Guest Post Alyssa from Live Love Craft: Mustache/Lips Mug Tutorial

Today we have my very first guest: Alyssa from Live Love Craft! Alyssa is funny, amazing, and all around talented! In the blogger world, she is my best friend (though I'm not sure if she knows that yet...). I'm so honored that she is my first guest blogger! Let's all welcome Alyssa!

Hi guys! It’s Alyssa from Live. Love. Craft.  Before I start my tutorial, I want to thank Naomi for letting me guest post! Naomi is such an awesome person, I just met her and I already feel like we’ve been friends for years. :D

Today I’m going to show you how to make a painted coffee cup/ mug. I made a lips and moustache set for my newly wed Uncle and Aunt.

For this project you are going to need:

Clear con-tact paper

X-acto knife

Marker

Coffee cups {any ceramic/ glass cup will do}

Printer

Foam paintbrush

Ceramic paint {I use FolkArt brand}

First you’re going to either print or draw your picture {‘stache or lips} Now you’re going to place the image under your con-tact paper and trace the outline with your marker.

Next, put the con-tact paper on your cutting board and cut over the line you drew with your X-acto knife.

 Peel the inside piece out.

You’re going to take the reverse image {stencil} and center it on your mug. Make sure you put it on the opposite side you drink out of.

Take your sponge brush and dip it in the paint {a little goes a long way!}. Using dabbing motions fill in your stencil completely.

{at this point, since it was for my Aunt and Uncle, I hand painted their names and wedding date on the back of each mug.}

While the paint is still wet, peel your stencil off and let the cup dry.

 In about 30 minutes you can follow the paint manufacturer’s directions and bake your mugs.

If you liked this tutorial you should check out my blog!

Thanks, Naomi for having me!

Xoxo,  

Alyssa

Things I've Made...

I've made a couple of things. I've made a couple of hats, a cardigan, and a beret. I'll upload pics later. Oh, and I'm going to be on vacation in a couple of days, so if you don't see me, you know why. Hopefully I'll have wifi in the hotel. Bon voyage! :{

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You Like?

Like my new header? Isn't it spectacular? Alyssa from Live Love Craft designed it for me! I looooove it! It's so cool! I need to ask her what program she uses! :{

Things I Want

1. Super powers

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2. To stay a kid as long as possible (but not to live/stay young forever, that would suck)

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3. To eventually open an Etsy shop
4. To eventually buy something from an Etsy shop
5. To knit a sweater (isn't the one below gorgeous?!)

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6. To sew my graduation dresses AND my prom dress (has anyone out there done that? it seems so hard, but usually much more interesting and unique)

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7. Visit Britex

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8. Make the years leading up to college looooooooong
9. Keep this blog up till I'm going into... college? maybe? hopefully? what's the oldest blog ever that's still written on?
10. Build a treehouse

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11. Make a climbing rope
12. Make a zipline
13. Make a cardboard box boat
14. Have an apple cider stand
15. Get a dog
16. To read Rick Riordan's Son of Neptune
17. To take hip hop classes and kung fu or any type of martial arts
18. To eventually watch a horror movie by Alfred Hitchcock (yeah, right, maybe when I'm 30...)
19. For life to slow down

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20. When life stops slowing down, I want a family that I'll always love

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21. Live a long time with people I love (i know i said to not live forever, but I do want to live a long time with other people. Then I won't be lonely.)

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Of course there are more things, but these are the ones that aren't personal and just came to mind. :)

Creating Smiles Week

Hey everyone! I am going to be participating in Creating Smiles Week with Hannah Handmade during August 7th-13th. It's a week where you do things for people in need. Be sure to drop by! I'm working on many projects right now so stay tuned!

Visit Hannah to see some cool projects!

This will probably be my 2nd guest post, as I'm planning on guest posting elsewhere first hopefully! I'll tell you about it later! Now, go visit Hannah! (sorry. i meant please.)

T-shirt Scrap Flower

 Here's my new flower! Made from Alyssa's (Live Love Craft) mum clip tutorial. Mine's made of some white t-shirt scraps and a small teal button. I plan to add it to a hair pin or a safety pin.

My New Blue Headband (Braided Headband Version 2)

Here's my new headband! It's slightly different from the first one. For one thing, it's blue. For another, I didn't use any elastic because the material was so stretchy that all I had to do was sew the ends together. I love it! It doesn't slip nearly as much as the first one! Basically I just braided 3 1" strips of scrap knit jersey together and sewed the ends together. The material is some sort of spandexy lycra thing. Oh sorry for the last pic. It's kind of unattractive. But quite charming don't you think? Even though my hair seems to be reaching towards the camera. What a camera hogger. It loves all the spotlight.