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Thursday, April 9, 2015

[DIY TUTORIAL] Melted Crayon Art #2 - Happily Ever After

You meet thousands of people and none of them really touch you,

and then you meet one person and your life is changed forever.

“Happily ever after is not a fairy tale. It’s a choice.”

-Fawn Weaver

''Happily Ever After''

I grew up believing in fairy tale weddings, princess and happily ever after. Therefore, words cannot describe how happy I am when I know my friend, Audrey is getting married! Feeling so sad that I had to turn down the offer to be one of her bridesmaids, I decided to prepare something for her - it's time to get my crayons out again! She is a TN lover so I customised a card for her to keep in her TN. :)

You can read about my tutorial HERE. The steps are basically the same! You can play with any colours you like. I used rainbow colours last time, so this time I use red, pink and purple to create the joy and happiness of the newly married couple. :)

Dear Audrey, you are a strong, fearless and caring lady who helped me so much throughout my blogging journey. When I wasn't given a chance, you pulled me up and gave me encouragement. You are a sister to me. Although we don't get to meet often, I am grateful to have you in my life. May you create your own very special fairy tale. Your own happily ever after. I wish you a lifetime of happiness and love. :)

Tuesday, January 27, 2015

[DIY TUTORIAL] Melted Crayon Art - Kissing In The Rain

It was Anjanette's 22nd birthday. I ran out of birthday gift ideas for this special girl of mine, then suddenly an idea struck me, why not DIY something for her? That's when I came across this on internet and inspired by it - melted crayon art! If you are looking for a fun, easy, cheap art project, you can't go wrong with this. This is an easy, straightforward project that delivers a lot of graphic impact for not very much effort. Here I put together an easy step by step photo tutorial to help you make one for your own!

WHAT YOU NEED

Drawing paper

BUNCHO Oil Pastels in 24 colours

Hair Dryer

Scissors

Double sided tape

Transparent tape

STEP ONE: Draw

Before you begin, take some time to decide what and where you would like your design to be. I decided to draw a kissing couple under an umbrella. I chose to make my paper sit portrait and my design rest on the right side. Then colour it with colour pencil.

STEP TWO: Prepare

Get your crayons out!

STEP THREE: Arrange

Decide what kind of color spectrum you want to do. I opted for a rainbow palette. You could also do only cool colors, only warm colors, a random assortment, etc. Lay out your crayons along the top edge of your drawing paper.

STEP FOUR: Stick & Tape

Put double sided tape under the crayons. Make sure they stick on the drawing paper. I put an additional layer of transparent tape on top of them to secure them better.

STEP FIVE: Blow!

Cover your work surface in newspaper. You will know why later!

Here comes the fun part - turn on your hair dryer! I started out on strongest hot wind. Focus the heat on the crayons, they melt easily!

You have to experiment a little to see how your hair dryer works with melting the crayons. If this is your first time, it is better to put it on a low blower setting first, otherwise it will spatter the crayons everywhere.

The crayons will quickly turn sweaty, then start dripping down the paper.

Just like the coloured rain. :)

At this point of time, you will have to tilt your drawing paper a little to control how fast the drips go and allow the melted crayon to flow in the way you wish to. Or you could also prop the drawing paper against the wall.

I concentrate on one area at a time, working my way across the drawing paper. It takes 5-10 minutes on each area. It took me about an hour to get all the colours to melt sufficiently. If you are not happy with how far down the crayons melted, you could always go back over the specific area until you get the desired effect.

STEP SIX: Wait for it to dry and voila!

To be honest, I am not satisfied with the finished artwork. :( I didn't expect the crayon painting to be ''brittle'' and part of the crayon to peel off, leaving behind a translucent coloured area on the paper. (See the yellow and green part)

TIPS: To avoid this, don't move the paper until it is COMPLETELY dry!

''Kissing In The Rain''

Nevertheless, I had fun during the process. Picking up crayons make me feel like a kid all over again. And I am sure you would have fun watching crayons melt with the on switch of a hair dryer, too! :)

Let me know if you'd ever try something like this. What makes you feel like a kid again? What's your favourite DIY project?

Leave a comment below to share with me!

A plain white paper has unlimited possibilities.
Colour yours.

Tuesday, December 30, 2014

[REVIEW] Food Panda Delivery - Where Love Is Found

There's nothing like curling up in bed on a rainy night. The couple just finished the movie marathon, only to realise that their stomachs are growling - it is time for dinner! But no, none of them wants to get all dressed up and drive to a restaurant. Then the boyfriend struck by an idea - how about ordering food from Food Panda?

Food Panda comes to the rescue!

''What is Food Panda?''

''Nah,'' The boyfriend says, while taking out his smartphone. ''It is an online food delivery service. This little panda does food delivery to anywhere at anytime, food are just a finger tip away! Lemme show you.''

''First, let's download the apps from
Apple: https://itunes.apple.com/app/foodpanda-order-food-delivery/id758103884
Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.global.foodpanda.android

or simply log on to: https://www.foodpanda.my/

''........then search for our location to see what are the restaurants around us!''

''Hmph I bet only MacD or KFC is available for delivery. They are so oily and unhealthy lorr.....''

''Nope you are wrong. Check this out!''

''Food Panda takes food delivery to another impressive level. Maybe you want a juicy homemade burger, a steak done to your liking, dessert after a meal, or pasta, pizza, Indian, Thai - it really doesn't matter. Food Panda is able to provide you with a wide variety of choices. See they have them all! They even have the minimum order, delivery fee and delivery time listed on each restaurant so you will know how long it takes before placing your order. So what you want darling?''

''Oh my goodness look! They have Starbucks, Kenny Rogers, and even my favourite CHATIME!''

The couple is overwhelmed by the choices available. What's for dinner tonight?

By using the 'filter' function at the top right corner, they found their desired restaurant - Vivo Pizza!

One can never go wrong with pizzaaaaaa!

''Darling we can choose the size of the pizza that we want, and even additional cheese!

The pictures of the food and the description are also clear and straight forward.

It feels just like dining in the restaurant, don't you think?''

''8 inch okay?''

''Okay.''

*Adding food to basket/cart*

Once order has been confirmed, the total amount of their order is shown on the next page and they then proceed to checkout. They are required to key in necessary information like address upon checkout.

They receive a SMS to their phone with a verification code, and a subsequent SMS saying how long it takes for the delivery to arrive. Payment can be made online or cash on delivery. So convenient and easy!