Awesome Paper Star Usage

So in my last post I showed you the stars I learned to make in my cousin, Nikki in Stitches, class. They were sitting on my desk for a day or so when I realized what they would be perfect for. When we got here we had a plain door with just two yellow paper bricks with our names on them and my roommate Cristina hated them. So I've been trying to think of something to replace them for about 2 months. Combine that with the stars sitting on my desk and you can guess what happened

What you'll need is: The stars or any shapes you like, scissors, a compass or a round hole punch or circle cutting skills, and microsoft word or nice handwriting. 

I simply typed out my name. Made the first letter size 84 font and the other letters a size 74 font. You can make it as big or small as you like. I then spaced the letters so I could cut them out as circles and not ovals. They need to have more space from the center to the left or right then half of the height of the letter. 

This is what they looked like finished 

I don't think I told you about decorating the door before so I'll explain really quick what my roommate did =) my roommate is very big on fashion and she especially likes the girls in magazines. We had a lot of half cut up magazines from when we did the magazine letters, which I showed in a post a couple weeks ago. 

She started at the top and just taped page after page to the door in rows she went back after and filled in the gaps. There is about a half inch gap at the bottom, but i like it because it gives me a guilt free spot to hold the door open with my foot without worrying about hurting the paper. Best part is that even it you do rip a paper or mess it up in any way all you have to do is take the page off and tape a new one on. 

Star Bunting with Nikki in Stitches

                    My cousin the awesome and kinda famous, Nikki in Stitches, taught an online class tonight that I had the pleasure be able to take. We learned how to make stars for bunting. All we needed was 2 squares of 6" paper and a spreecast account. She will have a couple classes coming up in the next few weeks, so if you are interested you can head over to her beautiful website: http://www.nikkiinstitches.com/. So this is what we made tonight =)

This one is made out of magazine pages. 

Neat looking =) and as a bonus you don't 

have to go buy any paper, which makes it 

very dorm friendly 

This is the first one I made. Using yellow and green origami paper

This is the one that my roommate made, using pink and blue. 

Yarn Bombing

               I've been wanting to yarn bomb for a while. So about 3 weeks ago as a birthday gift to myself I finally did it =) I started by picking a target, a pole in front of the building I live in. This way I would see it frequently and so could everyone else. Unfortunetly, since I live on a campus there is not any time when everyone is asleep and the coast is clear. Because of this I had to change my plans last minute and change to a more secluded location. The pole I measured was slightly thicker than the pole I eventually used so the yarn bomb was a little loose when i got it on.

                 This is a few pictures of me working on it right before I finished. I didn't take any pictures before this point because I forgot =) This is me sitting on the floor, on my yellow rug =)

Then I attached a note to it. Its just a folded index card that I punch a hole in using a hole punch. I then made a slip knot on the card and then made another slip stitch on the actual yarn bomb itself. This way it could not be removed as easily unless you have scissors which most people don't carry with them around campus.

You can see what both sides say above =) It rained two days after

 it was posted it and the note fell off, but i found the note

 and had 5 yes's in the like collum!!  =)

             


This is a picture of it all finished just as I'm getting ready to go attach it. I brought with me one long piece of black yarn, that I was doubly sure would be enough cause it's better to end with extra then to run out in the middle. Also I bought a large tapestry needle, that was already threaded and two friends =)

       These are all pictures of it as soon as it went up. Just a Tip: You don't wanna wait until morning, even though it gives better pictures, because it may not be there in the morning and then you may not get any pictures at all =)

              And this is the next day in the sun light so it's a better picture =) The yarn bomb is still up now and its been almost 3 weeks =) I may take it down to wash it and move it to a different pole soon =)

Decorating my Dorm with my Roommate: A How To

                

               This tutorial comes to you, because of my awesome roommate, Cristina. Who decided to decorate the room =). She also added the saying "Dismiss whatever insults your own soul" to her side of the room using the say technique. The hands and legs you see in the pictures are hers =)

    Before               

After

(It says "Normal is just a setting on your hairdryer)

Supplies needed:

• Letter Stencils
• Magazines
• Pencil/Pen
• Scissors
• Sticky Tack

 Step 1: Find a wall you would like to decorate! =)

Step 2: Lay out all of your letter stencils, so you can easily find any letters you need

Step 3: Take out your magazines

Step 4: Lay out your letter stencils in the form of the phase you'd like to spell. Just do the first couple words to keep and neat and also because you'll run out of letters.

Step 5: Select pages that you like. Try to avoid white, if your walls are white like mine. If not try to avoid the color of your walls.

Step 6: Lay your letter on the page that you like and try to get the most interesting part of the picture.

*Try to make sure that all the letters are oriented the same way on the magazine pages.

Step 7: Trace the letter on to the magazine dark enough that you can see it when you take the letter away.

Step 8: Follow the traced line and cut out the letters.

Step 9: Lay out the letters as you go, so you can make sure you are spelling everything correctly and you're not missing any letters. Once you have all the letters you can switch the letters that are the same to make the letters look nicer together.

Step 10: Use sticky tack or tape to attach the letters to the wall in whatever configuration that you'd like.

And you're done! =)

If you do this send me pictures! @ mylifewithyarn@gmail.com and I'll share them here =)

Hamburger Amigurumi

               Finished this little guy at 3 this morning :) he's so cute. I didn't have a pattern, I just thought it up as I went along

My New Dorm!!

I've been so busy with packing and moving that I haven't had time to post. So now that I'm all done and settled in and classes have just started I'm gonna show you my new temporary home.=)

First things first the common room! I took a panoramic picture of it on my phone. It looks a little wavy, because the feature on my phone doesn't always work for oddly shaped areas. There's a laptop bar, a booth, and the square things on the far right are some awesome seats that have mesh walls surrounding them. All the furniture is brand new this year and each of the floors have a different color. The first floor is tan, my floor is orange, the next floor is purple, and the forth floor is blue and green.The door on the far left in the laundry room

This is my bed obviously =) The really great thing in the picture is the wall decals I got last year are back up on my wall =) I got them at target  and most of them stuck right back on without tape. You can also see my stuffed lobster and dog.

My bed is lofted like super high so that I can fit more stuff underneath. I use the corner of my food trunk to jump onto my bed =)

These are my brand new wall decals =) Got them at AC Moore and they are so pretty and bring tons of color into my dorm

My Desk =) its so organized. I used this thing called the "Dorm Space Saver" it can go over your bed, but I decided it would do me more use over my desk =) 

All of my classes are color coded and in magazine dividers. When I get the books they will also go in the magazine dividers. 

Then I have a wardrobe (The one on the left is mine)

I had half a wardrobe left after I hung my clothes so i put my plastic shelves and the canvas box with my jackets in there also.

And last but not least you might be wondering where all my yarn is =) I couldn't leave home without my yarn. It was the thing I checked most to make sure everything was there, when I packed to leave. I couldn't find my favorites shirt and that was okay, but none of my favorite yarn could be left behind. The square box on the far left is all my yarn that's at school. The bag in front of it has some of the extra supplies. I explain this bag and my whole bag system in my first organization post. 

That's all for now =) Post again soon =)