Friendship Bracelets

So I LOVE making friendship bracelets! I am currently wearing about 12 on my wrist! They are super easy to make and super cute to wear! Just follow the instructions on this website! http://www.wikihow.com/Make-a-Friendship-Bracelet

Paint Your Pottery/Tables

Hahaha! So Interesting post name I know. Its a mixture of a bunch of things I/ my mom painted. I just got home from a pottery painting place! I had a blast! I am gonna put a picture up of what I painted. What I did was called masking. I just used masking tape. I'll put a picture of the finished product up in about a week!









As for the table. My mom has recently begun the adventure of cleaning out our garage. While she was cleaning she found a white wooden lamp post and a yellow table that were in desperate need of a repainting. she decided that she was going to paint them to look like pieces of folk art to put in her classroom. I think that they turned out ADORABLE!!!!!

Tie Dye Designs

So I have been asked how to make a heart shaped design for tie dying.

I am going to research it and get back to you!

Show Your Shorts

So I had this GREAT pair of old jeans from American Eagle. They fit awesome in the waist but in the length area they fall short literally! I decided to take my scissors to them and create a wicked new pair of summer shorts.

Here is What to Do:
Materials:
• 1 Pair of old but usable jeans
• Some Scissors
• A sewing machine or supplies for sewing by hand
Procedure:
1. Put on your pants and measure how long you want your shorts.

2. Leaving yourself a few extra inches cut off the legs of the pants

3. Roll up the pants creating a one inch cuff at the end of each leg
4. Sew a seam around the leg.
5. Show off your legs in your new pair of shorts!

Green Groceries

I love going to the grocery store with my mom. Why? Because cooking is another form of art though that would be my sister's forte not mine. Did you know that in a landfill plastic bags take up to 100 years to degrade!! And even then they don't just go away they break down into tiny pieces of plastic that threaten our ecosystem. I am going to show you a substitution for plastic bags.
Here is what to do:

Materials:
• A few old shirts. I used tank tops so that I wouldn’t have to cut off the sleeves, but you can use t-shirts.
• Sewing machine or materials to sew by hand.

Procedure:
• If you are using a t-shirt cut off the sleeves.
• Flip the shirt inside out and stitch the bottom hems together closing off the shirt.
• Flip your shirt right side out and head to the store!

Flirty from the 40's

So I had some extra fabric in my fabric draw when I got the idea for a dress. What better way to reduce your carbon footprint than to use left over fabric to make my dress rather than drive my emissions producing vehicle to the store to spend money that I don't have? I mean look at that lace its BEAUTIFUL! For this dress I used simplicity pattern #2884.Though I did alter the pattern a bit because it was not intended to have a lace overlay. So I modified it and it turned out just fine. The only thing to be aware of is how it is a bit difficult to put in a zipper. This was my first time to put in a zipper and it went pretty smoothly thanks to the video on youtube though I will admit I did have to use a seem ripper a time or two. Hope your dress turns out as pretty as mine.

In this picture I paired my dress with some colorful Gerber Daisies and some sleek pointy triangle toed pumps!

Primp Your Party Dress

How many of you have those 80's dresses at the back of your closet? Don't deny it! Everybody has at least one. Or in my case my mom had one. Believe it or not with some modifications the 80's is slowly coming back in to style. I took one look at the dress I found and thought, "Now this is something I can work with." It wasn't bad before I got a hold of it. The bodice had a deep V at the front waist which I took out with some nipping and tucking. Next I moved the bow at the back higher up so that is covered the top of the zipper. Lastly I paired it with some lovely shoes, my Chuck Taylors, bringing my retro inspired punk fashion. Notice in the picture I put bows on my Chucks to match the dress!

Vintage V-Necks

This throwback to the 60’s is super easy.
Here is what you do:
• Grab a few old white V-Necks
• Get a tie dye kit from your local craft store. I have heard that spray paint works just as well. Though I haven’t tried it.
• Get a box of soda ash either from a local craft store, local grocery store detergent aisle, or swimming pool supply store.
• A bucket that holds about 2 gallons of water
• A clean work space where it doesn’t hurt to get it a little messy
Procedure:
1. Wash your v-necks
2. Using your bucket follow the directions that come with your soda ash. Let the V-necks soak in the gallon of water and soda ash for about 20 minutes. I wouldn't skip this step because it helps the dye adhere to the v-neck.

3. Using rubber bands fold or roll your shirts. Experiment with a variety of patterns. Some of the ones I used are the spiral, the sunburst, and the bull’s eye.

4. Follow the instructions with your dye kit about how to mix your dye.

5. After you have tie dyed your shirts wrap them in saran wrap and let them sit for 10-15 hours in a cool damp place.

6. After the 10-15 hours rinse out the shirts. I did this by hanging them on clothes line and spraying them down with the hose.

7. Let them dry out and them wash them in the washer and dryer.
8. Enjoy your colorful new creation!!

Crop Your Top

Got an old t-shirt that needs a fresh new look? I did. I raided my brother’s closet, with permission don't worry, and decided to turn this cool Bob Marley t-shirt into a halter top.
Here is how I did it:
Materials:

· An Old t-shirt

· Band of elastic as tight as you want to bottom of your shirt to be

· A safety pin

· Scissors

· Either a sewing machine or a needle and thread

· Strip of jersey from another t-shirt

Procedure:

1. Cut off the sleeves and save them you might need them for another project

2. Cut the of the neck of the shirt from shoulder to shoulder going right under the collar through both layers

3. Flip the shirt over and cut out the rectangle of back going from bottom of the arm hole to bottom of arm hole. BE SURE TO ONLY CUT THE BACK LAYER!

4. Flip the shirt back over and stitch a one inch casing on the neck portion of the t-shirt

5. Hook your safety pin to your extra piece of jersey fabric and pull through the casing.

6. Use your scissors to clip some stitches and open a small hole in the hem of your t-shirt

7. Again use your safety pin to guide the elastic through the bottom hem of the t- shirt.

8. Connect the two ends of the elastic and stitch together.

9. Put the elastic inside the hem and re-stitch the stitches that you tore out.

10. Try the t-shirt on and mark two darts on each side of the back of the t-shirt so that it fits comfortably.

11. Stitch down the darts

12. Put your shirt on and admire your handiwork.

Here are some other variations on basically the same shirt.