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The Bridesmaid Necklace

Deanna — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 02:50:42 +0000

My niece is getting married this Saturday and she asked me if I would be willing to make necklaces for her bridesmaids. I was excited to try this. I have never really used necklace making stuff, so I found an example and asked my niece what she thought and kind of went along with how I thought they would be made. They aren't perfect but here is what I came up with.

DIY Ruffle Shower Curtain

Deanna — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 16:35:40 +0000

I have admired the ruffle shower curtain from Anthropologie for the last year but the price is a bit much to spend on a shower curtain. I figured it was worth me trying it on my own. I really like how this turned out and it was fairly simple, time consuming, but simple.

Anthropolgie Ruffle Shower Curtain

Shower curtain before(sorry really bad photo).

Shower curtain After.

For some reason I could never get my girls to use flat sheets and after 10 years of trying and every morning finding the flat sheets squished at the bottom of the bed, I finally gave up and put the flat sheets away. But today they came to great use. I pulled out all my twin flat sheets and started cutting strips to sew onto the old shower curtain. I used the nice clean edges for the bottom of the ruffles and layered all the way up. It was super easy just took time to sew the long stitch, pull to ruffle, pin to the old shower curtain and then sew on. I love how it turned out. If you dont have old sheets, you can always go to your local thrift store and find some pretty vintage sheets to use for ruffles. You can really cover any color or design of shower curtain.

Try this and send me pictures, I would love to see how yours turns out!

DIY: Embellish your Headband

Deanna — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 07:41:11 +0000

Headband's are so easy to embellish. All you need is lace, beads, or scrap material. I usually buy my headband's in packs of 3 or 4 from Target for under a $1 a piece.

What you need:

Headband, scrap material, embellishment of choice, & a hot glue gun.

On this headband I used two pieces of scrap material, one piece of tulle with gold specks and one piece of black material.

Using a wide stitch, gather your material. The black material gradually gets smaller at each end.

After hot gluing the fabric scraps to the headband(usually more to one side), use whatever embellishment you would like. I used this broach, but you can use beads, or earrings with the backs cut off, sparkly fabric, the choice is yours.

DIY: Give those Old Beads some Oomph!

Deanna — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 18:08:46 +0000

I found this strand of red beads at the Goodwill and after finding the coat buttons with chains at the estate sale last weekend I decided to see what they would look like together.

I really like how it turned out, kind of reminds me of something that would be on a marching band or military jacket.

This was super easy, I just used my jewelry pliers and opened up the link and clasped it between two big red beads and then attached another link to the button and chain at desired length apart and clasped it between two more red beads. For the second one, clasp the button between the first two buttons and then at about the same distance apart as the first set clasp the second button. I love it! All this for around .50 cents.

DIY: Adding Ruffles to Your Tank

Deanna — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 20:05:38 +0000

I had some extra time on my hands and decided to make this tank a little more feminine and fun. Ok well maybe I didn't have extra time on my hands but I really wanted to add something to this tank. I never wear it and so I asked myself why, and the only thing I could figure was that it was just so blah.

Adding ruffles is so easy, I used two scraps of fabric and lace that had been cut off a dress I was making… I love it when I find something to do with scraps.

Directions: All you need is a sewing machine and scrap fabric. Using a longer stitch, stitch all the way down the middle of the scrap fabric, pull one thread from each side, making the scrap gather equally throughout the piece of scrap fabric. Do this with both pieces of scrap if you are using two pieces. Layer on top of each other and sew onto your tank. I started a little in the back so it went all the way over the shoulder and down to under the armpit.

BEFORE

AFTER

Another Set of Easy DIY Cloth Napkins

Deanna — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 23:47:25 +0000

Remember when I made these easy DIY cloth napkins?

I made some more. This time I made them for my nieces wedding shower. I'm still trying to figure out what to add to this gift. I am thinking of making it a picnic basket gift, with fun stuff for picnic-ing. What do you think? Any ideas?

For the instructions click here.

Fabric Rose Necklace

Deanna — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 22:26:23 +0000

I have never added fabric roses or fabric flowers of any kind to a necklace. This was my first try at this. I found this necklace in that lot of jewelry and made these flowers from a shirt and stuffed them in the circle to see what they would look like and I liked it, so I glued a black round piece of velvet on the backs and I was done.

Happy 4th of July & a Necklace

Deanna — Sun, 04 Jul 2010 20:44:45 +0000

This morning as I was getting dressed I decided to wear one of my newest creations. I had a t-shirt and skirt on and when I walked into the bathroom my husband said "oh your going to dress up?". I had a t-shirt on, apparently the necklace made it all look a lot nicer than it was.

I found some great bundles of jewelry the last time I was at the Goodwill and started putting things together to get this creation. This necklace has 5 different parts of necklaces put together.

Happy 4th of July! I hope you enjoy a great day with family and friends!

Easy DIY Rope Necklace w/ Curtain Tiebacks

Deanna — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 15:47:49 +0000

I saw this a while back on love Maegan and wanted to make one and so I have been keeping my eyes out for these curtain tiebacks. I was worried at first because the kind I found at the goodwill were with tassels, but fortunately when you take the tassel off they are just plain tiebacks. So lets get started.

You will need two curtain tiebacks and ribbon.

1. If your tiebacks have tassels, take them off. If not skip this step.

2. Loop them together like this.

3. Knot together, pull tight.

4. Using ribbon of your choice, pull it through the 4 loops and tie in a bow.

Super easy and super cute. Check out love Meagan's two tone version here.

DIY Urban Outfitters Bowtie Necklace

Deanna — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 23:11:10 +0000

I saw this bowtie necklace on the Urban Outfitters site and thought it was cute. I liked how you could make it shorter or longer.

I had a dress that I had already taken off the sash for a necklace last week and figured the straps would be perfect for this necklace since they had the length adjustments on them.

Here is what I did:

Sew the two straps together, making sure each piece is laying with the bra adjusters the same way.

Cut a piece of material in the length and width you want your bow. Fold one end in and then the other end in, slightly on top of each other. Mine is a bit smaller than the one from Urban Outfitters. Lay the sewn strap on top of the bow, which will be laid on top of a small piece of fabric to tie around both. You can make yours more like the Urban Outfitter one by making your bow bigger so that it hangs lower.

Tie the small piece around the bow and strap securing them both. Now using your scissors, cut the tied part down so that its not seen from the front when wearing this.

This is what its like when its shorter, like a men's bowtie.

This is what its like when its longer.