Whut.

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So the Pocahontas thing was a success. I mean Success. With a capital S.

Yeah, pictures soon. Not now. I don't have them yet :3

And the dress itself looks really itty bitty but then when i wear it it's long enough so...............

hi.

Mani Saturday!! (10/26)

Okay so "Mani Saturday" is a weird moniker, but stick with me :)

I LEARNED HOW TO DO ACRYLIC PAINT NAIL DESIGNS!!!!!!!!!!!

This is amazing as I LOVE acrylics..... LOVE.

I have so many CraftSmart paints that nobody knows about (haha, now you know <3).

So I finally decided to use what I learned in this video:

[boyfriend does my nails]

to do my own toenails!! <3

Now, as none of you know, (lol) I can't paint my nails because of my nailbiting problem that annoyingly still exists although I cured about 85% of it.

But............ toenails are fair game and so I did my left foot toenails for this post!! <3

MATERIALS:

1. All Materials needed

2. New "Elsia" nail polish in 001(clear): see here. I got it from Watson's and it was (a little) expensive but there was a sale so :3

3. Emnono nail polish, used as a base coat but it's just regular nail polish. Emnono is a no-name brand, lol. I got it from AliceBox which is our local girls' store (for lack of better name........ 0.o.......... basically it sells hair accessories and cute bracelets and rings and socks and bags and trendy clothing upstairs)

4, 5. "Ivory" and "Bright Red" craftsmart acrylic paints. <33 love.

Before topcoat:

After topcoat:

Um, YAY! I know that it doesn't look like there's much difference, but the second one definitely is shinier (see those highlights?) and also, IT DIDN'T BLEED!~!!!!!!!!!!!!! HOORAY!!!!!!!!


bye!

Knitting: reddish-coral scarf

Some people who know me well know that I absolutely adore EVERYTHING crafty. Well, recently I've been knitting quite a bit...............


I MADE THIS V BEAUTIFUL (not to be narcissist, but I already am, so...) RED-CORAL scarf for my grandmother, I am SO proud of it <3

here's a pig pic :D

Isn't it pretty?! The flower is a ribbon thing that I learned how to make at a tour of a very fun ribbon factory!~

Well the very pretty and digitally enhanced one is the top picture <3

And the verdict is................

Well, you wouldn't have guessed, as I ranted about how I wouldn't like it in the last post (), but the verdict is..............

Pocahontas!!!!!!!!!!

Wow, I wouldn't have guessed either.

So last night after I finished my blog post, I went to think of more ideas and came up with this one, which I thought was a pretty good idea....

But then, I saw this:

Oh dear, no.

So then....... I settled on Pocahontas. 

We went to Jo-Ann's. Possibly the best fabric store ever. I've always wondered what will happen if Jo-Ann and Michael (from Michael's) got married? I guess it will result in the biggest, most amazing craft superstore EVER!!!!!!!

Well, anyway, we went and got this nice synthetic suede for cheap :) Yay!

I forgot to bring my 40% off coupon. Oops. Oh well.

So the whole point of DIY-ing is making it super fun and also, like, not buy an extremely expensive costume, right? And also make the costume so that you can probably wear it as normal wear (hopefully).

Okay. So although the Disney store doesn't sell the Pocahontas costume in my size, the cost of the costume is $40. Plus the $16.95 for the shoes :)

Ooh! I am positive I can save money on this one ^ ^ Also! I AM including tax, although the original Disney price does NOT include tax. It doesn't really matter, though.

Materials:

1. Suede
2. Boots
3. Headband
4. Feathers
5. Thread.

Well, let's see.

The suede for the body of the costume cost $7.72 for 1 yard and 25 inches (end of bolt). We actually saved $7.86 there, because of discount, and end-of-bolt savings.

I am not counting my boots, because I bought them last winter anyway, so I got a season's wear out of them already. But, they cost $20. 

We can compare the "actual total", including price of things that were already bought way before I knew I was going to do Pocahontas, with the "costume total" (just things that we bought AFTER I knew I was going to do Pocahontas) later ;)

I already have the thread, on account of the sewing frenzy I'm on. But those cost, I believe, $1.50.

Feathers........... I am not sure if I should add feathers. Probably not. But I already purchased them from Michael's, so.............. it will count.  $4.

Headband, bought from Claire's, but I wasn't going to use it for the costume, so it doesn't count either. But just in case, it cost $6.

OKAY. Let's add them up.

Wow! I can't wait to make this costume!

xoxo
dana

Halloween costume search :(

So, I am totally on a Halloween costume roll...........

except for the part where I can't find any.

First of all, I hate all the ones they sell in shops.........

WHAT. No. nonononononono.

No. Although the girls look like they're having fun, I will not have it. I'm not going to be dressed up as an alternate version of this:

Yeah...................... no.

So I've got to DIY it anyway. Well...... I have no ideas. Yikes.

At first I thought: Vanellope von Schweetz! I've got the black hair down, right?

But then I was like, ew no, it's going to be cliche this year.

Then I was like, hey let's be Mavis from Hotel Transylvania!

Then I was like, ew no, she looks so goth.

Then I got a brilliant idea while browsing the aisles of Michael's:

How about this gal?!

I might actually be this doggy. She's from Go, Dog, Go! Which was, like, the first book I ever read, except not really. :D

Hmm... how about WordGirl?

But, this girl is making me have second doubts:

Grrr.

Um......... Pocahontas? That would be pretty cool, except for I don't have a 1) leather/buckskin/brown dress and 2) I am not interested in wearing a brown paper bag over regular clothes like I did in second grade. Once is enough, thank you very much.

Then I thought I hit gold. An SNSD girl!!! OMG maybe?! 

Sans heels, of course.

Ehh........... it's a plain costume and nobody would recognize it..........

Oh! Oh! I know!!!!! I'll take inspiration from my absolute idol, Taytay..........

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..........sans the eye makeup (sigh.......)

Alright then.

So the choices were:

Vanellope

Mavis

Random lady dog with the hat

WordGirl

Pocahontas

SNSD girl

Taylor Swift

Geez. Maybe I will do the Taylor Swift thing. Sigh........... it's also kinda plain.

Last year I wore this:

with homemade fairy wings and was Tinkerbell. It was a hit (in my opinion, anyway) although I omitted the wings in the end as they kept knocking into things ;)

Announcing the new STYLE section!!!

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My new friend David told me this quote, I have no idea where he got it from but I think it's very "subtly inspiring" which is nice in itself! Well I may be reading too much into this quote (^^) but I think it means that it is only in the human nature to make mistakes, and that making mistakes is okay; but complaining or whining is not. Very positive and firm message! :)

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Well, as you already know, it's almost my first blogiversary here at On Cats and Cantaloupe (two of my favorite things in the world) !!!

So............ I decided to make a couple of changes. *gasp*! Don't worry, the changes will be amazing and I promise to carry them out.

First, a new blog background/template. Did you guys notice that? I love it. It's such a cute template...... I've actually had it stored in my Google Drive for a long time and found it today, whilst cleaning out my Drive (hehe, too many things in there.....)

Second, new blog name! Woot woot. An important notice is that this does not change the blog address. Please do not type "cats+cantaloupe.blogspot.com" into your address box. I assure you, it will not lead you here. It will lead you to a Google page if you are using Chrome. Otherwise........ I have no idea. Probably a "This website does not exist" message, I guess.

Third, I am announcing a..............

I will add the curling hair post to this section, accessible from the top tab labeled "Style", and I am working on another post to put there! Stay tuned!

~ dana

A DIY tutorial!!!!!!

So, omijosh, today is a HUGE day! Guess what I made with this chevron-ish calico cotton I purchased from Jo-Ann's? (I had a 40% coupon due to my overly-frugal attitude when it comes to shopping).

Can't you guess?!

OK, fine. It's this "Fabric Covered Notebook or Binder" diy project that I found on CrazyLittleProjects.com (link to original tute.)

Since it's time for BTS (back to school) anyway, I thought I'd make something to make the school day more bearable than it already is. It's like boosting an 85 to a 90. ^^ (Don't remind me of the Great School Makeover epic fail.)

So, I had this incredibly ugly plain black binder. I sadly don't have pictures of the original, but here's what it looked like.

Now I shall attempt to write the instructions for my very first DIY tutorial ever.

So... yup. ISN"T IT GORGEOUS?!!

Anyway, I probably will add a follow-up post when it dries................. like in a month or two. No biggie ;)

Anyhoo. Oh yes, I have a motto poster (for once!!)

I have a blue version too!

I found the quote from a poem by Emilie F on allpoetry.com, titled "1964". It's a very lovely poem, y'all should go check it out!! :)

Till tomorrow, or next year,

~dana

Outfit of the Day!!!

Hey guys, it's me AGAIN! I seem to have soo many things to share with you! That's a good thing :)

BRR! It's soooooo cold here. Come on! It's only the end of July. And it's New York. Not the Arctic.

I took this selfie with the help of a self-timer and a piano. I wish I had a tripod and a camera remote. Oh well. That's part of the list of things I want, which goes on indefinitely and includes items like "a smartphone that's not dumb (unlike my current one)" and "another cat" and "a sibling" and "an allowance" and "pierced ears before high school."

So, without further ado, here's my #ootd!

I know that it's unlikely you'd want to replicate my casual look, but dark red and navy go together very well, and just in case:

~~dana