Etsy At Last

If you have been following me for a while, you may know that for the past two years, I've been aspiring to open a shop on Etsy. Well, I've finally gotten through all the necessary requirements, and I'm proud to announce the grand opening of...
Scarlet Kitsune Jewelry and Accessories
I'm still putting it together right now, so you won't see much listed, but in time there'll be more, I promise!
I just want to take this opportunity to say thank you to everyone who has read my posts-- you are a huge part of the reason why I've made it this far with my crafting, trying new materials and techniques and improving old ones. 
I'll be posting a coupon code here once I get my shop set up more entirely, so be on the lookout for that ;)

Quick Enameling

Okay, so it's not really enameling-- it's nail polish. It is quite a bit cheaper, faster, and easier though, and yields quite excellent results in my experience.

For example, I got a set of all plain silver colored earrings cheaply (except the cherry ones). There they are in various states of completion.

I usually use 1-3 coats of color, depending on the brand of nail polish and how opaque I want the color to be. You really don't need a clear top coat unless you put glitter or something on top.

Note though that your color might come out slightly different over metal with a gold vs. silver colored finish. It's not very clear in the photographs, but my one coat of green came out significantly darker on the gold cherry leaves than on the silver turtles. 

If you happen to have some plain looking jewelry, this is a great way to spruce it up. And if you mess up, it comes off with nail polish remover :)

That said, I can't guarantee that all the harsh chemicals in these products will not harm your jewelry, so please do not try this on anything valuable!

Screw Earrings

Ah, what's not to love about looking like you just came out of a hardware accident?

You'll just need to clamp your two screws in a vice and use a hacksaw to cut off the threaded part of it...

...and then hot glue them to earring posts. Does it get any simpler? ;)

Anatomical T-shirt

This is something that I made a while ago and had sitting around on my camera. Even though the photo quality isn't the best, I thought I'd post it for all the science geeks out there :)

First outline your organs in chalk. I searched up a picture on google images for this, so please don't jump on me if this isn't anatomically correct :(

Then I used Tulip metallic fabric paint to draw my design, keeping about one cm away from my chalk lines so the paint can hold better. Wait 72 hours and then wash with hot water to set the paint, and then parade around showing off your insides to every passer-by ;)
You're welcome to use my shirt as a template, or search for a more accurate and detailed drawing of your own~