So Hot And Yet So Cool! - DIY Tshirt Inspiration

theknottybride

Summer is upon us so now is the perfect time to make some DIY t-shirts!  I am so excited to finally do this, you have no idea.  The options are endless too, from fabric dyes, paints, rhinestones and embroidery to fringing, shredding and creative sewing, there is no end to the awesomeness one can create. I am chompin at the bit to see what I come up with.  

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greenupgrader

Today I came across this beauty from styleitchic and I just knew I had to try some version of this.  This shirt is smokin hot and it is so chic, trendy and modern!  I love how you can create these lovely pieces from damaged and old tees that you ordinarily would just discard.  How is that for recycling! 

I personally love using the bigger non fitted tee's like the ones in the top pictures since they have more fabric to manipulate.  Plus, they look so effortless and chic when paired with something fitted at the bottom.


 Well am off to raid my husband's closet, he is a tennis instructor and has tons of tees so it's a win win for me! Ha ha, not so much for him but he doesn't mind.

 I hope that this post inspires you to try one of these DIY shirts, it's such a great way to resurrect your old tees.  

Cherio!

crafty girl "green" earrings

So there I was today with this piece of beautiful worn leather that I just couldn't throw away. It was only about the size of a slice of bread so what did I do? Of course, I made something, earrings to be exact. I've attached a pic so you can see but here's how I did this in case you fellow craft-heads want to try this.

1. Once you have the piece of leather, decide what shape you want to go with. In my case I freehand cut the shape and then I used that shape as a template to cut the other from. If you are scared you might mess up, just get a piece of paper, draw your shape of choice, cut it out and viola! you have a template to use.

2. Once I got my leather shapes, I did the same shape again but this time out of jeans material. I left the edges raw and unstitched and trimmed the shape a quarter of an inch or smaller so it fits on top of the other shape with a little leather border showing under.

3. I glued the jeans shape to the leather with regular Aleene's craft glue but Elmers or any white craft glue should work too.

4. Next I got a piece of felt from my craft kit and cut it up into pieces. Its up to you how you do this, just make sure you repeat the same pattern on the other earring for continuity.

5. Now glue the felt to the jeans piece that you had previously glued to the leather.

6. Get a thick needled or ice pick and make a hole where you want to put your earring wire. (See pic for suggested placement)
Now add your earring findings and a bead of your choice and you have just made yourself a pair of snazzy earrings and helped the planet too!

Float Like A Butterfly

This week has been a blur for me, I cannot believe its Thursday already. I had an idea to do some butterflies using natural and recycled materials and so I spent most of the day making these little beauties from beach glass and stones from the beach. By the way, these are the new pieces I had mentioned in my previous post yesterday. I think they turned out alright and would make great paper weights.......I welcome any feedback/thoughts you have. I would love to hear from you!

Flower Power

So today I got to experimenting with seeds and pods and off course beach glass, my favorite mediums/materials to create with. It was so much fun. By the end of the day I was quite satisfied with my efforts. Not enough to show you just yet, but with a few tweaks I think I may be on to something. The jewelry shown here are pieces I had made a while back from seeds as well, I liked them so much I decided to explore this a bit more. I will unveil in my next post....fingers crossed.