DIY: matchbox building

Hello guys! This week I'm going to teach you how to make a matchbox building. This will serve as a container for those push pins, paper clips, staples, and other small stuff cluttering your desktops. :)

You will need:

- 4 big matchboxes

- cardstock of your choice (not shown)

- glue

- scissors

- ruler

- paint

- pencil and fine point pen

1. Glue the 4 matchboxes together. 

2. Measure the height and width of your new structure using your ruler.

3. You can opt to paint the matchbox to make hide the rough edges and the markings on the boxes. Set aside to dry.

4. Design and draw your building on cardstock using the measurements you got earlier. I did mine using pencil first then fine-point pen. Erase the pencil lines.

5. Once the boxes are dry, paste your building drawing onto your boxes and VIOLA! A nice little caddy for your desktop. Make a few more and you can now build your own city! 

You'll end up with four compartments, ham hams and cat are not included. ;)

Oh yeah, I also did a Tim Burton inspired building. My version of German expressionism art. Haha!

If you still haven't guessed what movie this is from,

let me give you a not so subtle hint...

Enjoy making your own citites! Yay!

DIY Tuesday: mini brag book

Hello!

I know I've been out for a loooooooong time so I'm going to make it up to you. Here's something for those of you who likes doing stuff with paper...

instructions under the jump!

oh dear...

This is probably one of my favorites so far. I made this necklace for myself while testing out my new stamps. This is made from polymer clay. :)

special thanks to:

puglypixel for the tape strips

dafont.com for the free honey script font

happy monday everyone!

retro invites

I've been handmaking invites for our office ever since last year (or was it earlier this year... I forgot), when everybody thought it would be a good idea to put me in charge of invites. I came up with this design for a carnival themed party.

this is the cover page.

and inside the invite.

So this time I made another design for the team. Same event, different theme. Here are some of the designs I did: 

Both served as teasers for the awardees and guests. I'll show you the finished products soon. The boyfriend said the bosses liked them. Yaaay!