Welcome to another episode of squishy makeovers, where I transform ugly, used, old, dirty, cheap or unwanted squishies (donated by my subscribers) into my own creations. I repair, paint and cut away for hours on end to complete these. Hopefully you like them. Get used to lots of rainbow and sprinkles, because I am addicted to both!
Don't forget to check out the CHESS SET!
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What I'm Using (contains affiliate links):
Squishy Makeovers Fixing Your Squishies #37
Tulip Matte Fabric Paint: https://amzn.to/49OjdMp
Tulip Slick Fabric Paint: https://amzn.to/3LBW6uO
Posca Pens: https://amzn.to/40TgXPL
Scissors: https://amzn.to/3MjSY6L
Sandpaper: https://amzn.to/3EQOOPY
Fabric Hot Glue: https://amzn.to/3PQ4KZh
_______FAQs________
1. CAN I SEND YOU SQUISHIES?
So many generous people have sent me their unwanted squishies so I actually have a lot to work on already, BUT if you desperately want to, you can request my mailing address in the email ALLLL the way at down in the description (sorry for the traveling), make sure to read the disclaimer down there as well.
2. ARE SQUISHIES RETURNED TO THE SENDERS AFTER THE MAKEOVER?
No. These squishies are sent as donations to the series because they are damaged and/or no longer wanted. Everyone has been informed in advance that squishies would not be returned.
3. WHAT PAINT DO YOU USE?
I use fabric paint. Fabric paint is meant to stretch, so it is perfect for squishing! Any brand will work fine, but I mainly use Tulip. You can find it at Michaels, Hobby Lobby, A.C. Moore, Walmart, Joann Fabrics, and Online.
5. WILL FABRIC PAINT CRACK?
The matte fabric paint is more likely to crack after lots of squishing. Slick fabric paints never crack. But there are benefits to both. I usually mix the two paints together to get the best of both worlds.
6. CAN I USE ACRYLIC PAINT ON SQUISHIES?
I would not recommend that. Acrylic paint will either make the squishy hard, or it will crack and flake off very easily.
___UPLOAD SCHEDULE___
Friday at 4:00pm ET
___________WELCOME TO MY CHANNEL__________
Hey! my name is Moriah (pronounced muh-rye-yuh) Elizabeth and this is my channel....obviously. I'm 29 and like doing creative activities (mostly painting on things), or really anything that gives me an excuse to use rainbows, sprinkles and my own cutesy characters in excess. I'm heavy into editing, so my video are chalk full of sound effects, filters and lil....moments, or as we like to call them "MEmes." I paint on squishies, thrift store finds, and various other items I find. I also love to draw, traditionally and digitally. I'm not the most skilled artist out here, but I like to focus on having fun with creativity and being able to laugh at my own mistakes.
CURRENT SERIES:
Squishy Makeovers: Fixing and decorating used squishies sent from my viewers
Thrift Store Makeovers: Fixing and decorating stuff I find at thrift stores/yard sales
Bake With ME: Recreating squishies I've decorated in real
Don't forget to check out the CHESS SET!
https://moriahelizabethmerch.com/
What I'm Using (contains affiliate links):
Squishy Makeovers Fixing Your Squishies #37
Tulip Matte Fabric Paint: https://amzn.to/49OjdMp
Tulip Slick Fabric Paint: https://amzn.to/3LBW6uO
Posca Pens: https://amzn.to/40TgXPL
Scissors: https://amzn.to/3MjSY6L
Sandpaper: https://amzn.to/3EQOOPY
Fabric Hot Glue: https://amzn.to/3PQ4KZh
_______FAQs________
1. CAN I SEND YOU SQUISHIES?
So many generous people have sent me their unwanted squishies so I actually have a lot to work on already, BUT if you desperately want to, you can request my mailing address in the email ALLLL the way at down in the description (sorry for the traveling), make sure to read the disclaimer down there as well.
2. ARE SQUISHIES RETURNED TO THE SENDERS AFTER THE MAKEOVER?
No. These squishies are sent as donations to the series because they are damaged and/or no longer wanted. Everyone has been informed in advance that squishies would not be returned.
3. WHAT PAINT DO YOU USE?
I use fabric paint. Fabric paint is meant to stretch, so it is perfect for squishing! Any brand will work fine, but I mainly use Tulip. You can find it at Michaels, Hobby Lobby, A.C. Moore, Walmart, Joann Fabrics, and Online.
5. WILL FABRIC PAINT CRACK?
The matte fabric paint is more likely to crack after lots of squishing. Slick fabric paints never crack. But there are benefits to both. I usually mix the two paints together to get the best of both worlds.
6. CAN I USE ACRYLIC PAINT ON SQUISHIES?
I would not recommend that. Acrylic paint will either make the squishy hard, or it will crack and flake off very easily.
___UPLOAD SCHEDULE___
Friday at 4:00pm ET
___________WELCOME TO MY CHANNEL__________
Hey! my name is Moriah (pronounced muh-rye-yuh) Elizabeth and this is my channel....obviously. I'm 29 and like doing creative activities (mostly painting on things), or really anything that gives me an excuse to use rainbows, sprinkles and my own cutesy characters in excess. I'm heavy into editing, so my video are chalk full of sound effects, filters and lil....moments, or as we like to call them "MEmes." I paint on squishies, thrift store finds, and various other items I find. I also love to draw, traditionally and digitally. I'm not the most skilled artist out here, but I like to focus on having fun with creativity and being able to laugh at my own mistakes.
CURRENT SERIES:
Squishy Makeovers: Fixing and decorating used squishies sent from my viewers
Thrift Store Makeovers: Fixing and decorating stuff I find at thrift stores/yard sales
Bake With ME: Recreating squishies I've decorated in real
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00:00I
00:06Hey, it's me and today is one of our favorite days
00:12It's squishy makeovers for goodness sake it has been uh too long
00:16I've been missing it now most of the time you guys make requests for which squishies
00:20I put in squishy makeovers based on the ones that I open in my unboxing videos
00:25But I do want to point out that I am NOT going off of the squishies from my last unboxing video
00:31It's actually the unboxing video from before that
00:34So if you've been watching every single week at the edge of your seat
00:38Waiting for me to paint the squishies from my last unboxing video. I think I just described nobody great
00:43There were several big requests from my unboxing video not the last one
00:48But the one before that but the one that I've chosen for today
00:52Somebody sent me a whole set of mushroom cats
00:55And I actually they sent me two if I remember correctly one set includes eight mushroom cats, so that's right
01:02I have 16 my intelligence is superior
01:05I didn't even bother to get out the other set though because this is so many
01:09I don't know if I'll do three of them. I don't know if I'll do five of them
01:13I don't know if I'll do all of them. I haven't even taken them out of the cellophane quit rushing me
01:18I'm gonna figure it out. I really don't know what exactly to do with them
01:23They're very simple in shape, which is easy and hard at the same time
01:27I want to make them interesting so I might have to add to them or something. I don't really know. Yeah
01:33Let's dive into mushroom cat world. Okay, and let's sprinkle some cellophane
01:39Is this relaxing for you or is it just super irritating? Maybe you're just indifferent. Should we talk about cellophane more moving on from cellophane?
01:46Here's one of them. Oh two. Oh three now
01:49I've called these mushroom cats because they're kind of like mushroom shape. I just called them mushroom cats to me
01:55They look like mushrooms, but nothing about them says that they're actually based on mushrooms. I actually found them online
02:00They have nothing to do with mushrooms. It's just supposed to be a basic shape
02:03The designs are all kind of in the same style
02:06This one's adorable, but since they are all exactly the same shape doesn't really matter which one I start with
02:12So I choose you taking her out of the bag. What do we got here? It's a calico cat some big eyes a heart nose
02:19I mean, it's kind of cute. It's also just
02:21Ignorable, you're ignorable rude. Like what's her story? What's her history? What's her background? I really don't care ignorable
02:29So I'm gonna try to make this a little bit more exciting starting with sandpaper
02:33I'm gonna give her a nice sand to make sure that my paint adheres properly and doesn't peel up once that's done
02:38Oh, you can walk. No, I just I didn't know since your legs are uh, never mind
02:43My plan to make this more interesting is to add things. I have a huge collection of mini squishies. It's just huge
02:50Okay, there's so many in there. So I've gathered a few possibilities here. Let's see. I could add a rainbow
02:56This cotton candy hairdo. No kind of interesting flower a dog a whole dog
03:04Oh, he kissed her kissed her. Goodbye stack of ice cream. Oh, that's obnoxious
03:08strawberry or a mushroom
03:11Yes, yes, since it looks like a mushroom to me. Anyway, let's make it official and make it a mushroom cat. Yes
03:18I love it. This is the best I'm obsessed and then I chose the strawberry I can explain bringing in my fabric hot glue
03:25I tried just going in for it and attaching the strawberry right just like that not sticking all that well
03:30I need to anchor it in there a little bit more. So I ripped a chunk out of her head
03:34That's helpful filled the wound with hot glue and then stuck the end of the strawberry into the gluey wound
03:40Oh so much better then using some puffy paint
03:43I'm sealing up the seams and going over the rough areas once that's dried
03:46I'm going right in with a base coat getting a nice bright whiteness. Yeah, and I'm not wasting time here
03:53Okay right into the sketch. I'm gonna make this a toadstool mushroom. So the top is gonna be red with white dots
03:59I didn't really want the red going over the entire face though
04:02I don't know feel like a bright red face kind of scares me. I don't know about it
04:05So I made her mushroomness more of a hood situation. It's very grumpy cherry berry
04:10Is it not after getting the hood all situated?
04:13I added some nice pink cheeks first rule of white faces gotta add the blush in excess. Okay, lots of blush
04:19Well, that's my rule. Nobody has to follow that. It's just what I do
04:22Once I got the blush on I'm adding in some big ol eyes and it's at this point that this character begins to plague me
04:29She reminds me of something and I just don't know what it is. Is it grumpy? Cherryberry? Is it just toadstool?
04:34Is it little red riding hood? Is it this is it that I don't know. It's driving me crazy
04:39Maybe it's just a combination of all those things after doing some cleaning up
04:43I'm adding some of the little details and these starry eyes are
04:47So cute next I begin adding some white dots to the strawberry and the hood now
04:52Yes, she is a mushroom. And yes, she also has a strawberry on her head
04:56I didn't choose the mushroom for the mushroom cat
04:59I just felt like it was kind of redundant like you wouldn't have a shirt with a shirt on it
05:04Wait, I would actually be kind of awesome though
05:06I went with the strawberry instead mostly because the strawberry is also red like a toadstool mushroom and cartoon
05:12Strawberries have white polka dots like a toadstool mushroom. So yay, they're meant to be matched
05:17It's just seamless and you know what? I never really liked the name toadstool. Anyway, maybe it's strawberry stool berry stool
05:25That kind of sounds like berry stool like berry poop stool like fecal matter stool. Yeah. No. Nope. Here is the final squishy
05:32I decided to keep the bottom completely plain for that mushroom look and I think that this is actually freaking adorable
05:39Okay, she is the mascot of the mushroom cats the main girl. She needs a special name
05:45I'm not digging berry stool because of the fecal connotations. Let's go with toad berry. Yeah, that'll do it. That's the choice
05:51I made hi toad berry. Thanks for being here with us
05:56Okay, bye moving on to the next one I'm gonna select this little cutie I just think she's the cutest one
06:02I can't wait to murder her. Even though I think this design is really cute. I'm still gonna change it
06:07Okay, it's what I do here. It's a makeover. I have to paint it
06:10What do you want me to do leave it alone?
06:11If I leave it alone, we won't have a video and what in the world will we do if we don't have this video?
06:16Panamonium screaming crying maybe even death. Nope, not death. That was too far
06:20She's been sanded and remember that tall stack of ice cream that I said was obnoxious
06:24Yeah
06:25We're doing that cutting off the cone stick in the scoops right on her head
06:28Using some puffy paint to seal them up and now applying a white base coat
06:32Okay, it's the moment that you've all been waiting for and you didn't even know that you were waiting for it
06:38I've been waiting for it. The
06:41Chess set this is large over a year ago at this point. I made a custom chess set
06:48It was a three-part series a huge project and to this day
06:52It's one of the projects that I'm honestly the most proud of we made it happen. Oh, let me show you comes in a custom
06:58box gorgeous gold
07:02It's one of these foldable board situations
07:05They're gorgeous creating these the first time was a long time-consuming
07:09Tedious process creating these as a product was a whole nother thing
07:13It's been a long journey. Every single piece is a custom mold
07:18These are pretty spot-on replicas from the originals
07:22It took a lot of resources to create each piece is hand-painted
07:26So it's not super cheap to produce these but if you do happen to want to make a custom piece
07:33If you do happen to want a highly unique custom
07:37Gorgeously designed collectible product like this
07:40This item is available for pre-order starting today, and it will close in just a few weeks
07:46So make sure you don't miss the deadline on this
07:48I will of course link it in the description or you can use the QR code all of the information
07:53Timelines shipping dates will be in that link. So check it out if you're interested
07:57Thank you so much for listening and let's get back to the squishies as I'm doing this
08:00I'm really just processing and noticing just how truly obnoxious this very tall stack of ice cream is on this cat
08:07I mean, it's just so much also not to create insecurities here
08:10But girl, he's got some wrinkles probably just from being trapped in that bag for so long
08:15There's a chance those would have flattened out over time. But now that I'm painting them in nope
08:19They're they're here to stay for the main cat part of this
08:22I went for a tan color fun fact most of the time when I paint squishies now
08:26I actually do sketch out a design in advance
08:28I don't usually show the sketches on camera one because they're scary and two
08:34I'm usually like doing that out and about you know in my underwear at midnight kind of thing
08:38Oh now you're picturing it
08:40Ah stop, but this is the sketch that I did for this one and I liked it enough to proceed
08:45But I also felt like it was a little bit boring
08:47I'm bringing in the ice cream colors as was planned and filling those in as
08:52Instructed by myself and this hideous sketch and once all that was nice and neatened up
08:56I noticed that the cat seemed really kind of separated from the ice cream. They didn't seem like they belong together
09:02So I decided to paint the chocolate ice cream dripping down
09:05But then it just kept spreading and just kept spreading and oh my gosh, it's taking over
09:10I've now just painted the entire ears brown. Whoops while I think about that choice
09:14I'm just gonna fill in the details of the ice cream which was supposed to include sprinkles and not include drips
09:21But I guess I'm just going rogue now the more I look at those ears the more I feel like you know
09:27What she was never meant to be a sprinkle cat. She's a Siamese cat
09:31Siamese mushroom cat. Yes. I decided I do want to keep all of these cats in the same mushroom cat species
09:38Even though they're gonna be drastically different themed in different styles. They are all still mushroom cats
09:43So I painted the base a slightly lighter version to emphasize the mushroom
09:48Ness and then I started doing this thing where I'm trying to paint the Siamese cat face patch thing that they have
09:54Oh, this was one of the most intense color battles. I've ever seen like they do not get along
09:59They're feuding stronger than jelly and Stella. No way
10:03But I just keep going and just keep going and I just fight fight fight fight fight my way through this and then I get
10:08to this point and I think I
10:10Finally done it the impossible blend is possible and I hate it and this isn't working. I took so long on this blend
10:17It's really gonna hurt to change it
10:19So I wanted to be sure I pulled out my iPad to confirm my suspicions that yes
10:23This blend is terrible and a more cartoony approach looks way better. Ah, so I'm doing it. Goodbye effort. Goodbye time
10:30Bye self. I died with this blend. I'm still all about the Siamese cat
10:35I just want it a little bit more clean
10:37So I painted in a face patch with nice clean edges and woo onto sketching the face
10:42I went simple and sweet for this one
10:44I thought about doing blue eyes because I believe most Siamese cats have blue eyes
10:48But I didn't want to introduce another color into the scheme at this point the last touch
10:52I added some mushroom spots to the head. So she's still a mushroom. See look at the spots
10:57Yeah, still a mushroom. This one was a lot of ideas thrown together, but somehow I still really like the the result
11:03I do like this design better than my original sketch, even though there's no sprinkles rip sprinkles
11:08Oh, we have a lurker. You were supposed to have sprinkles. Yes
11:11Well, okay, not everyone is gonna have sprinkles and that's okay. It's fine. Well, Nilla does. Uh, yeah. Hi. Hi Nilla
11:18That's true. But what about pickle you love pickle? He doesn't have sprinkles. What do you call those?
11:23Spooches. Well, Winnie doesn't have sprinkles. You like her don't you?
11:29Okay, okay Siamese mushroom cat she looks good I like her and I'm naming her Jasmine moving on to the next one
11:35I aggressively chose this one. Take him out of the bag. This one looks like a little tiger. He's cute
11:40Let's rip his skin off and for this one. I'm giving him the gift of the dog except this isn't actually a dog
11:46It's a cat. Well, it's shaped like a dog. Actually. It is a dog shaped like a cat. Wait. No. Well, actually it's a mushroom
11:52It's a mushroom cat. Okay, I'm confusing myself. Let's just focus on putting these together first
11:57I glued the dog on look how perfectly he sits on top of that cat
12:01Well, actually this one is actually a dog as a cat stop doing it again
12:05I'm preparing some matte paint pouring it into the palette and going in with a white base coat
12:10I'm gonna do multiple layers of white until I have a nice clean pristine white that's ready
12:15And then I realized I forgot to cut the muzzle off of the dog cat thing. How did I do that?
12:21Okay
12:21So, of course we have to go two steps back bringing out the puffy paint again to try to seal off this gouge that I made
12:26And going back over it with white. I chose a nice light yellow for this one. Oh, never mind forgot to change it
12:31I went for a nice bright yellow for this one taxi yellow and for the dog, I mean cat
12:37What are you talking about? I went with a reddish brown. Okay, so here's the deal with these two
12:42The bottom being is a dog dressed like a cat a mushroom cat
12:48Actually, I'm still doing the mushroom cat thing and the top is a cat dressed as a dog
12:54I wanted to keep the colors relatively neutral because we've got a lot going on here
12:58And then I did make the bottom of the mushroom lighter to keep it consistent with the other mushroom cats
13:03And I went in with the faces
13:05It was kind of tricky to make it obvious what I was trying to do here because cats and dogs are kind of similar
13:10especially in cartoon form
13:11So I tried my best to emphasize the dogness of the dog and the catness of the cat and the catness of the dog's cat
13:18Costume and the dogness of the cat's dog costume. I don't really know if anyone's following me
13:23Hello, once I got all that done. I just added some final little mushroom spots to the dog's cat mushroom head hood
13:29Once again, um, we got a lot of ideas here. I do really like this one
13:33It fits with the mushroom cat series kind of but technically this is the only non mushroom cat because it's a dog
13:39They have stereotypical dog and cat personalities
13:42He's happy and friendly and she's you know, aloof and kind of giving Shelly vibes
13:47But this is not Shelly Shelly would never Shelly would not be caught dead wearing a dog costume. Okay. Oh, that was just her throwing up
13:54They are buddy and whiskers and they're best friends, but they're also super annoying to each other
14:00Can you stop panting like that?
14:02This is the last time I wear a dog costume for you. And yes, I'm still doing more. Oh my gosh
14:07Wow, this is the next one ripped it from its bag. I believe it's a
14:12Cat wait, it looks like a cat wearing a cat costume
14:17That's a step further than I went
14:18I should have made the dog wearing a dog costume in the cat wearing a cat costume that would have been even better
14:22Okay, I sanded him up and for this one
14:25We're gonna get a little weirder weirder because it's the turtle. I'm going for the turtle
14:31I just glued the turtle right on top here patching up the seams and rips and butt hole and once that's done base coat time
14:37We're rolling. We are rolling. I'm going right in with the color and I chose blue for this one
14:42I feel like I've done a lot of like yellow and neutral brown stuff
14:47So I just wanted to boom bring in the blue
14:49It's gonna be quite a bold combination with the bright turtle green now
14:53I chose this turtle because his face is just terrible. He looks so irritated
14:57He's got like a grumpy old man kind of vibe and I want him to terrorize the poor mushroom cat beneath him
15:03That's just gonna make me really happy. I went for an army green on the shell at first didn't really like that
15:08So I adjusted it to a brighter green
15:10He's a grumpy old man, but he ain't rusty
15:12Once I got those colors blocked in I added the light blue mushroom base and I painted in the eyes
15:17Now the turtles name is Edgar and he's a mess
15:21Okay
15:21I painted his mouth open because he is always yapping complaining about something
15:26Commenting on stuff that doesn't need commentary this blue mushroom cat. His name is Ollie
15:30He's just a regular mild-mannered mushroom cat minding his own business being blue for no reason and Edgar one day mistakes
15:38His blueness for water because he's a turtle so he likes water Edgar is not only annoying
15:43He's also stupid so he climbs up onto Ollie's head thinking that he's water stupid and has never left because well
15:49Not only is he annoying and stupid he's also lazy Edgar just keeps asking questions
15:54Complaining what time is it? Do you have lettuce? Why is your head so sweaty? I'm bored. Do you have lettuce?
15:59Did I ask you if you had lettuce? He also has a really bad memory. So poor Ollie is justifiably annoyed at Edgar
16:05I added some little spots on his top. Don't let his blue color fool you
16:09He is just a typical mushroom cat and is not water here. They are Edgar and you talk too much. Well, I'm hot
16:16Okay. Anyway, no, I'm cold. I do think that these came out really cute. You have lettuce. I love Ollie's face
16:22I feel like it came out. So do you have lettuce? Okay, I'll be right back
16:26Anyway, I think these came out really cute. I'm happy with them. Here are all of my mushroom cats so far
16:31I do have quite a few more still left to paint, but I'm happy with the progress that I made
16:35I had a lot of fun with these and I actually love how all the designs came out if you guys want to see more mushroom
16:40Cats or if you have a different idea of what I could do with the remaining ones. Let me know
16:44Thanks for watching and I'll see you next Friday. Bye