Wax crayon art tutorial

I got the idea for this from Pinterest, not sure where it came from originally. There is lots of things you can do with it including adding a silhouette with an umbrella.

What you need-

Strong glue

canvas

a couple of packs of wax crayons

hairdryer

Firstly, you need to line your crayons up so that they fill the width of the canvas. I arranged mine by colour with black at one end and white at the other. I used two packs of 24 crayons.

Then you can skip this step and stick them on but I chose to peel all the crayons which took far longer than expected!

Then I started to stick them on carefully, I used a tube of extra strong all-purpose glue.I stuck them on one by one and tried to get them as straight as possible.

I stuck them across and left them to dry completely, Checking if they were stuck on by turning it upsidedown! Then it was time for the fun part!

I set the canvas upright with newspaper underneath and behind it.

I plugged the hairdryer in and set it on the hottest setting but with less power to stop the wax spraying in different directions (which happened a bit). Then I just started melting the crayons at the top, holding the hairdryer straight. You can do it for as long or as little as you want. I'm pleased with how mine turned out and it was so easy.

Then when dry, I hung it on the wall!

This would be great to do with kids as it's so easy, I'd love to see how people get on if they have a go.

Wax crayon art tutorial

I got the idea for this from Pinterest, not sure where it came from originally. There is lots of things you can do with it including adding a silhouette with an umbrella.

What you need-

Strong glue

canvas

a couple of packs of wax crayons

hairdryer

Firstly, you need to line your crayons up so that they fill the width of the canvas. I arranged mine by colour with black at one end and white at the other. I used two packs of 24 crayons.

Then you can skip this step and stick them on but I chose to peel all the crayons which took far longer than expected!

Then I started to stick them on carefully, I used a tube of extra strong all-purpose glue.I stuck them on one by one and tried to get them as straight as possible.

I stuck them across and left them to dry completely, Checking if they were stuck on by turning it upsidedown! Then it was time for the fun part!

I set the canvas upright with newspaper underneath and behind it.

I plugged the hairdryer in and set it on the hottest setting but with less power to stop the wax spraying in different directions (which happened a bit). Then I just started melting the crayons at the top, holding the hairdryer straight. You can do it for as long or as little as you want. I'm pleased with how mine turned out and it was so easy.

Then when dry, I hung it on the wall!

This would be great to do with kids as it's so easy, I'd love to see how people get on if they have a go.

Graze boxes

I received my third graze box today and I was very excited to open it!
Graze offer healthy snacks including nuts and dried fruit. Their new range offers dips and dippers and high tea including a tea bag!

Today I got Blueberry Swirl, Hazelnut espresso, Pistachios and Boston Baguettes with BBQ dip. The website gives me the ability to pick the my favourites and pick the things I'd like to try. I can also pick things that I never want to be sent, so I won't be getting any olives in mine!

Each box comes with nutritional information, some are one of your 5 a day, some are low in fat and all of these are under 200 calories. I've found all of mine to be very tasty and my ultimate favourite is the honeycomb flapjack but I don't think that's very healthy!

All the boxes are individually sealed so you can pop them in your handbag or the cupboard for later!

To have a look at the options yourself check out graze.com.

If you would like a free graze box enter the code 22Z238ND

Graze boxes

I received my third graze box today and I was very excited to open it!
Graze offer healthy snacks including nuts and dried fruit. Their new range offers dips and dippers and high tea including a tea bag!

Today I got Blueberry Swirl, Hazelnut espresso, Pistachios and Boston Baguettes with BBQ dip. The website gives me the ability to pick the my favourites and pick the things I'd like to try. I can also pick things that I never want to be sent, so I won't be getting any olives in mine!

Each box comes with nutritional information, some are one of your 5 a day, some are low in fat and all of these are under 200 calories. I've found all of mine to be very tasty and my ultimate favourite is the honeycomb flapjack but I don't think that's very healthy!

All the boxes are individually sealed so you can pop them in your handbag or the cupboard for later!

To have a look at the options yourself check out graze.com.

If you would like a free graze box enter the code 22Z238ND

Trip to London

  

Regent Street

I'm back from my trip to London with University, I really enjoyed it. We arrived on Sunday and had a bit of a shop on regent street and in Camden then had a walk to Westminster Abbey and Big Ben.

On Monday we had our training at the National Gallery on a project called 'Take One Picture' to use in schools, it was really interesting. 

Lego Kate, Wills and Harry.

Lego Queen in Hamley's Toy Shop

I loved the Lego floor in Hamley's.

Big Ben

Westminster Abbey

One of my favourite shops was also M&M world with 3 floors of M&M's!

On Monday evening we went to the Ice Bar which was amazing, very cold but we got given a thermal cape and gloves. We got our first drink included in an ice glass!

We returned home after Tuesday at the National Gallery, ready for our own beds. We stayed in a hostel with 3 story bunk beds.

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Trip to London

  

Regent Street

I'm back from my trip to London with University, I really enjoyed it. We arrived on Sunday and had a bit of a shop on regent street and in Camden then had a walk to Westminster Abbey and Big Ben.

On Monday we had our training at the National Gallery on a project called 'Take One Picture' to use in schools, it was really interesting. 

Lego Kate, Wills and Harry.

Lego Queen in Hamley's Toy Shop

I loved the Lego floor in Hamley's.

Big Ben

Westminster Abbey

One of my favourite shops was also M&M world with 3 floors of M&M's!

On Monday evening we went to the Ice Bar which was amazing, very cold but we got given a thermal cape and gloves. We got our first drink included in an ice glass!

We returned home after Tuesday at the National Gallery, ready for our own beds. We stayed in a hostel with 3 story bunk beds.

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Looking forward to...

I've reached over 10,000 page views!

Anyway, to update you on what i've been doing- I've finished my third year of uni! I handed my last assignment in on Wednesday so now I'm free!

I took a trip to a local cafe on Sunday to break up the assignment writing and had a delicious chicken tikka baguette with Dandelion and Burdock.

I also made delicious brownies (even if I do say so myself!) .

After handing the assignment in some friends were having a 'end of uni' BBQ as most of them are finishing, so that was lovely and the sun came out for us.

Then I went shopping to celebrate and spent lots on summer clothes including shorts and a bikini, so I'm getting excited for summer.

Something I'm excited about is me and a couple of friends have been thinking about going to Disneyland Paris in September so that's a very exciting thought.

Today I baked chocolate brownies and experimented with adding sprinkles before cooking, they worked out quite well. They're for a friend who is coming to visit me tomorrow so that'll be lovely.

Also, I go to London on Sunday for a couple of days of training at the National Gallery then continuing from Wednesday at Nottingham castle. I'm exciting to explore London with the girls and we plan on visiting the ice bar so that should be fun!

Nails and hair

Feeling lovely right now! I had my nails done this morning at a local salon, I went for blue and glitter tips and the new Gelish polish. How it works is after every coat I put my nails under a uv light for about a minute then they are instantly dry. I had lots of layers so the glitter didn't feel rough and I love how they look! They should last for 3 weeks too, thanks to H for the voucher.

The perfect hand

The 'not so perfect but still lovely' hand!

I then went to have my hair done and had quite a but chopped off and my fringe put back in. It looks lovely and has that soft feeling you get when it's been done at the hairdressers.


So I'm feeling pampered and ready to go out for my housemates birthday. Recycling the decorations from my birthday!

AfterBath!

I was right, I avoided the post birthday blues by shopping!

I went on Wednesday as we had a day off uni, and got myself a big box of Lush goodies with my gift card and some silver earrings.

The set is called Happy Bathday and I chose it because it only has Bubble Bar's and Ballistics and I currently love the Bubble Bars to use in the bath. Also, as it was birthday themed, it was nice to open it up and find a streamer and a party horn (the blowey outy things!).

I chose it because I prefer the fresh fruity smells.

This is what's inside.

I chose to use the Blue Skies first and used half in one go which made a lovely blue bubby bath but the smell was a bit disappointing as it smelt relaxing and almost like lavender (it was supposed to be patchouli, maybe they're similar) and I wasn't a massive fan. I'm hoping that fizzbanger will please me tonight!

Yesterday was my last ever day at uni of year three! It feels very strange to think I'm not actually going to have any more seminars until January since I go straight into school in October.

Today I booked my nail appointment as a birthday present so I'll be posting about that next Friday and tomorrow I have a beauty makeover booked at Benefit so that should be fun!

I also made some candles today!

I ordered a set of wicks and sustainers of the net and used all the wasted wax from the candles I'd already burnt. 

I had some pillar candles that burnt a tunnel down the middle and wasted about two thirds of the wax and they all happened to be purple so it worked out! One of them had been in a glass jar so I washed that so I could use it again and found a lovely cup and saucer in the charity shop to use.

This was the result.

It was actually relevantly easy to do, the difficult thing was keeping the wick straight as it set (and clearing everything up in the kitchen!). But they are burning well and looking pretty!

I hope this makes someone else smile as much as me!

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