Not so productive 2014

Non-existent readers. I am back (kinda).

This was probably after New Years. The extent of my painting this year, I suppose.

I got a new intuos tablet! How did I purchase this pretty expensive product? More on it later on…

Oh yeah…. I also went to Japan!!

I know!!

Lonely walks turned shopping sprees, Spirited Away everywhere, attempted journaling (which lasted about 2 days before I stopped) and purchases at places that weren’t even Japanese. I had gone to Japan with my elective class from school and it was one of the best experiences ever. I still remember on one of our break days my friend and I just slept in, did our laundry and then went out by ourselves in Tokyo – eating at small cafes and shopping. everyone who went had love affairs with the convenience stores; Lawsons, 7/11 and Holdings and Family Mart were the places we went to for all of our snacks, sometimes even for full meals. When we came back all we could say was “Everyone should go, it was the best, you’ll love it” – because Japan is exactly that.

This isn’t even all of the books i’ve read this year. I have bought a ton of books and im still going through some. I read Norwegian Wood in Japan – considering that the author is Japanese himself. It was alright, but i remember fondly back to when I was reading it in the bath in a hotel I was at and nearly dropping it in the water. Some pages are still reminiscent of the peppermint body wash I used. I bought the Human Files at the airport. I have also gone through many young adult romance books. I love them.

About the INTUOS tablet…. I actually saved up for it as I had gotten a job at  McDonalds! I just applied for the job without telling my parents until I was contacted for an interview. I also had joined a karate club. You may remember my A:TLA infatuation. Its still in motion. The show really inspired me to join karate. I love it.

I’ll try to have more photos from Japan up in a later post – but everyone should still go!

Thanks for sticking around even a year on,  Veronica. 

Pin + wire hook tutorial

 

As you know, I’m a crafty girl and as previously posted about, my pinning obsession is still up and running. Recently I’ve began making hooks out of wire and pins (well.. thumb tacks) and today i’ll show you how to make them (in really hard to understand steps!

They look like this and they currently hold a note for school and my ‘Dymo’ labeller.

 

This is what you need:

  

 

Thumbtacks (or as shown, drawing pins). Also a score from my cousins dead grandfather (r.i.p).

 

Wire!!!

STEPS!

1) Get your wire and cut your desired length. We are aiming for a circle with some wire left over.

2) Enclose the circle by wrapping the excess wire with the other end of the wire.

3) Bend the sides together to form a rectangular oval.

 

4) Bend it again in half like shown (keep the roundness on the bottoms). This will make the hook.

5) Set up the thumb tack by putting it in your wall (or wood or something, not a corkboard) and leave like 5mm of space.

6) Insert your ‘hook’ into the gap of the thumbtack on one of the larger ‘C’s with the gap of the ‘C’ facing downwards. Press on the ‘hook’ to make it upright.

AND YOU’RE FINISHED!! 

  

You can even hang your (notso heavy) bags on it!

Enjoy!

Forgive and forget

My total lack of posting. I've been busy.. Studying! (Cough cough, watching anime, cough..)

Pins, pins, pins!

 I have an obsession – its pinning. Not in the pinterest way but in the legitimate pins in wall/corkboard way.

 

They give my room a bit of a more artsy feel – in my opinion.

They hold up my pens (with the help of wire)!!

The Papermate Inkjoy pens are amazzzzing! Also the gel ink pens by the same brand, not the clicky ones but the lid ones.

Don’t use Blu-Tack! Use a pin and a clip! It looks cool, ok?

I drew all of Zukos hair throughout the series.

Pin to hold up my $2 headphones!

Pin to hold up my chalkboard!

 

School mag with the pope!

 

This is the coolest way to hang up your notepads.

Traditional.

          

My favourite art thing at the moment.

My face is gross (and will be forever more!) Goodbye!

Wax seal

 

I had gotten a wax seal of my initials in Las Vegas ages ago.

 

Hence the gross nail polish

 

After several attempts I had gotten it right – well my dad did. The first time I tried to seal brown paper together but I left it too short and the wax got on the seal. That sucked. At least it got off with a toothpick. Anyways, back to regular artsy updates soon because i’ve been inking non-stop!

What's up

 My absence from this blog can be blamed on assignments, socialness, distraction – but mainly the cause is laziness & procrastination. Sorry about that non-existent readers!