Glass Bottle Necklace

I made a necklace out of the nail art glitter glass bottles I mentioned in the last post. It was really easy. The heart was from a pair of earrings that looked horrible on my ears. and I got the flower from my front yard. The purple flowers were perfect. They were tiny enough to fit into the bottle. and the leafs looks wonderful with the color contrast. I have no idea how long I can wear this for before the flower dies. But I will definitely  enjoy it while it last!

If you want this to last forever, you can make this out of those fake flowers from the craft store. I recommend that you take your glass jar with you to make sure that the flower will fit inside nicely. 

Hobby Lobby also sells these jars with a cork top if you cannot find these at the dollar store. (you may also look in scrapbooking section if you don't see them in the jewelry isle.)

(Another option for your flowers to last is to let it dry first. After wearing this necklace for 2 days, the flowers has closed. but the leafs are still very green.)

Nail Art Supplies

I love going to Dollar Tree for nail art supplies. They have the "L.A. Colors Art Deco Nail Art Lacquer", which I own in almost every color. And recently, I found these tiny little glitters in glass bottles! (Donna Michelle Nail Art) These are the cuttest thing ever. You get 8 of them for a dollar, I am going to pick up more. They are just too cute.

I am going to use these glass containers for some necklaces too! The cap already have holes in them, so it would be really easy to make these into pendent/charms for necklaces. you can even leave the glitters in bottle which I might do. They also remind me of those rice necklaces that used to be popular.

Avocado in your Hair?

I love avocados! I love them with my burgers, tacos, in guacamole, smoothies, and avocado ice cream (By the way, Avocado ice cream is so easy to make! and it is delicious!!)! yum!  One more thing to add to the list would be.... avocados in my hair! Yup! When avocados go on sale at my local Sprouts farmers market, I always pick them up. If I can't finish eating them before they go bad... I use them in my hair as a hair mask/treatment. Every time I use it, my hair is so soft and silky. Here is what I do.

Avocado Hair Mask recipe:
1 Egg
1 Ripe Avocado

Mix the egg and avocado with a fork. When the mixture is smooth and there are no more big chunks of avocado left, apply to your hair. I like to separate my hair into sections and apply the mixture starting from the crown. Pile the rest of my hair on the top of my head after each section is applied. After all the mixture is applied to my hair, I massage the hair for a minute or two , and put it in a bun on top of my head. Leave it alone for about 30 min. After that, I simply wash my hair using shampoo and regular conditioner.

Avocado Hair Mask

I prefer this avocado mask with egg mixture because 1. It is super simple to make, and 2. It's easy to wash out. The egg also have protein which is good for your hair as well.

New Toy

DIY: Jolly Rancher Infused Vodka

I made some Jolly Rancher Vodka. It's super easy! I didn't even measure. ha

My bag of jolly ranchers came with 10 green apple, 11 blue raspberry and 15 watermelon. (16 for cherry, and 16 or 17 for grape)

You can follow the instructions from here. They also made Skittles infused vodka as well, but I think I'll stick with the Jolly Ranchers because you do not need to strain it since Jolly Ranchers will fully dissolve.

I only made Watermelon, Green Apple, and Blue Raspberry because I heard the Grape and Cherry taste like cough syrup. 

I used Kru 82 vodka! I bought it for the Bottle. Isn't that cool? I've never seen anything like that before, and this thing is seriously huge!! It weighs like 10 lbs!

Now I'm still waiting for the candies to fully dissolve. Can't wait to try them!

Poly-Fil's "Stuffing Stick"?

I was happily stuffing my newly made pillow with some Poly-Fil, and I felt something in the middle. I excitedly pull it out like a little kid pulling out toy from Cracker Jack box not knowing what it could be...

Turns out, it was a "stuffing stix". Before opening the package, I thought, "Oh interesting, I never bought stuffing that had one in it before." and then I tore open the package, and it was a CHOPSTICK! no, it doesn't just look like chopsticks, it actually is the exact same thing that you get at Chinese restaurants, but instead you only get one... It even has poorly printed instructions on the back. I guess the stick isn't too bad, considering I didn't expect it in the first place.

By the way, in the photo, my pillow was only half stuffed. I wanted to make a post about my uber cool "stuffing stix" when it was fresh on my mind. More about this pillow later! stay tuned!

You can NEVER have enough nail polish

Okay. I admit, I might have a little obsession with nail polishes, so you might not want to take any Nail-Polish-Buying advice from me.  Whenever I see a color that I do not own at the store, I want to pick it up. When I read forums/blogs with pretty pictures of swatches, I want to go to the store and buy more polishes. If I see polishes for sale, I will probably pick out a couple. Buying 1 or 2 a week or even month can really add up. Over the last couple of years, my collection grew from 20-30 bottles to about... several hundreds? The truth is, I am a little afraid to count them. I upgraded from using clear plastic shoe boxes to "Melmers", which is a cheaper Michael's version of IKEA's Helmer. The Melmer is actually very famous on the interwebs, if you do a search on google for Melmer, alot of images come up. I personally got the Melmer for several reasons:

1. Cheaper
2. More storage
3. Made of MDF instead of Metal
4. Its Modular, so I can get more if I wanted.

I actually use several drawers to store tissues, lotions, and just random stuff. It doubles as my night stand. I used this system for about 2 years. and I had ran out of space and had some over flow of polishes where I store in a crate (or just random places around my room). 

My Melmers. It is 2 Melmers stacked on top of each other with a wooden cutting board on top to increase the top's surface so I can put more stuff on it.
(the last drawer is full of my nail supplies from when I used to do acrylics, and it does not close all the way)

Then, One day my friend showed me a video showing a girl (Dulcecandy) making a nail polish rack. I loved it! I thought about it for a couple of days about how I would make it. And one day I started looking at youtube videos about making nail polish racks. THERE WERE A BUNCH, but only one stood out to me. Nguerriero19's video was clear and the finished product was what I was looking for. After I saw the video I could not wait one more day, and went out to buy the supplies right away. 

I got 3 foam board, hot glue gun, and hot glue. can you believe that's it?

I did make a few changes:

1. I did not use the Ductape on the lip.
2. The measurement for the front lip is 3/4" instead of 1'.
3. The 2 sides were 2 3/8 instead of 2 1/2 so it was completely flush with the front.

The rack is secured with some anchors to my dry wall on all 4 corners, I also put on washers to make sure it is very secure. Some of you might think, "Foam boards are flimsy! It will not hold up." I had the same thought when I first saw the video, but after I made the rack, I cannot believe how sturdy it is! If you secure it well to the wall, it should not come apart/fall off! I even put 2 rows of polishes on some of the shelves and it is not coming apart.

Here are some before and after pictures.

I am very happy with the result, my polishes are right on my wall where I can easily see them. But that also means other people can see them as well, and see how crazy I am with my polishes. 

I am planning on making one more. but next time I will probably  not use hot glue. I like the things I make to be perfect, and hot glue just do not give me enough time to line everything up exactly right. It dries way too fast and glue will seep out from the seams and if you look closely you can see the glue (I did add a line of glue to the bottom and use my finger to smooth it out, I do not recommend doing this becausemetimes so it will burn your fingers and you have to be very careful). I will probably use Tacky Glue, it seems to hold up quite well.  

Over all this project cost me a whopping $9. If you already have your glue on hand, and happens to catch foam boards on sale at Hobby Lobby, you can make this for less than $5. You just cannot beat that! I happen to like the look of white foam boards, but if you want to do black, It will probably cost a little more just for your information. 

Let me know what you think! I'd love to hear from you!