Earwarmer, a Bracelet, and Angry Birds

I took out the crochet hook and, with a scrap of gray yarn left over from my infinity scarf, made a little earwarmer. 'Course, I ran out of yarn halfway there, so it might only cover half of my ears. I used a size J hook (i crocheted very loosely), even though I was supposed to use size 15 (was the letter... P?), but I lost my super big crochet hook that I carved myself (sounds impressive, but it's not. It's just this ultra big chopstick with a very rough hook and a skinny tapered end. So it looks like a regular chopstick with some funky hook, obviously carved by someone with no experience. I carved it on the carpet on my bedroom floor with a Swiss army knife).

I also made a macrame bracelet. I thought about giving it away, but it's not very good. If I make something worthy enough for you readers I'll give it away.

And finally, my aunt came back from vacation! And she brought us some... angry birds notebooks and pencils! Aren't they cool? Yes, yes, I think so too...

Roundup of DIY things... or you know, random things...

Sorry for not posting... I'm busy with school. Yeurch. Anyways, I decided I'd have a roundup of things from Pinterest. I've been inspired by decor stuff 'cause our school is going to have a dance and I'm helping out. Though normally I wouldn't even go, but you get your tickets free since you help out... and those tickets buy food, so... why would you pass up free food, right?

Thanks for coming! If you like the things you see, you can follow me on Pinterest. :) See ya...

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Source: thebusybudgetingmama.com via Naomi on Pinterest

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Wrap Bracelet Tutorial

Back-to-basic macrame bracelet. It was supposed to be like a Free People or Chan Luu wrap bracelet, but it doesn't really look like one anyways... oh well. ;)

Materials

~kitchen twine/string

~scissors

Cut 2 very long lengths of string. Mine were approximately 172" long. Fold them both in half and tie a knot about 1/2" down from the top. You now have 2 little loops at the top with 4 strings. Now start macrame-ing.

Here's a lil' picture tutorial. If it's confusing, just look up another tutorial, haha...

Macrame till it's the desired length. Just hold one end and wrap it loosely around your wrist. Mine's approximately 32." When you're done, tie a knot, and then tie a knot over it for the toggle part of your clasp. Dun, dun, dun... No really. You're done.

Have a good weeeeeekeeeeennnndddd..... o(^__^o)

100 Followers!!!

Yay! So while eating a pack of seaweed, I checked the dashboard to find that--yep--I had reached 100 followers! Thank you everyone so much! I'm thinking of doing a giveaway, so if anyone's interested in giving something away, just leave a comment w/ your email and I'll contact you. :) If anyone's not interested, I'll probably just forget about it or I'll make something myself maybe. If I have time, that is...

You can definitely say I'll try and have a big giveaway when i reach 1000, which won't happen in a long time, haha. o(^__^o)

Best Thrift Store Ever: Grandma's Basement

Okay, so Grandma's Basement isn't some cool, funky little second-hand shop. It is, quite literally, my, ahem, erm, Grandma's basement. She does, however, have the best things down there! She has old toys and clothes, and even a whole box full of plaid and stripe socks and legwarmers from the 70s and 80s.

And of course, she was happy to give her grandchildren (my sister and me) old clothes.

Here are some 'finds,' haha.

A beautiful oversized olive green sweater from GAP. 100% cotton. In the winter I might wear it over leggings and shorts or something. With rain boots. :)

Camo green sweatshirt. I wanna refashion it into something like... pants? Hmmm... what do you think?

Green button up vest. My sister wore it to school today and got many compliments, haha. She always likes to say that the 80s are back! (or 60s or 70s or whatever)

A flannel coat. My sister and I plan on taking in the sides and adding pleats in the back to make the coat more fitted.

A super big waffle hoodie. Wonder what we can make with this...

Also some super cool belts...

Not pictured are some awesome socks, a rash guard that I plan on refashioning, a hawaiian print shirt that my sister wants to make some high waisted flowy shorts from, a blue v-neck sweater, and a button up shirt. Dunno if I missed something...

Oh, and I won the giveaway from Hannah Handmade! I won some hair things from Belle Bands on etsy! You should go visit her shop because her stuff is GORGEOUS!

Sorry about not posting... I'm in school now. I just started yesterday. Whoohoo.

Have a nice day! o(^__^o)

DIY Dish Towels

I know what you're thinking. Dish towels? Kinda boring... I know, because I'd be thinking the same thing. But honestly, the end product is pretty fun and satisfying. They're also extremely useful, a great way to recycle, and easy to decorate. So basically, you take an old threadbare bath towel and cut it into pieces. After, just hem the sides. You don't have to hem the tops because, if you cut it like me, the tops will be from the sides of the towel, which are already finished.

At first it was really frustrating, because the machine got jammed with thread and lint. Also, by the end it was reallllly boring and I got slower and slower and S L O W E R. You'd think by the end I'd be aching to finish and zipping through, but it was so repetitive I went super slow. However, it's pretty satisfying, and I was able to make 4 towels in an hour.

I also cut off the borders from the top and bottom of the towel, overlapped them, and zipped a seam right down the center. Ta-da! Fancy towel.

Don't ask about the pineapple, it seemed fitting... like you might be at a fancy spa or something...

That soap is from the Sheraton. You might be able to tell by the big S on it...

Have a lovely Sunday! :{

*UPDATE*

'Kay, so I've been a bit busy. I'm playing with 2 soccer teams, gettin' ready for school, which starts on tuesday... Lots of birthdays (I had two yesterday. I went fencing and rock climbing), and I think I'm going to a festival today. Yay!!

I really want to make an etsy shop and a trip to the fabric store, but my mum and dad are busy as well. Just wanted you to know that I'm not forgetting about this blog. I'm not even going to go on 'a little break,' as some bloggers do. I hate that. I'm always checking their blog over and over, and I see the same post title. I also hate when they don't tell you that they're gone, and you have to finally assume that they're not coming back, after checking their blog for 3 months (not that I've ever done that, sniffle). So, I'll probably pop in after a couple of days, maybe less, maybe more.