Youtubin’ it up!

This week, I was a little miffed that a tween ripped off my image above and made a video on “How to Make DIY Crayon Ornaments“, my popular post from last year.  Ideas are everywhere, so I’m not sure I was the first to ever make a hair dryer crayon ornament, but I think I was one of the first to present the idea online.  So, when you see tons of people doing blog and video tutorials on a project you first initiated, it’s awesome (except when they use your image to promote it). I was just bummed I didn’t own the video portion of my project, too.

So I got proactive and made it happen.

That night I worked up the video you see above and tonight I tackled the video you see below!  I’ll share tomorrow or early next week, the step by step tutorial on my blog for the sequin ornament I’m sharing below, but in the meantime, you can see me being my usual quirky self hosting this short video!

I really like making videos, but I need to get my process (lighting, filming, etc.) down better. I’m sure that comes with practice. If you like them, I’d love to hear about it and possibly what other videos you’d like to see. I promise they will always be super simple and super swell (ok, that was way beyond cheesy).

Until next time Swellions!

Alexa

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How to easily remove crayon labels

I’ve done a few crayon crafts this past year  (see here and here) and if I would have known this little trick a few months back, I would have been one happy camper!  The other night, I knew there had to be a simple way to remove the labels from crayons.  A google search revealed a post by 4 Herreras, and I had to recreate their magical method for removing those pesky little labels!  What makes the magic happen, you ask?  Well, all it takes is a bowl of warm water to do the trick.

I’m was so in love with the process that I had to do this little video showing you how it works!

Now the main reason I was removing the labels was for a craft project that turned into a complete CRAFT FAIL! Yikes, I plan on sharing that soon, so hold tight.  You are not going to believe the goofy mess I got myself into.

Until next time Swellions!

Alexa

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