More Backgrounds

Here are more backgrounds (or rather, several variations on the same one) that anyone can use. Look at my earlier post to see how to use these.

 

 

  

Computer Graphics

You may have noticed a fancy new background and header on this blog. :) The header was made with a scan of one of my drawings, and was edited with Paint Shop. I am going to give instructions on how to make your own...




Header: (that things up on the top with my blog's name).

1. Using Paint Shop, Photoshop, gimp, picknik, or even the Paint that comes for free on Windows, create an image in a 1:2 ratio.(I used Paint Shop Pro, layering a scan of my drawing, background textures, and text. I got the font from this site)
2. Save as .jpg
3. Open up Blogger Dashboard. Click your blog. Click Layout. On the top there should be a Header option. Click Edit. Upload your photo, choose "instead of title and description" and "shrink to fit". Save.

Tah-dah! You have made your very own header for your blog!

Background: (the fancy design you see in... you guessed it... the background).

1.  Check out The Custest Blog on the Block's Backgrounds. They have a wide selection and easy instructions.
2. Or, create your own (as I did). Follow these instructions. Please note: For this blog, I did not use the Minima template, but the Scribe template. If you are well versed in HTML, you should be able to to tweak the code on any template. For beginners, I would suggest simply using Minima.
3. Or, use one of mine. So far I only have one. :( I hope to make more soon.

To use mine: 

1. Right-click above image (or the image of any background I post for use). Click "view image". Right-click on full-size image. Click "copy image location".
2. 
   

    Next go to ‚customize, layout‚ pick a new template‚ then choose a Minima template.Then click on edit HTML‚ You will see a big, long, crazy code (that is HTML). Scroll to where you see this:

body {
background:$bgcolor;
margin:0; color:$textcolor; font:x-small Georgia Serif; font-size/* */:/**/small; font-size: /**/small; text-align: center;

Change that part of the code to say this:

body {
background:$bgcolor;background-image:url('/direct link');background-position: center; background-repeat:no-repeat; background-attachment: fixed;
margin:0; color:$textcolor; font:x-small Georgia Serif; font-size/* */:/**/small; font-size: /**/small; text-align: center; 

3. Insert the image location where it says "direct link".
4. Preview, then save

Hooray! You did it!!!

Imported from my blog... crocheting!

Guess what I've recently fallen in love with? Crocheting.

The above are pictures of my in my beret. :) It was my second real crochet project. Its so fun! It was also the very first time I used an actual crochet pattern. I used an old 1936 pattern I found online. It is very simple and easy:

Beret

Ch. 3, join in a ring.

Row 1: 6 single crochet in ring. = 6 sc's

Row 2: 2 single crochet in each stitch. =12 sc's

Row 3: *Increase one by working 2 single crochet in next stitch, 1 single crochet in the next stitch. Repeat from * around Row. =18 sc's

Row 4: *2 single crochet in next stitch, 1 single crochet in each of the next 2 sts, repeat from * around row. =24 sc's

Continue to increase in this manner (1 extra stitch in every x, x+1, x+2, etc.) 6 times in each row, until work measures 10 inches in diameter. (You have just crocheted a circle). Work even for 1 inch. Then decrease by skipping every 10th st. in each row until hat fits desired head size. Work 2 rows even. Break yarn and fasten.-Minerva Yarns 1936

 

My brother looks like a mushroom from Mario Brothers in it. :) I had to really twist his arm just to let me take this picture.

 

It didn't take any arm twisting for my brother to wear the hat! He actually stole it off my head. He is so cute!

What was really funny was that I wore it to garage sales this weekend. Some random lady asked if I had made it, and asked me for the pattern!

Mom thinks I should put a pom-pom on it. :P

My sister, of course, had to have a hat, too. As has been the case with most of my projects, I simply made it up as I went along, the result being that it looks very 70's and is lopsided. :) 

She loves it, though.

 

So does Marcus, apparently.

I had made Mr. Harry Potter Fan a Gryffindor scarf for his birthday. Of course, my other brother had to have something, too. So I made him a hat (which takes 1/1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 of the time, lol) Here is Mr. Harry Potter Fan wearing his scarf and commandeering his brother's hat:

Erm... I'd post the pattern for the HP hat (the others I made up as I went along) but I seem to have missplaced the link... ::)

Imported from my old blog... first attempts at Elvish jewelry!

EDIT: I've since made many, many more Elvish jewelries! 
In fact, almost half the jewelry featured on this blog are Elvish. 
I've got several tutorials (with more coming!) and I sell some on my shop

Elvish style jewlery

So... I have always loved the clothing and jewelry in The Lord of the Rings, Narnia, and other movies similar to those. I've always especially loved the Elven style. I fact, I love everything Elvish. I am hoping to make an Elven dress if we can get the supplies. It would be blue and silver... Anyway, I have always wanted Elvish style jewelry. Way back in 5th grade, I got an Evenstar necklace (for $3, when it normally was $10!)



(It's not as nice as this one- this is the "official" $100 diamond one)


I also love "medieval" "fairy" or "Celtic" style jewlery, which I dub as "Elven" since it really looks alot like it. :)

Since it is virtually impossible to find anything like this in Rolla, and even if you did, it would probably be very expensive, I decided I would try to make some for myself. I HATE WAL-MART. Let me say that again: I HATE WAL-MART. They took away 3/4 of their fabric, but their worst transgression is the fact that they have deprived their art section of anything of worth. Once upon a time you could find beads and wire, embroderiy floss, random craft sets, paints of all kinds, etc. Now all you can find are: premade bead necklaces, some scrapbook supplies, cheap kids crafts sets, and wedding decorations. I HATE WAL-MART.

To get to my point: There are no other craft supply/hobby stores in Rolla that I know of. (Unless you count that moldy one downtown). I had to deal with a small Ziplock baggie of leftover beads from old projects and thin floral wire. At a garage sale I found a small spool of thicker wire, but I already use it up in these projects... Dad had a pair of needlenose pliars that are really helpful.

My first attempt that didn't fall apart:

 

I was actually fairly proud of this next creation. I'm calling it an ear cuff. Sounds funny, I know, but what else should I call it?

Here is how it is worn:

(random girly thing- my hair looks curly in that picture! And not super frizzy... :P)
I think you would probably only wear one of these, and you can wear earrings with it, too.

I made these before I made the ear cuff I made "earrings" for Adelynn. She simply loves dress up and has been deploring the fact that her ears aren't peirced (keep delporing for 5 more years, Rosie!)

 

I also made a rock necklace:

This was laying on my desk, and so I just had to take a picture of it. I can't claim credit for this one: Rebecca made it. :)

 

Maybe next time I should lay a piece of white paper underneath when I take the picture...

Welcome to the Shoppe!

Not so much a shoppe as a place to display my wares. A nook to cram myriad crafts in. A whole world of creativity. A land overloaded with too many explanations. A waterfall of artwork. However thou dost choose to veiw it.

Why Shealynn's Faerie Shoppe, ye asketh? Shealynn is a play on my name. Faerie is another spelling of Fairy. And Shoppe is Old English for... (you won't believe this!) shop. While I doubt I shall actually sell things, this blog is a sort of online display window... instruction manual... idea book...

Why Faerie? I am fascinated with fantasy, myths, and medieval times. Most of my artwork and crafts are heavily influenced by fantasy movies, fairy tales, and the works of such genius as Tolkien, Shakespeare, and Lewis. Besides, my first name means "Fairy of the deep pond" (a recent discovery that I am rather proud of).

And yet ye asketh yet another question?! "Why another blog?" Yea, I shall tell ye truly. I have cluttered up my personal blog with far too many art-related things... Besides, if I create a seperate place to keep my art stuff, I thinketh that I shall (hopefully) post more relevant items there. :)

Today and on the morrow I shall attempeth to capture some runaway time, and actually begin my real posting.


Edit: Oh, dear, I feel funny editing my first ever post. What a dear little thing you are, quaint little post written in semi-Old English.

I would like to inform everyone that I do have a Shoppe now! Check it out {HERE}