{How Pinteresting} #7

I have had the very worst headaches of my entire life the past 2 days.

I'm talking stabbing, sharp, throbbing pain on my entire head, down my neck and into the top of my shoulders.

Ugh

I've never had a migraine....maybe this is a first.

And the thing that's the most frustrating is that I don't know why I'm having them. There are usually a handful of reasons for my headaches...it's time for the chiropractor, I'm stuffy, I'm absolutely starving, or I drank too much the night before. But this is something completely different and I just don't know how many more days I can deal with it.

Ok, enough with my whining. But I will tell you that because of these headaches, my project this week took me literally like 4.7689324857 seconds! Woo Hoo!

If you have been on Pinterest this week then you have probably seen this ring by A Rosie Sweet Home

source

So simple and so chic! I love it.

Here's my version

PLEASE ignore my horrible nails. I painted them sunday night and for some reason all the polish bubbled up. I think maybe because it was 90 degrees that day and we refused to turn on the AC.  Haha

Back to the ring...

So adorable!

You can find the tutorial at A Rosie Sweet Home

And you can check out my Pinterest here!

Send good thoughts my way and make this headache go away!

{How Pinteresting} #6

AHHH how I love spring!!

We've used the fire pit twice already.

Had some brats and smores.

Seeded the lawn.

And I've spent almost every afternoon outside on the patio for the last 4 days.

Pure heaven!

With that being said, you can imagine how hard it was to go inside and do a project for this post HA

I was having a convo with my mom the other day and she started telling me how she's following a couple blogs now....more than just mine ;)

She mentioned she saw this little round pouch for holding earbuds that she was thinking about making for her MP3 player.

Now, I don't remember if she said she found this tutorial through me or saw it somewhere or what, but I knew I had this same thing pinned.

That's how my PINspiration was born this week

Source: dog under my desk

This is seriously SUPER easy to make. Erin gives a fantastic tutorial.

She gives a pattern too...

I didn't use it though. I was a bit too lazy to turn on the printer and print it.

So I just used a monster cup (a stupid man cup with sports nonsense on it) to draw some circles.

And here's how mine turned out...

 

Did you notice mine looks more like a squashed egg than a circle???

Uh yeah, I can't sew a circle.

I don't understand it either. Everything is perfectly lined up and cut and..just perfect. Then I sew it together using a perfect seam allowance and it still looks jacked up!

Do any of you remember these key chains I tried to re-create last summer??

HUGE NOTE TO SELF:  DON'T TRY TO SEW CIRCLES ANYMORE!!!

hehe

ps. I just noticed I didn't add a split ring to mine before I took the pictures. Fail.

Stretchy T-Shirt Headband

As I'm sure you've noticed by now, I have short hair. I love my short hair. What I don't love about it is trying to wash my face in the sink with short hair. I have this very tiny ponytail (Mr. Perfect calls it my "paintbrush" because it's so small it looks and feels like one haha). And I have to put like 5 or 6 little clips or bobby pins or whatever I have laying around in my hair to keep all my bangs and short hairs back. It really is a pain.

To remedy this stressful situation I made myself a cute little headband to keep my hair back. Cuz, you know, I need to look cute when I'm washing my face every morning ;) And I made a quick tutorial so you can make one too!!

Here's what you need

*any scrap of knit fabric
*scissors
*sewing machine, or just a needle and thread

Let's get started!!

First you want to measure around your head where the headband will go. My head was about 20 inches. Since the knit is stretchy I took about 3 inches off and cut my piece about 17 inches long and 2.5 inches wide. I used some leftover t-shirt material I had used to make a skirt similar to this one.

 Fold your fabric in half, right sides together and sew along the edge. Just use a straight stitch.

And that's your basic headband right there! But it's not so cute, so read on to see how to make the bow...

For the bow, I cut a piece that was about 4 inches long and 2 inches wide...no need to be perfect here. And the piece that wraps around the middle is about 2 inches long and half an inch wide (I actually used a piece of the cuff from my t-shirt sleeve)

Fold your small strip in half, right sides together and sew along the edge. Turn right side out. Then just bunch up the bigger piece of fabric and slide that little ring to the middle! Ca-UTE!

To attach it to the headband, I tacked it down where the pink dots are. I just sewed one stitch forward and backward, twice. Make sense??

And that's the end! Now wash your short hair with confidence you won't get your bangs wet!

 And because I'm brave, here's a pic of looking ridiculous...

My goodness...look at those bags and wrinkles under my eyes!!! YIKES!!! I did get up at 4:30 AM, so maybe that has something to do with it....or maybe it's because I'm only 57 days away from being 30.

Should I be doing something about those bags?? What age should I start buying...I don't even want to say the words...."anti-aging" products?!?! Ugh.

On a brighter note, my nails are painted :) YAY

Back to the headband...it doesn't have to be just for your face washing time....Make one for your kids, babies, whatever. Put something other than a bow on it! If you make one I'd love to see pics, email me!

Polymer Clay Rose Necklace

Does that title make you excited?!

It makes me excited!

This is something I've been wanting to do for a while now but haven't had the motivation time.

If the title didn't give it away, this is made from polymer clay.

Here's what you need:
*polymer clay
*exacto knife or razor blade
*2 jump rings
*wire or old necklace chain
*your oven!

Polymer clay is kinda stiff so you have to knead it in your hands a bit to warm it up before you use it. Once you've done that, pinch off a small piece {you can use a bigger piece for a bigger flower, or smaller, you get the idea right}

Roll that piece up once.

 Then you will pinch off another little piece to use as a petal. It's a good idea to make these first couple petals kinda small. Smush it on the side of the rolled piece.

 Add a couple more...

Keep going, adding pieces around until you are satisfied with it

Be careful with the next couple steps, you don't want to smush your creation!

At this point you should have a pretty large stem on that flower. Lay the flower on it's side and carefully cut the back off flat with your exacto knife or razor blade

Ok so my plan originally was to glue my flower to one of those round disc pendant things you can buy at the craft store, but my flower was smaller than the ones I had so I improvised...

I took a small flat piece of clay and smushed a jump ring on it...

Then I smushed the clay on the back {carefully!!} 

Bake it according to the directions on your clay package. When you put it on a necklace or wire, attach one more jump ring to that small one so it lays flat on your chest....Then wear it proud!

good thing this picture wasn't an inch higher...you'd see up my nose!

Quick...how many times did I say "smush"??? haha

It matches my hair pretty nicely huh?

Polymer clay is a wonderful medium...I've just discovered it. Maybe you'll see some more of this in my future {wink}

{How Pinteresting} #2

Welcome, Welcome

Time for week 2!

The lovely inspiration for the week...

Pinterest via Honestly WTF

So pretty.

If you read this tutorial, it says to use waxed linen cord??? Ok maybe I'm a tard, but I don't know what that is or where to get it....probably Hobby Lobby but I don't feel good so I improvised with what is in my house. No shopping for me.

I used:
*leather cord
*embroidery floss
*a hex nut {I couldn't decide which one to use, but I went with the smaller one}
*silver ball chain

And here's mine!

I think I finished mine off a little differently, oh well, who cares. And I gotta tell ya, I really wanted one that was pretty long that I could wrap around my wrist multiple times, like 5, but making one of these is super duper tedious and I got bored with it. tehe  Plus, this is all I could complete in one episode of the Bachelor. Do you watch that show? Do you despise Courtney like everyone else? I do. She's fake and I totally hate how she bites her lip all the time and talks like a baby. Oh Ben, I sure hope your brain kicks in soon...

DIY Jewelry Rocks!

I LOVE making my own jewelry! Especially when it's easy to do {tehe} I'm definitely NO expert at jewelry making, but I've made a couple things lately that I'm pretty proud of {enter noise of my horn tooting}

Whatcha think? Anyone else like it like I do?