Diamonds are a girl's best friend

Today deco-fanatics, we'll be making an easy diamond encrusted/decked out container. You can use this tutorial on anything, but for now we'll be using a container. (Cr: Deco&Deco)What you will need:(From left to right: tweezers, rhinestones, stranded rhinestones, deco glue/super glue, (not shown)pliers/scissors)Step 1: Start by gathering all your decorating items, place them on a steady surface near you, for quick reach (the glue dries quickly, depending on what you use), also make sure your base in prepped (mn: your item should be clean, this can be accomplished with rubbing alcohol and a cleaning cloth.). Now take the strand of rhinestone (or stranded rhinestones) and measure them around your container (or item).Step 2: Once you've measured...

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Red, White, Blue Diamondites

Today deco-fanatics, we'll be making a simple diamond pattern cellphone case. You can use this tutorial on anything, but for now we'll be using a cellphone case. (Cr: Deco&Deco)What you will need:(From left to right: tweezers, rhinestones (3 colors), cellphone, deco glue/super glue)Step 1: Start by gathering all your decorating items, make sure your base is prepped (mn: your item should be clean, this can be accomplished with rubbing alcohol and a cleaning cloth.). Now take your cellphone or a cellphone case and select your three colors of choice.Step 2: I'm going to use the colors (red/white/blue). Begin adding your rhinestones like the photo. The line up is: 1-2-1-2. Pretending that each color is a letter: Red-R, Blue-B, and White-W....

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The DECOrum

Japanese Deco (or Decoration Denwa- cellphone deco)is the Japanese art of gluing a bunch of adorable 3D stuff to your cell phone (or camera, or Nintendo DS, or pretty much anything that you can stick stuff to, including nails). There are plenty of kits and goodies you can buy to make your phone unique and cute, but you can use just about anything you like!- SquidooIf you want to start doing deco there are just a few things you need to get before you can start:- Parts (they can be from anywhere or you can buy the recommended parts)- Deco glue (or super glue if you can't find it or have it handy)- Creativity or Inspiration (Check this site out for inspiration if you can't or don't understand Japanese, we will be posting pic on this site and Tumblr)-...

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New Feature: Deco

Another new feature that will be added to the site is deco. I personally don't do deco, but I must admit it is very pretty and one of my best friends is a deco-maniac so she can help me with some of the terms and tricks to do some of the tutorials.But for now, it will be just me, doing them. If something is wrong or out of place, please tell me so I can ask her to clarify and help me ♥.So, everyone, please look forward to our: Deco Corn...

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Magazine Up!

A few scans from Nail Up! and Nail Max (Nov. & Sept 2011)- Right click save or view image to see full size.Nail Up- Nov 2011 Nail Up- Sept 2011 Nail Max Oct 2011 Credits: J-magazine sc...

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