Sunday, April 3, 2016

Pinned Up - Most Pinned of the Week

I think we can all agree how great Pinterest is, so I thought it would be fun to do a simple sweet post about something Pinterest related on Sunday's, this week it is the most pinned photo I've had this week.
                
This is a picture Mollie makes posted a few months ago, I loved the sequined detail and the sleeves and have been planning on trying it some time soon, apparently so is every one else because it was pinned 22 times and liked 7 times.
 
I think this segment will be cute and I'm excited to play around with the idea, and try this picture out for my self as well,
Ready to set sail (and get pinning),
                                Ms. Sinking Ship

 

Tuesday, March 29, 2016

DIY Color Block Clipboard


                    

I have loved color blocking and I have for a while now, I've been wanting to do a tutorial on it for almost a year now and I finally found something to do it with finally! 

This clip board has been through all kinds of disastrous remodeling (you should have seen the 80's stickers from my mom that I had to scrape off of the back) and it is once again time for a change, and this time one for better not worse. 



To do this I used:
  • My clipboard (obliviously)
  • Something to put my paint on
  • Paint
  • A paint brush (the bigger the better because it covers more space and makes more evenly distributed)
  • I didn't use anything for this but if you need help making a straight line or are using another color on the other side, some type of tape to tape off the edge.

          

This is what the clipboard looks like before I did anything to it, it was covered in duct tape from that put duct tape absolutely everything you own then from a few years ago.


If you have anything on the clip board (or surface if you are just using this as a basic color blocking tutorial)  you are redoing make sure to remove it.

       
Then take your paint and put it on your plate/palette/or anything you decided to use to put paint on and then get plenty of the paint on your brush

                              

This is the part where if you need to tape down to keep your line straight you do so, then make a line half way across the tape half way on your clipboard. 
If you aren't using tape to make a straight line draw a line straight across where you want the line of color to be everything below that line will be filled in. Then you fill it in. You may have to do multiple layers of the paint to get the color you want, if you o say make sure to wait until the paint is completely dry before you paint another layer or you will just end up rubbing paint around and making the overall painting very spotty. 

                                                       

I ended up doing multiple coats but this is the first finished layer I did, I did the back as well where the checkered ductile was as well however it is not on here because I had to scrub Hannah Montana and other varies sticker collages off the back before I could paint it, but I follow the same process on the back if you plan to do so as well. I hopes this helps in any of your color blocking endeavors, again I;'m exciting to be back writing again!
Ready to Set Sail (and do stuff that is soon to be revealed!),
                                                                                 Ms. Sinking Ship
 

Thursday, March 17, 2016

Update - 031616

Hey Guys! I am once again sorry for the delay in blog posts, there were a few setbacks and then just poor motivation, but excuses are lame so in all honesty I'm just a poor person sometimes and this is one of those times. I have some posts coming soon that I just haven't posted yet, as well as, I do plan on doing better with the blog, as I said at the beginning of the year that is still a goal of mine and it is never to late to actually do that so I'm going to be working on posting more and making the blog more awesome! I can't wait to actually feel like I'm not failing you guys anymore!
Ready to Set Sail (and be somewhat consistent), 
                                                                            Ms. Sinking Ship

Wednesday, January 6, 2016

A Woman to Watch in 2016,

{ Possibly a new series of sorts, but it needs a better name }





You've probably seen these posts floating around Pinterest and Tumblr recently and have just sat in awe while you stared at them, well these dresses as well as tons and tons of other stunning dresses have all been created by 18-year-old Angela Clayton. She's brilliant, talented, and working non-stop to create all of her incredible master pieces that have been displayed all over the internet lately. Now, before you get discouraged (or seriously inspired) by these works of art and spend the rest of your day analyzing every detail of them to try and see how they work, know that not only does she have an awesome Tumblr and Wordpress blog that you can follow to keep up with her many projects, but you can also find her on youtube where she has tutorials and vlogs, along with incredible fabric and other crafting utensil hauls for you to follow and drool over as well (all of those links will be below the post).

I have had quite and obsession with dresses lately, and her works are absolutely inspiring to watch and read about being put together, I can't wait to work on some of my own ideas and projects for dresses this next year and her creations are just what I needed to keep me going even when I don't have the least bit of motivation, I am in love with everything she has done so far and can't wait to see what she'll come up with in 2016 and once you see her in work I'm sure you will too. She is someone to definitely keep an eye on this year,
    Ready to set sail (and sew), 
                                Mrs. Sinking Ship


Tuesday, December 29, 2015

Back On Track,

It truly has felt like forever since our last encounter, and it has been forever since any actual posts have been made, however, we're finally back (For now at least)! MY computer troubles seem to be no longer and how relieved I am for that! As well as, I don't know how many of you remember, but I few months ago I spoke of some changes that were going to be made with the lay out of the site, this is also under way and is very close to being ready! And the new year is coming as well, and with that other exciting changes, I will be doing a lot more collaborating with SWAT Entertainment for those that enjoyed the halloween vlogs back in October / November, and next year I am going to be starting a series similar to the daily drawings I did of my outfits earlier this year, except with an Art Journal I am going to be working on. 

I hope to get back on track with everything after all of the ups and downs this year has brought with the blog and I can't wait for the new year, I have a few posts that I want to make over the next few days about the new years and things like that, and I will also try to start up some of the videos again sometime soon as well! 

Ready to Set Sail (and get on with things  so this post will eventually have some point),
                                                                     Ms. Sinking Ship

Friday, November 6, 2015

Southern Belles Photography (Review?),




Being a senior in High School nowadays, one thing that is often entailed are senior pictures. I had the opportunity to become a senior representative of and have mine taken by Southern Belles Photography, the entire expirence was great. The entire process took place over the course of three days spread over a few weeks.

It started with our first meeting this is when I got to know the photographers, Rachel and Ashley. After meeting we discussed things I enjoy, what settings I prefer to be in, (rural or urban) and various other things to get ideas of  what I want out of my pictures and where to take them, we also decided on times and dates during the first meeting, which later had to be changed due to problems on my part (which they were very understanding and helpful with when it came to rescheduling I might add). 

Then came the shoot, I met them early one morning within a few weeks of the last date,  we met on a rooftop and there is where I showed them my outfits and decided which ones would work best for the shoot, then I sat down and had my hair and make up done professionally. Once that was done we spent a little over two hours running around the Brick Town area of Oklahoma City finding cute nooks and crannies to take pictures, they both would shoot pictures as I posed and joked around in the spots we found, then by lunch we were done.

 After that date I don't see them until two weeks later when I got to see all of the pictures they've taken (All of which turned out incredible and I can't wait to post more when I can). In this last meeting we discussed the packages I could choose from to buy and other things about the pictures and experiences, as well as a few more things about being their senior representative. They also provided snacks at this meeting which was great because food is always a bonus. 

One of the best things was being we did not have to buy anything right then, they actually encourage you to take a day or two to think about all of the packages before deciding that way you can get the most for your money, instead of being like most photography places and trying to force you into buying things before you have a chance to throughly look things over. 

Over all the entire experience was awesome, I know I don't write reviews and things like this very often but this was something that after my experience with them I would recommend them to everybody, and so, I am. If you live in the Oklahoma Area I would severely suggest looking into Southern Belles Photography, because I give them two thumbs up and if you are interested in them you can find them on their website right here:


to get information and contact them about setting up dates for yourself as well!

I'm ready to set sail (and finish the two other posts I wanted to write this week),
                                                                                  Mrs. Sinking Ship


P.S. I enjoyed writing this review for you guys and it is something I've been wanting to try out, what did you guys think. I know all of this new stuff I've been talking about is a slow process but I'm really liking a lot of this and I want to hear if you like it too. (:



Monday, November 2, 2015

Halloween with SWAT Entertainment,

{So blogging for October was a bust I'm sorry about that and i'm also sorry I haven't gotten up every thing I've promised to get up lately. Things are about to get pretty awesome though, just wait! }

Hey Mates! How was your Halloween? Mine was fairly interesting, I spent the night with a portion of the Youtube team SWAT Entertaintment and that was pretty neat, we vloged through out the night and I thought it would be cool to share with you! Also, check their other videos out as well, they're a pretty funny bunch, and I'll be helping with some of their upcoming videos to which are going to be pretty spiffy if I do say so myself so keep and eye on them. Along with that, a short update, there will be several posts out over the next few days that I am pretty excited for as well so keep an eye on the blog for that!
Ready to Set Sail (and with out a further au due),
SWAT Entertainment and Mrs. Sinking Ship