Episode 26: Life Updates, [Sanrio] My Melody Tutorial & My Unfulfilled Promise

I'M SO SORRY :(

I know I almost disappeared from the internet for the last 3 weeks. I let you guys down-- actually, I let myself down as well. I didn't keep my promise to blog at least once a week. A lot of things have been happening the last few weeks, which has caused me to feel really overwhelmed. Several of my close family members have been getting really sick lately and I just got into an auto accident, so it's been a constant in and out of the hospital :( All the unfortunate things come at once! Hopefully I will recover from my pain soon so I can get back on track with my life soon and fulfill the promise that I made 3 weeks prior. Thanks for hanging in there with me ♥

On a brighter note, I finally have a video up! This was pre-recorded about 2 weeks before though, just didn't get the time to edit it till now. Maybe this video will lighten up everyone's spirits more with its cuteness! I'm starting a Sanrio themed charm series on my channel so I hope you guys will enjoy it. :) I wanted to start off this series with My Melody because she's my favorite atm. I haven't decided on which characters I will make yet -- maybe if my subbies request enough characters, I'll just leave it up to them! haha. I was definitely thinking of making Kerropi and Badtz-Maru though. Please let me know if you have any other suggestions. You can watch the first video of this series below.

Until next time,

Angela 

Episode 25: Two Polymer Clay Tutorials (Minnie Mouse Cupcake & Lemon Meringue Pie) and Updates!

Okay so I lied. :( I didn't update once a week. I'm sorry! I will get my act together really soon because.........

I officially have a job!

It has definitely been a stressful month for me, with all the job hunting and interviews. But now, all those worries are over and I can finally set a routine for myself every day. My work hours are from 9AM-6PM, which means I will not be able to film on the weekdays anymore. :( (unless I film with my yellow lights..) I'll probably have to reserve a day over the weekend to film a video so I have the weekdays after work to edit them. 

Here's what I was thinking about:

Sunday: Film

Monday - Tuesday: Edit
Wednesday: Upload video

Thursday: New blog post

which leaves me with Friday night and Saturday to relax. :)

It definitely sounds ideal, but I'll have to actually go with it and see how it works out. Hopefully I won't be too exhausted from work. I also plan on hitting the gym for an hour after work a few times a week. Probably Monday, Wednesday and Fridays... I'm gonna need a gym buddy. I've never gone to one alone. lmao. I'm a big CHICKENNNN.

So anyways, I have TWO tutorials for you guys today! The first one is a Polymer Clay Minnie Mouse Cupcake Tutorial. If you follow me on YouTube and you've already seen it, thank you ♥ If not... then here it is! Check it outtttt.

It was my very first polymer clay tutorial so please excuse the horrible focusing and such. -.-" It was probably more work trying to film it than actually making it because I couldn't figure out how I wanted the set up to be, how to properly film it so you can see all the details and such. BUT... I pretty much have it figured out now in my new tutorial for the Lemon Meringue Pie!

I decided to film this because it was.... NATIONAL LEMON MERINGUE PIE DAY (August 15)! haha. I was totally unaware of these kind of days until it was National Cheesecake Day on July 30th and restaurants and bakeries were offering 50% off all cheesecakes! So I got curious and decided to look up what other national dessert days there are and lo and behold... almost every day is a national day for some kind of dessert/food! So I was thinking about doing tutorials for popular desserts so we can all learn something new! :) yay!

So yeah, please like and subscribe if you liked these videos! :) Feel free to request tutorials and I'll see if I can take on your challenge! ;) Let me know in the comments below (or in my videos) what you thought and/or how I can improve future tutorials.

Thanks so much♥

Angela

Episode 22: My Everyday Makeup (for Monolids/Hooded Eyelids)

Hi guys! :) I'm back with another video! I finally filmed my very first make up 'tutorial' so I'm super excited to share this with you guys. :D I hope you enjoy watching! I have very small double eyelids so most people usually just say that I have monolids or hooded eyelids. You can watch my video below:

Products Mentioned:

Too Faced Primed Poreless Primer

Benefit Hoola Bronzer

Revlon ColorStay Foundation in 240 Medium Beige

Maybelline Fit Me Powder in 220

Revlon Ultimate Suede Lipstick 025 Socialite

NYX Auto Brow Pen in Black

Stila Sensational in Sydney Palette

Revlon ColorStay Liquid Pen Liner in Black

Too Faced Perfect Eyes Waterproof Eyeliner

Maybelline Rocket Mascara

Nars Blush in Torrid

Hope you're all having a splendid day! ^^

Angela

Episode 21: Sister DIY Day

So on Wednesday & Thursday, Brenda and I were in DIY moods so we decided to film a tutorial each for our YouTube channels. :) Each project took a little longer than expected, but the results were great! She wanted to make flower crowns for the upcoming concert that she's going to. You can check out her tutorial here :) :

As for my project, I've been looking into ways to bring some life into my room. It's always super messy (I really need to work on cleaning that up), especially now, after we've moved back from our apartment at school. But I saw some flower balls on Pinterest that were really pretty, so I wanted to make them to decorate my room with them! When I went to Michael's to get the styrofoam balls, I saw the cone version and it looked so cute! So I thought, "Hey! they can be flower trees instead!" So.. here's the result:

I had a little trouble with the bottom of the cone. It kept shedding stuff! I was ripping off the leaves afterwards to save them and when I saw the 3-leaf ones, I thought it would be a great idea to glue them together and stick it to the bottom. :D I think it turned out pretty awesome! I have another idea on how to use this flower decorating technique to spice up my future filming area. :D (If we really do set up the basement for our filming area... only downside is that there is no windows for natural lighting... so we'll have to see.)

Thanks for reading and I'll talk to you in my next post!

Angela

PS: If you guys have any ideas on what kind of videos/tutorials you'd like to see, please leave a comment down below or on my videos and let me know! :D

Episode 20: Graduation!

Last Sunday marked a huge milestone in my life. I finally graduated from Rutgers! :D As happy as I am to be done with school work and all, I'm definitely going to miss being a student. The only things I really had to worry about was doing my school work and passing my classes. haha. Now I have to worry about finding a job, paying off loans, and a bunch of other responsibilities. :( I can't wait till I find a job!... but definitely not looking forward to the interviewing part. I hope I can find a job within a large company that offers a training program for new employees. Crossing my fingers! Also, congrats to everyone who's graduating from their current schools! Those of you graduating from high school must be super happy! College life is like "freedom" if you live away from home. I'm definitely going to miss that...

Anyways, to mark the celebration of graduation season, I decided to film a nail tutorial. I wore this to my own graduation. I had a red & black gown and a matching tassel with gold accents. So I used the basic black and white with gold as the accent color on my nails. :) 

Of course, you should mix and match the colors to match your gown/dress! haha. I hope you enjoy this video! 

Thanks for watching/reading!

Angela

Episode 12: Needle Felt Dolphin Tutorial

Hello my crafty friends!

Today I decided to make a tutorial on a needle felting project. I want to make several of these tutorials for needle felting and polymer clay creations in the future so be on the lookout! :) I didn't know how I wanted to organize this tutorial at first because I had taken over 30 pictures. It would've been very tedious to upload them all onto the blog directly as well as take a lifetime to load the page. I decided to use InDesign and create a PDF file for you guys to download and enjoy. :)

Read on for the link!