Easy Pinterest Craft: DIY Braided Bead Bracelets

Last week I talked about how we finally made Christmas cards. We decided to be super cheesy and make friendship bracelets. We didn't want to do the traditional macrame kind; we wanted something chic and wearable so we set off to Pinterest to look for some. 

We ended up choosing  this bracelet tutorial! It's an easy to follow tutorial with plenty of room to add your own touch to the bracelets. We used different clasps and different sized beads to mix things up, but other than that we stuck to the tutorial pretty closely. 

Ai also taught me a neat trick for when you have to do braids! To keep everything taut, you use a chip clip and clip the strings to the cover of a hardback book. It really did make the braiding go a lot smoother. 

I really love gold and black together! 

We ended up fixing the ends of the bracelets up near the clasp by cutting them short and sealing them with hot glue.

I really love how Ai did this! She used bigger beads on the end instead of braiding.

These bracelets were really fun and easy to make, so we hope you go out and make some of your own! Remember to have fun and experiment to really make them unique! Happy crafting everyone! ♥  

Halloween Earrings

So there's only 21 more days till Halloween, which is my second favorite holiday! I just love how creative people are on Halloween and how it kicks off the holiday season! ^_^ Ai and I have super cute costumes planned out this year and we can't wait to share them with you. So for now, have some Halloween themed earrings! 

Black cat and pumpkin earrings! 

A spooky spider hair pin and bat and pumpkin earrings! 

Ooooooo cute little ghost earrings! 

That's all for now folks! We'll be doing more Halloween stuff throughout the month and finish off with posting our costumes! ♥  

Sushi Earrings

This week's post is about sushi earrings! Not only is sushi super yummy, it makes cute accessories. As always the charms on the earrings are made out of polymer clay. Now on to the earrings! 

Dangling earrings made out of various sushi! Also onigiri and sushi roll hair pins! 

Onigiri earrings and hair pin! 

So that's all for this week! It's finally October so you can look forward to a new seasonal layout and Halloween themed stuffs from us! ♥  

Some Random Fun Jewelry

So again this week's blog is a real simple one. We're really weird and nerdy and made some silly jewelry. And now on to the stuffs! 

So I've been searching EVERYWHERE for a mustache necklace and I still haven't found the magical store people are getting them from! I finally gave up and decided to make my own and this is it! My own beautiful fancy mustache necklace!!! 

This was inspired by Groucho Marx glasses but I forgot the eyebrows! The other earring is one of those windup chattering teeth toys.

And these are just because we're artists! Making a tube of paint is hard! It took us a few tries but we eventually got it.

If any of you want to make your own jewelry, we basically use the same process for making charms and magnets just on a much smaller scale. You'll need to buy things like chain and earring hooks or studs and some jewelry pliers. Once you have all that you'll be set to make your own fun jewelry! 

So that's all for this week folks! We have some fun Halloween things coming up for October! ♥  

Football Earrings

Summer is finally winding down and my favorite season is approaching. Fall means the start of the holidays and of course FOOTBALL SEASON!!!!! So Ai and I have been obsessed with making earrings lately and decided we needed to make earrings dedicated to our favorite football teams: the Vikings and the Cowboys! (No we are not from Minnesota or Dallas. We aren't really from anywhere since we grew up as military brats. Our dads just picked teams long before we were born and have been loyal ever since and so have we.) 

 Ai's team is the Vikings! 

My team is the Cowboys! 

Sorry this week's post is pretty short. We're saving all of our good stuff for the upcoming months, so expect a lot of holiday themed things for the rest of the year! ♥  


*****P.S. Since people keep asking, we're working our way up to hopefully start selling things by the end of the year. However we absolutely will not be selling things with licensed characters, graphics, etc. It is just plain wrong! And yes we know people love to buy fanart type things, but again it's wrong and illegal! So no, we won't be able to make you your favorite football team or Harry Potter magnets,etc. *****

Cupcake Earrings

So continuing on our quest to make our own accessories, Ai has made earrings! The earrings were just a combination of the things we've already been doing. They're made of bows, clay charms, chains, earring hooks and studs. They ended up super cute! So now on to the earrings. 

Dangly cupcake earrings! 

We really like earrings that match but aren't exactly the same. 

The cupcake ribbons makes another appearance.

So that's all for this week folks! You can look forward to seeing more jewelry in the future! ♥