Wednesday, May 30, 2012

CRAFT: Gumball Toy Headband!


  It's summer time, neon colors are in- combine with the fact that I stopped straightening my curly hair,  I needed something to harness my hair. Hello, headband! Instead of going with the boring store bought version, I decided to make my own out of my gumball toy collection, and yarn scraps!


SUPPLIES:


 First I found a plain headband, sprayed Aleene's Tacky Spray and wrapped it with yarn.

Next I got scraps of yarn, and wood pieces you can purchase at the craft store. Put a generous drop of glue on the wood piece, and wrap with yarn. I recommend gluing on the gumball toys to your wood piece BEFORE gluing on to headband, and let it dry. This way you can rearrange!
Lastly, glue on the wood pieces to your headband. You can use a clothes pin to hold it in place. And that's a wrap! :)
Love, Maya
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Saturday, May 26, 2012

"Falling From The Sky" New Original song!

Falling From The Sky by Maya Anjelica Murillo

 Alright. I bet after listening to this you're thinking, "Oooh. Maya's in love again!"
Nope. Still a single lady! (woah oh oh, oh oh ohhh oh oh oh) :)
Someday though...when it's meant to be! I'm just in love with the idea of love, and all it's moments. I think it's scary, but magical. Something worth waiting for. Anyways, I hope you enjoy this cheesy, yet tasteful Ukulele love song by yours truly :)


All my love, Maya
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Wednesday, May 16, 2012

HAPPY SUMMER FROM MAYAINTHEMOMENT



Hey loves! A very happy summer to you, and you and you! So far summer has greeted me with long naps, top-knot buns, and Birthday Cake oreos.*drools* As for the AZ heat- I am very excited and thrilled to start screaming bloody murder every time I put my seat beat on in the car.(If you live in Arizona you will know what I mean.) This is a little video updating errbody on some exciting things to come this summah! Enjoy!  :D





All My Love, Maya
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Tuesday, May 8, 2012

CRAFT: Quinceañera Wall Hanging

 This week's quinceañera is all about the glitzy decor. Recently, my family took a trip to Mexico and my mom visited a historic church that had some wildly ornate wall decorations. She wasn't able to snap a photo (out of respect for the church, you know...) but she did describe them to me and together we created our own version.

Simplicity currently has a huge display of quinceañera embellishments at Michaels (in the wedding section) and that's what we used to make this wall piece. You can make several in whatever sizes you want and use picture hangers to display them. You could also use a standing easel to show them off as well.

Here is the display at Michaels - it is like a yummy candy store, full of color!!

SUPPLIES:
A styrofoam round base (I used an 8" size)
Straight pins
Simplicity Quinceañera tulle, ribbon, feather, mini disco balls, figurine.
Aleene's Tacky Sheets
Hot glue



These are the supplies I started with, but I ended up using more!
 Start with a base of tulle. Cut it into 12" pieces, gather and pin it all around the base to cover it and make a fluffy circle.

 After you have that part done, you'll need to cover the outer rim. I used the quinceañera butterfly ribbon and I attached it using the Aleene's Tacky Sheets. They are cool because you press them on and then peel the backing and it leaves these tiny sticky dots behind!


 After that is covered, you'll need to add some dimension and texture to the front of the wall hanging. We used the quinceañera glittered feathers and other feathers and glued them in place.

 I added some pieces of sparkly green tulle throughout the blue just to give it a pop of color!

 Hot glue your figurine in place. TIP: Instead of adding a figurine, you can add a colorful paper plate from the Simplicity Quinceañera line and glue a photo of the quinceañera girl of the night!

 I also added these cute mini disco balls all along the bottom.
What can I say, I like glitz!!!
I hope you've enjoyed my quinceañera craft project series! Let me know if you have any questions. The main thing is to have fun and don't be afraid of color! What I really love about this line of products is that they can be used for all kinds of things other than quinceañeras. so even if you don't plan on decorating for a quinceañera, but love bright colors and sparkly items, you should still check out the display, there are so many goodies!

This post and quinceañera craft series was sponsored by Simplicity. I'd like to thank them for inviting me to be a part of it, I really had a lot of fun making these crafts!

Love, Maya
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