Sydel Sakuma

halloweeeeeen! yippie! the best part about dressing up, for me, is getting everything together. this part is almost more exciting than the actual wearing of it for the actual occasion. this year i told myself that i would make everything from scratch. i have the time, so i'm sticking to it. none of this buy something, alter it, modify it, and then piece something together. im talking creating everything from something that looked nothing like the finished product. how excitingggg.

so, on to the top. i did have a beaded top that was even the right color- thought about using it, but it just didn't seem right. i am so much happier with how this project turned out. after pondering for a while (a week, which is a long time for me to ponder about how to craft something and not have a good option) i came up with an idea that had me screaming 'i am a crafting genuis!' at my bf's face. well, if it worked. technically it seemed like it would, i looked it up to see if others have done it on this scale, and i couldnt find it (although before, a girl i saw did it in a makeup tutorial which gave me the idea)



but i am a crafting f-ing genius, and this is how it came out



this is what i used- barely anything! and actually less than this in the picture, in fact













and i actually dont have to wear a plastic shell that ties string around me neck, cutting off circulation to stay on, and makes me look like im a big sausage. no thanks.

hey i realized these also work as pasties... for the brave... and those not doing sf for halloween



woohoo. supportive, fun, and awesome as hell



almost there and really liking it :) more of the outfit to come

i havent posted anything in, gosh, what over a week? well dont think that i havent been doing anything. i have been. things that must take a while to dry and things that take patience. things for halloween costumes. soon to come. the uber experimental part of my costume... the top.

dog costume, scmogg costume, whatever they are, target has the best!



we all live in a yellow submarine, a yellow submarine



there's something majorly wrong with people that dress their cat up, they don't realize that if they do it everyday, the cat will eventually learn to live with it.



she's late, she's late- she could have worn this to my alice in wonderland birthday tea party, dammit!



thank you target for finding ways to not make me feel like i spoil my child because i put her through 4 minutes of hell every few months. god bless.

kinda similar to the recycled envelopes, i guess im going green? who am i kidding, i just like the re-used look...







(marc by marc jacobs receipt ;) )







easy and cute, sewing paper is very satisfying (i like using different mediums and i like the crunch of sound of piercing paper!) here are some other cute recycled hand-made books

So this is my version of a super cute idea from Phoung N.'s Ipod sandwich cover, although mine is a cover for an ipad and its mostly for sewing







i think i need to add a bacon piece to keep the sandwich closed (think of it as mayo!) and a little velcro to keep the ipad from wandering out. perfect for a picnic.

happy lunching.

there are a lot of things i can make. most people would consider me crafty...

well one of the easiest things that my grandmother used to make all the time and taught me as a child (did i suck at it then too and she just never told me?) was to make a pom pom out of yarn

i thought they were incredibly dorky and embarrassing i was young, but now i recently bought a pair of kate spade socks



(im kinda a sockaholic- in that im addicted to sockahol)

and bought a yarnish bag with bigg pom poms on the front, a pom pommed hair do-dad, and keychain.

i never thought that i'd have so many pom pom pom pom pom pom pom (pom flows off the fingers toooo easily) but i long for them even more now that i know I CANNOT MAKE THEM.



i want to make shaped ones like zakka life, but i can't even make circular ones.

plus it pisses me off that the knot to tie it off is so impermanent... we should use glue too... maybe i'll give it another try in remembrance of the shag rug i grew up with.

and they want their shoes back...

too bad im using for my mermaid costume, and probably then some. inspired by my glittered take-me-home flats from my dorothy costume from last year, the runaways, and david bowie- course.

bought these at ross for under $17, actually i have a similar wedge pair that i bought for $70 (just the straps and color are different)



glitter for $3 a tube



used some craft tacky glue (i used clear this time, but the white came out fine last year)



did a layer of the fine glitter on the bottom wedge part and then a layer of the course, big, chunky glitter over it



the straps i thought it would give it more definition and depth to just do the fine glitter



and do a really thin layer of the glue over it so that it didn't look like you were a unicorn farting glitter as you walk down the street. bom chicka wow wow now any drag queen would call you fierce.

smaller, shorter version of the first, for a daintier look. kitty willingly models (if she's half asleep).






find at my esty shop

next time:
- make top poofier by not using individual silicon cupcake holders because there is no lip to create a nice spill over for the muffin top :(
- maybe not use such easter egg colors
- bigger mushroom spots

here is what to do if you want yummy, cute, mush-drongenous cakes















this is a little more like it. actually, looking back, i like the colors. the colors will stay. the flat bad hair day will need a bumpit.

one of the best random facts and info sites i know, all compiled nicely organized through a list is listverse



and my own science of listing is listography- you in lists

ahhh. clean, fresh, and organized.

if pets are like their people, what does it say to have a slightly over weight cat and want a dachshund next?

"It puts the lotion on its skin, or else it gets the hose again"





ahh to wear someone else's skin... i guess thats why we have fashion and facebook.

My cat runs for the damn hills when she sees me pull out the dreaded costume bag. some may say 'poor thing'. MEH. she eats science diet, she has a cold running waterfall fountain, she gets more love than j bieb, and double wide scratch boards up the hoo ha. SHE can cry me a river because the cat gets more attention and treats than i do. she can wear a lobster costume or scuba diving outfit made for a build-a-bear for 5 min at a time. puhleese.



luckily, i made these nifty neckties that even poopy pouty kitties can wear and not be all whiny about because its just like wearing a collar :) so dogs certainly wouldn't mind it. and they are even proportional to them. awww.



and i found some other awesome ties likes ones with bunnies and little elephants, as well as some more business cas ones that will be going up on my etsy berry berry soon!