Monster Crafts

If you're a dedicated reader of this blog, you probably know that I've been working quite a bit on making tutorials for YouTube. Most of them were things I already wrote a tutorial for on the blog, especially the very first videos, but some of them are actually new projects. Doing tutorials is hard, both for the blog and for YouTube, but I've been enjoying more the filming process than blogging. I feel like the instructions are clearer there. And if I feel I need to clarify something, I can always explain it in the written post.  For the longest time I felt like my dioramas were lacking some greenery. So, I decided to make some plants out of paper. I did see something similar being done, but couldn't find the original person that posted it. So if you're reading this, thank you for the idea! I started filming this in May, but with exams and other life events, I couldn't finish the whole process of filming and editing until very recently. I don't know, but I d...

Hello again and welcome to my 220th post. Today I just feel like doing a good ol' unboxing of some dolls that I've had lying around for some time and give them some time to shine with a dedicated blog post and photoshoot. It's been a while since I've done one of these, so I guess today is the day.  For this post I'm unboxing two dolls from the Barbie Extra line. For those who aren't familiar Barbie Extra is a playline line that is characterized for it's often colorful and bold outfits and the accessories they come with. These are the only two dolls that I own from the Extra line, so my opinion of the line in general is going to be based on these two.   I believe the line was originally launched around 2020-2021, so I'm very late to the party when it comes to unboxing them. Since then there have been quite a few dolls in the line as well as variants (deluxe editions with more accessories) and "spin off" series like the Barbie Extra Minis. Here w...

Finally, and as I promised, here's the much-awaited post of my trip to Slovenia. I was meant to publish this much earlier, but life had other plans for me, and I haven't been able to do so until now. Well, I guess that better late than never. Let's start explaining how we ended up planning this trip. In case you don't know, Mr. Monster and I have a 20-year-old nephew who is studying history at university. This year, he decided to do Erasmus and stay for a full year in Maribor, Slovenia. Of course, as soon as we found out, we decided that we were going to visit him. Slovenia wasn't exactly in our traveling plans, but we thought this was a great opportunity to travel to a not-so-talked-about country. And honestly, it was worth it.   When we started planning the trip, the first issue we found is that there aren't many direct flights from Spain to Slovenia, unless you're flying from Madrid or Barcelona, which are both quite far away. So, we were left with two op...

  Hello again! Can you believe April is almost over? It's been over a month and a half since my last post, and I thought it would be a good idea to write a quick post to share some of my latest YouTube videos and do a quick catch-up.  This year I've decided to focus more on my YouTube channel. It's something I've wanted to do for a while, but I always found it hard to do. One of the things that I've discovered is that it's sometimes easier to film rather than to take photos to do a written tutorial. Yes, filming has its challenges, but I don't have to worry about putting a timer on my phone to get a photo that shows the process. I just press "record" and start crafting.    One of the main topics on my YouTube tutorials are miniature paintings. I decided to start with those because they're easier to do and they could be great practice until I got the hang of filming. I also have a lot of fun doing them and trying to come up with new ideas. The f...

  Hello again dolly-friends. It's been a month  since my last post and, while I might not have been seen around here, I've managed to work on some doll stuff. As I have mentioned in my last couple of posts, I'm trying to work on my Youtube channel. Up until now, I had mainly done miniature artwork videos because they're easy to do, but this time I wanted to give it a try to make a wall.  For a while now, I wanted to make a colorful version of the "limewash effect" textured wall that I did a while back, but never got around it. So, when the time came to film a new video, I thought it could be a great idea. So, here it is. (Check out this link in case the embedded code doesn't work). Filming the wall was much harder than filming the teeny tiny artwork. I had a hard time figuring out how to fit the entire wall in frame. On top of that, since the support is attached to my table, every time I hit the wall with my sponge, it would shake my phone. Well, I'm ...