Paint, Paper Flowers, and Oomph

Another weekend, another craftapalooza!

On a paper flower kick. Made coffee filter flowers sprayed with watered beige paint and edged with gold pen. 

Then made scrapbook paper flowers using double-side printed paper.

Grabbed a tall ceramic vase, painted the base tan, then slowly poured a variety of thinned acrylic paint around the top of the vase and let it drip down the side. Took awhile to get just the right color match but I'm happy with the outcome.  

Once dried, combined the book flowers from last weekend with the coffee filter roses and placed them in the makeover vase. Happy to say they worked together nicely.

Next project- extracted the legs from the broken potty chair, filled holes with joint compound, let it dry overnight, sanded then painted black. Grabbed one of my free dresser drawers, painted the sides and inside, then dripped different shades of paint onto the front drawer. Decided that wasn't working so grabbed a plastic bag and smooshed the wet paint so it wasn't so striped.  Let it dry, then nailed the legs to the base. Not quite finished but it holds a lot of potential.

All that crafting done, scrubbed my hands and nails, painted them with beige polish then added white tips using an acrylic paint pen.

Since working from home started letting my hair dry on its own to lessen the damage. Couple of years ago sis Luna introduced me to LUS products for wavy/curly/coily hair. They are fabulous but I've been out of them for a few months. Ended up purchasing the All in One curl style cream, which I so missed. It definitely enhances and encouages curly hair.

On that note, discovered a new tip. Oftentimes my longer bangs get in my face and/or the top of my head needs some more height and oomph.  During one of my Pinterest browsing sessions, ran across a tutorial showing an easy way to solve my problem.

You grab a portion of your hair as if you are making a small to medium ponytail, like a half-up style.  Clip your hair using a small claw then circle the tail portion around the pony part and clip it into the claw, making sure the ends are secured.  

You'll end up with a small bun with hair pushed to one side of the clip. Pull a portion of that hair over to the opposite side, concealing the clip. And there you have it! Like a baby bun giving you some sexy oomph with no sign of the clip.

Here's the link to a tutorial on this top-knot. 

https://m.facebook.com/thehaclife/videos/981689015772226/?extid=NS-UNK-UNK-UNK-IOS_GK0T-GK1C&ref=sharing

End result:

And that's it for the weekend!