Make an iPad/iPhone/iPod Self-Portrait!

Here’s a funny self-portrait I did one day when I was sitting around with an iPad:

I like how It’s super easy to do and I love the completely unglamorous result!

Got some free time to spare and wanna do one of yourself? Here’s how:

1) Download a free drawing app such as Adobe Ideas.

2) Open the app and paint the background black.  That will make the surface of your iPad/iPhone/iPod shiny like a mirror!

3) If you really want to, you can use that shiny mirror and admire how cute you look for a few seconds before starting.

4) Now make sure you are far away enough from your iPad/iPhone/iPod so that your face can be seen (or the part you want to draw can be seen).

5) Trace your facial features using any color you like (except black).

6) Viola! A self portrait is born!

I wanna see your portraits! Please share!

Tags: Creative, D.I.Y., fun stuff

Minipunkz: How to make Mini Pumps Earrings

How to make Mini Pumps Keychain:

Material:

-1 Pair of Mini Doll Shoes

-A Safety Pin OR a Needle

-A Lighter OR A Lighted Candle

-Tweezers

-2 x Earring hoops (It’s the little circle thingy, I think that’s what they call them… You can get them at Arts & Craft store like “Beadswork” or “Micheals”)

-2 x Stainless steel French Hook Ear Wires (You can get them at Arts & Craft store like “Beadswork” or “Micheals”)

Here are the steps:

1) Heat the tip of the safety pin/needle with a lighter/lighted candle. (CAUTION: The pin/needle will get super hot once it’s heated, so make sure your hands are protected, wear a glove or something…)

2) While the pin/needle is still super hot, try to poke it through the back of the doll shoe to make a hole. Yes…I know…it’s tough, but don’t worry, you can do it.

(Miranda lost a shoe when she tried to do it shhh….)

Now…you might need to do this repeat Step 1 and Step 2 a couple of times if your pin/needle is not hot enough. (Repeat Step 1 and Step 2 until you manage to make a hole)

Oh and try not to inhale when you are doing Step 2, because it smells kinda bad.

3) Use a tweezers (I used my finger nails), slightly bend open the earring hoop (the circley looking thingy), hook it into the hole. Use a tweezers and close the earring hoop. Repeat for the other side of your earrings.

4) Attach the French hook ear wires to the earring hops. Repeat for the other side of your earrings.

5) Ta Dah! Now you’ve got a COOL pair of Mini Pumps Earring.If you want your earrings to look EVEN COOLER, you can purchase some Oil Based Paint/Acrylics and paint some designs on it. Enjoy!

Speaking of which…I customized one pair for my sister, but she lost it:(! Maybe I will make one again later and show you guys what the earrings could look like when they’re painted.

Tags: Creative, D.I.Y., fun stuff, Stuff we make