Alright, I've closed the poll, and the makeup has pulled into the lead by a long shot. Next up, let me know what KIND of things you'd like to see? (If you haven't already replied on twitter or facebook)

:)

After coming home and resting I went through my usual checking of accounts to see if anything was going on and discovered something really cool. TWO of my youtube videos have now made it to 100 views. The two videos were Sugar Scrub and Crayon Painting with Crayon Painting slightly in the lead at 114 views. You guys know what this means!

POLL TIME!!!

I promised back in the day to do a week-long special every time a video achieved a certain number of hits, or every time I reached a certain number of subscribers.  So here’s the poll that will determine what my special will be about. Vote now because I’m only keeping the poll open for a week!

:D

Poll #1836070 What should I make?
This poll is closed.
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 3

What should the special be on?

What did I do this weekend? I spent 7am-6:30pm Friday on a film set doing make-ups after make-up and got up on 5am Saturday and Sunday to do the same thing.
:)
I'm a bit tired and exhausted, but think I did some nice work. Feel free to admire Leah above. In reality she's 40, in our film she's 100.

More pictures will follow when I manage to track them down off other people. I was pretty back to back so I didn't get any pictures myself :( 



Me working on a different make-up.

:)

In which you can see that my haircut is FINALLY growing out.



Oh yeah, and I make some cool bath bath fizzies also.

"Gee Tegan, it's been slow with the postings, what the heck is going on over there you SLACKER?" you say to me. Well, there's a few things going on.

1. I made a white backdrop for photos so I can try to trick people into thinking the photos I take at home are professional-ish. Of course, when I put it outside to dry, it was promptly rained on. So I need to go out and get more paint to make another. Also, I bought the wrong part for my strobe light setup, and need to haul my butt back to the camera shop to make an exchange. :C

2. I unknowingly volunteered to work on a short Indy film as a make-up artist. How did I manage that without knowing? My friend Helen was looking around trying to find someone to come with her to a casting call, and I agreed to go, not really knowing what lay ahead. (It's a good thing it was a movie opportunity, and not a scene out of Saw!) So I've been commuting back and forth downtown for production meetings. (So fancy sounding!)

3. Participated with my team (Vaughan Lifesaving Club) at a provincial competition.

4. Have been making scarves to try and sell on etsy. (Just need to photograph them and calculate postage and then I'll have 5 up!)

And I've also been working.

Hopefully after Easter thing will have settled down a little and I'll have more time to post.

:D

So I've obviously been slacking lately with posting the videos here on the blog. (Bad Tegan, BAD!) I'll save you some reading room and post just the videos here and skip the photos and detailed explanations. (My videos are mostly self explanatory anyways)

So here is a very neat video about Glass Etching at home. It's neat, relatively inexpensive and takes only a few minutes!



Following this I made a video for glow lights, its a bit like a solar-powered night light and you can adjust the brightness of the light based on how thickly you frost the inside of the jar.



And last but not least, a cute little video on how to make a felt flower for a hair piece or decoration. I looks much more complicated than it is, and it's dirt cheap too!



And there we go! Three weeks summed up in one post. I'll try to get back on track by posting here on Sunday, and I'll include some more info on what I've been up to.

:)

Enjoy your weekend folks!

So, my plants have had babies. LOTS of babies. Even some of their babies have had babies! Such frisky little things!



BEHOLD! MY ARMY OF TINY PLANTS!



I HAD been housing them all in that small round pot in the top middle where there's now just the one small plant, and now that they're all separated I'm surprised that they used to fit together.  Anyone want a prickly baby?

And on that note, have a random cute and fluffy picture of the squirrel my mom's been fattening up with almonds.

This week's project was a nice simple one. If you like having bows on presents or packages, but aren't very handy at making them, this is a good quick video for you. I use a fork to make adorable bows, can't get much more uncomplicated than that right? :D

Supplies
-One Fork
-Ribbon

aaaaand here's the video...

Happy Valentines to all out there, here's a quick update for you.

Supplies
-Template
-Felt (x2)
-Scissors

Source
Not my original source, but similar enough that it'll do.

HERE

After thinking about it and talking it over with Miki, I've come to the conclusion that having a week long special every month just isn't very realistic. So, the new plan is that I'm going to do a week long special for every new BIG number of views and subscribers my videos get. What are these big numbers you ask? Well, I shall tell you.

-25 Subscribers
-50 Subscribers
-100 Views/Subscribers
-250 Views/Subscribers
-500 Views/Subscribers
-1,000 Views/Subscribers

The views refers to the first video that makes it to the set number (not for every video that makes it to that number). The subscribers numbers are also lower because it's much harder to get people to subscribe to you than it is to get someone to click on the video and count as a view. So in order to make the subscribers specials EXTRA special, any week long theme that I make for the subscriptions will be hosted by one of my cats. (and if you don't think that's special and extra work, then try to remember the last time YOUR cat ever did something you wanted it to while on camera.)

I think that's a good set of goals for now, and I'll be surprised if anything makes it up to 1,000 this year. The topics for the specials will be polled once the goals have been hit.

Guess that's all for now. (The video currently in the lead is 'Sugar Scrub' at 64 views)

:)

This weeks crayon painting was fun to do and reminds me of encaustic painting class. Though it was sadly lacking in Professor Nicole Collins. :(

The video for this week is a giant whopping 15 minutes, and that's without bloopers at the end. Bloopers will hopefully be back next week though, since they're my favorite part. (and next week's video isn't a giant, so that helps too)



Supplies
-3 cheap boxes of crayons
-small canvas (primed or un-primed)
-heat gun/torch

Also, don't forget to tune in on Tuesday (Feb 14th) because there's going to be a Valentine's special up. If you think you'd maybe like to make a mystery valentines craft, then go out and buy a few sheets of different coloured felt, and come on back on Tuesday.

;D