Beading

Crochet Necklace

African Helix Stitch Bracelet Part 1

African Helix Stitch Bracelet Part 2

Crystal and Chain Link Necklace

Flat Spiral Stitch

Flat Spiral 2nd Row (1)

Flat Spiral 2nd Row (2)

Silver

Silver is a color that intrigues me. It is elegant, yet daring, sparkly, yet subdued. It is rich in color, yet simple.

Thread Banger

Today I am introducing Thread Banger, which is a site that shows you how to do a lot of crafts. They have videos, DIY blogs, and how tos. SO that all.

What If

So. I've decided to start something. Whenever I don't know what to post, instead of not posting, I'll use a writing prompt and create a storyline and stuff around that.

Bring me a sunset in a cup

A cup that once held tears

Long lost loves that had lifted up

And left you with your fears

The sunset must be bright

But almost at its end

It will be a wonderful sight

Until a farewell it sends

So that was a poem, created by the prompt, "bring me a sunset in a cup." The poems true meaning, is that I want you to bring me a cup of happiness, a cup that used to be sadness. Sadness about dead people, and fears. The happiness has to be happy, but cannot last to long (sigh) it will be a great thing to enjoy, until it ends.

Library

SO I went to the UCSD Knowledge Tree Geisel Library today. Its architecture is really good. From faraway, it looks like a tree, or some sort of up side down pyramid. It has n interesting garden surrounding it, and a tree made of metal in the front of it that is dedicated to those who helped with the making of the Library. It is extremely large, and is very pretty.

Walk Like and Egyptian

Ha ha, first time you've heard from me in a looooooooong time. Not a very dedicated blogger, I'm afraid. between drawing, writing, and doing math summer homework, I'v just been too busy. Anyway, I found this cleopatra headress tutorial at shira.net , and i crocheted it out of Needloft craft cord from Walmart. They also have it at Michaels and Joann's. I got my inspiration from there, but i changed the design to make it fit on my head more. Some people (me, actually) don't like to read crochet designs without pictures, but I can at least write one... here goes:

Ch 4, sl st in first st of chain

Ch 3 (for height) 14 dc, join with sl st

Ch 3 (this counts as one of the dc) crochet two dc in each chain from hook. join with sl st

Ch 3 (this counts as one of the dc) [1 dc in first chain from hook, 2 dc in the next] repeat work until you have reached the beginning of the circle, and sl st to join the ring

Ch 3 (this counts as one of the dc) [1 dc in first chain from hook, 1 dc in the next, 2 dc in the next] repeat work until you have reached the beginning of circle, and sl st to join the ring

Ch 3 (this counts as one of the dc) [1 dc in first chain from hook, 1 dc in the next, 1 dc in the next, 2 dc in the next] repeat work until you have reached the beginning of circle, and sl st to join the ring

Ch 3 (this counts as one of the dc) [1 dc in first chain from hook, 1 dc in the next, 1 dc in the next, 1 dc in the next, 2 dc in the next] repeat work until you have reached the beginning of circle, and sl st to join the ring

you might need to add more rows if your head is bigger then mine. Follow the steps at shira.net for the beading...

101 Anniversary!

My one-o-one post...101...FINALLY... Anyways, right now, my mom is cooking something burnt...and it smells horrible so...i gotta put up with it...anyway, I'm feeling uninspired right at this moment...Feeling uninspired it very uninspiring... Well I'lll tell you a story. When me and my friend were in class, the teacher was telling us not to cuss, but then her phone rang, and somehow, she dropped it on the floor, and the batteries came out ans she was like, "What the h***! what the f****! I got a warranty on this s****..." you do NOT want to know what else she said...the class burst out laughing and the principal heard all of it, cuz his office is next to our classroom...and the teacher got fired..........

Busy Busy Bee

Math homework has been driving me crazy lately...even though its the end of the year and things are getting easier...I'm busy, cuz all the end-of-the-year performances and stuff are starting, and I promise during the summer I'll post more...but for now, I'll just post some dump quotes or quotes that don't make sense. This site. This site. This site. And this site. There's lots more online, all you have to do is google search or bing search or SOMETHING search cuz I'm too lazy to post more. (you must be thinking, "Since you have a lotta homework, why don't you do it instead of posting?" Well, let me give it to you straight. I'm no worker. I'm a procrastinator.) Well, I'm a writer, an author, a typer, or typist, whatever you call us... So I post for fun...do work for work...and get along with life... Well life's no soap opera, though it would be more interesting and easier to pay attention to... Oh, come on, at least I've not forgotten my dear readers. No really...Now it's time to update my other blogs...

http://www.divinecaroline.com/22189/97234-turn-frown-upside-down--twenty-nine

http://www.divinecaroline.com/22189/97234-turn-frown-upside-down--twenty-nine

http://www.lettersofnote.com/

http://www.lettersofnote.com/

http://www.howtodrawguide.com/how-to-draw-stuff/learn-to-draw-flames-video-drawing-guides-65/

http://www.howtodrawguide.com/how-to-draw-stuff/learn-to-draw-flames-video-drawing-guides-65/

Very Bored

My new hobby

For VERY bored peoples

SO all you very bored peoples out there

Surf the internet

Read a book

Write a book

Write a blog

Make Origami

Make paper snowflakes

Make fruit and vegetable art

Sleep it off

Eat. When in doubt, eat. Just eat.

Go take a walk

Go biking

DO SOMETHING!!!!

Bookstore

I like to do book reviews, but~I kinda always give things away...But anyways, my at home library is a big as a bookstore (I'm exaggerating) and so, lately, I've come across some classics, mostly Louisa May Alcott's, and I've been read An Old Fashioned Girl these few days, and I've tried to read it like, 5 times before, but at those times, the book held no interest to me. It's kind-of a coming-of-age story, and brings me to another book of tales for the same purpose, by the all famous Roald Dahl, called The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Six More, which can be found in the YA section, and pretty much suits those of 10 and up. And Treasure Island, by Robert Louise Stevenson, is a great story for boys, to spark their interest to read. And also, Percy Jackson and the Olympians (series) is great for younger kids, very much like the Harry Potter books. Well, that pretty much amounts to what the favorites section of my at-home library looks like.

Riddle Me This:

So lately, I've been becoming interested in a lot of stuff, like J.R.R. Tolkien's Hobbit, and The Lord of the Rings, and Riddles. This site was very helpful to me, but it didn't exactly have answers to riddles, but i searched them online and it pretty much came out all right. The Tolkien Trail is a place for J.R.R.'s fans, and you can become a fanatic too. This site for riddles was very fun, mind-boggling, and the such. I also found a site that was very fun, I spent hours on there, and it's educational. I haven't posted lately, because it's the end of the year, everyone's getting lazy, I've forgotten to do homework, I've tried to catch up, and yeah. I can't exactly post much anymore, but during the summer i probably will, but I just might forget...:)

The Silk Road

My Final Exam for Social Studies is coming around the corner and I need to study about the Silk Road, and why's it called the Silk Road, so hear goes: Apparently, the Silk Road is named the Silk Road, because the traders and merchants from China brought silk to places (Africa and Europe mostly) and had to go through treacherous lands and waters. After years of trading and purchasing and traveling, the merchants found reliable ways into the African and European lands. Which is, of course the Silk Road. Now the Silk Road was used for both Silk and Spices, and there would be thievery along the way, so they brought along guards, which made a large procession.

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'kay I'm done. Please correct me.

Origami Flowers for Mother's Day

I decided to make a bouquet of flowers, but the pretty ones are HARD!!!! But I somehow figured it out.

A Lotta Links to Flower Instructions

I just thought that this was pretty :)

Origami Daffodil Video

Hexagon Video (for daffodil)

Daffodil 1 Diagram (I didn't try this one)

Daffodil 2 Diagram (I didn't try this either)

A VERY helpful site

A LOT of these are hard, so just persevere. You HAVE to.

Mood Beads

I never knew there was such thing as mood beads until now. I totally want some!!!

"Beads that change colors like the Mood Rings and Jewelry of the 1960's & 1970's" states one of the sites.

So I found some awesome sites and other sites that show you great deals on mood beads and stuff.

Chocolate Panna Cotta

A delicious new twist on an old Italian favorite. (from David Lebovitz's website) With cocoa powder substituting the berry sauce, all you have to do is make the recipe, and add cocoa powder to it. So I

4 cups (1l) heavy cream (or half-and-half)
1/2 cup (100g) sugar
2 teaspoons of vanilla extract, or 1 vanilla bean, split lengthwise
2 packets powdered gelatin (about 4 1/2 teaspoons)
6 tablespoons (90ml) cold water

1. Heat the heavy cream and sugar in a saucepan or microwave. Once the sugar is dissolved, remove from heat and stir in the vanilla extract.

(If using a vanilla bean, scrape the seeds from the bean into the cream and add the bean pod. Cover, and let infuse for 30 minutes. Remove the bean then rewarm the mixture before continuing.) You can substitute the vanilla for chocolate.

2. Lightly oil eight custard cups with a neutral-tasting oil. (Any kind of cup will work, but the glass kinds work best)

3. Sprinkle the gelatin over the cold water in a medium-sized bowl and let stand 5 to 10 minutes.

4. Pour the very warm Panna Cotta mixture over the gelatin and stir until the gelatin is completely dissolved.

5. Divide the Panna Cotta mixture into the prepared cups, then chill them until firm, which will take at least two hours but I let them stand at least four hours. (Judy told me American refrigerators are colder than European ones. )

If you're pressed for time, pour the Panna Cotta mixture into wine goblets so you can serve them in the glasses, without unmolding.

6. Run a sharp knife around the edge of each Panna Cotta and unmold each onto a serving plate, and garnish as desired.

To make Panna Cotta with sheet gelatin: Soften 25g (approximately six sheets) in a liter of cold water for 5 to 10 minutes. Wring the sheets out and stir them into the warm Panna Cotta mixture in step # 4, until dissolved.

So, for mine, on the inside bottom of each custard cup, I added one layer of cocoa powder, pour the Cocoa Panna Cotta into the cup, and added another layer of Cocoa Powder. I refrigerated for about 2-5 hours, and to tell the truth, it tasted great.

Crochet Scarf

Sorry I haven't posted in a looooooooong time. Any way, I'm crocheting a scarf, and I'm posting the instructions. So here goes. I'm crocheting together a long chain of Eastern Stars, I can't find the patterns so sorry. I l;inked them together with 3 chain stitches and one yarn over, adjusted to the width of each petal. It's pretty long, I don't have pics, so you can kinda get the idea how vague this post is. Any way, here's the witch of mortinshire:

"King Hattuk? King Hattuk? Where are you?" Jasmina cried. She had been so concentrated with Sage that she hadn't paid attention to her surroundings. The king was no where to be found. They were in the middle of a desert, not the jungle! "Marcella, is this your magic?" Jasmina asked, only to hear, "This is part of your test to learn the way. You must escape back to the jungle on your own." Then, Marcella disappeared with the children, leaving Jasmina behind. "I've no training, how am I supposed to do this?" Jasmina asked the wind, for the wind was the only one there, other then the sand on the dunes. "Believe in yourself." cried the wind as it blew around and around, whisking the sand into patterns. The wind suddenly materialized into a little person. I person about the size of your pointer. Jasmina was astounded.

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Well, that's all for today!link

Origami and Ribbon Projects

I have tried the ribbon one, and it turned out great. I was trying to find a way to recycle some golden ribbon left over from some time and I was trying to make a ribbon fish, but instead I watched this video from youtube over and over for one hour and doing it with it until I finally made it! This requires tons of patience and perseverance which usually I don't have, but with crafts... I manage to somehow. There are three parts to the videos, and it will be in the side bar. Remember, persevere, persevere, and persevere. Sorry I tried to find some pics, and my camera doesn't work, so no pics.

So for the magic rose cube, I found a very easy to understand video from this site from youtube. When you fold them right, they look SO pretty! I also found a Kawasaki rose instructions from youtube. Here.

There are leaves variations that you can find when you press the down button from the little box under the video. Have patience, since the Kawasaki rose video is 16 minutes long!