Monsters and Taylor Swift (Revisited).

 Part 1.

The ghost of tutorials past.

So, remember in one of my earlier posts I was all like, "I totally want hair like Taylor Swift, but can't use a curling iron?"  And then I gave you a tutorial about how to use these little "pillow curlers" that kind of looked like tampons?  And then I kind of just kind of looked like Shirley Temple, and not like Taylor Swift at all?

Well, guess what?  I tried a method using different curlers that is less Shirley Temple and way more Tay-Tay.  I know!  Awesome, right?

So, I'm going to be lazy (since this is a revisitation, after all) and give you the video tutorial that I used to get these curls.  I might have included it in the original no-heat curls post, but here it is again.

And, I sincerely want to apologize for the teenage-ness of this video.  The creator is the quintessential bubbly teenage girl, and I found myself being a total hater while I was watching the video.  Shame on me, especially since I found it really helpful.  BUT, if you find yourself rolling your eyes in the first ten seconds (like I did), skip to 2:54 for the less annoying tutorial.

See?  This is so much better than my crazy Shirley Temple curls.  

Part 2.

Moving On.

So, you know that awkward moment when you run out of bookmarks because you're reading, like, 5 different books, so you start using receipts and bobby pins as bookmarks?  No?  Just me.  Huh.

Well, I'm out of bookmarks, and I ran across this cute little tutorial on... (drumroll, please)... Pinterest.  I know - weird.  There are a ton of other bookmark ideas that involve stealing paint sample cards from places like Home Depot and Menards and such.  But, that would require me to leave the house today, which I'm not really inclined to do.  So I'll use the oodles of cardstock I have instead.

materials.

Plain cardstock and left over scrapbooking paper from my coasters project.

1.  Cardstock or scrapbooking paper
2.  Scissors
3.  Glue
4.  Pencil
5.  Coffee (optional)













procedure.

Starting with a 6x6 piece of paper, fold your paper in half.

Next, take each bottom point of the triangle, and fold it to the top point.

Unfold your triangle.

Fold the top point of your triangle down.

Refold the "wings" of your triangle up to the center point.

Tuck in the point of one wing into the pocket that you've created.

Tuck the other wing into the pocket.

Now it's time to decorate!  If you make a monster, make sure the teeth have
 angled edges so they will fit properly.

Awww, it's a monster...a really dopey monster.

Monsters a bit on the childish side?  Here's a grown up version
 using the scrapbooking paper.

Voila!  It is finished!

Now, get rid of those bobby pins and receipts.  Unfold those dog-ears holding your place.  You now have something better!