make your hair gorgeous and shiny like promised?

Is there a similar product that is better?

I'm knitting this shape to become a super simple dress for my baby daughter. I figure two of those rectangles (with garter stitch at the neck/arm holes) stitched together, maybe with some cross-stitching added later could be made pretty cute.

Anyway, I want to add some increases to make it wider toward the bottom to accommodate for her fluffy bum. Where should they go? I was thinking they could start at the bottom of the garter stitching for the arm holes, but should I add them in the middle? On the sides? What's going to look okay?

('m a new knitter, and have mastered knitting/purling/increasing/decreasing and know what to do to get what I want, but having only made up my own crochet patterns I'm not quite sure with knitting.)

Hello. Please look at my timeline and help me. OR ELSE.

This was me....



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so i'm getting my hair cut/colored/styled and i need some help with a few questions...

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boredom has taken over, so i thought i'd share my good hair day. :]