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I Spy DIY. How to Make a Ring from a Silver Coin: 6 steps (with video) Edit Article Edited by Mvigor, Keyboard_Cat, Krystle, Denis Camargo and 41 others With a silver coin, some tools, and a little bit of time, you can skip the jewelry store and make a simple ring at home. Ad Steps 1Obtain a silver coin. 6Wedge it back onto a big drill bit with some cloth for padding on the inside. Tips The friction from sanding the inside of the ring can cause the ring to reach a high temperature. Warnings. T-Shirt Refashion: Jersey Necklace | IS•LY | I Still Love you.

Sometimes I feel like I ride on the coattails of creative people. Back in January as I was surfing my favorite blogs, I came across this post on Ultra Vroom about cardigans and fabric necklaces. I instantly fell in love and had to have a fabric necklace for my very own. I week or so later I remembered the large stash of white jersey hanging around the basement and hap-hazardly made my own version of Annie‘s fabric necklace. If I remember correctly, I wore that necklace for 4 days in a row. I love my necklace so much, I’ve been wanting to share it with you for sometime, but haven’t worked on the tutorial until just now. Materials: 1 XXL or XXXL men’s t-shirtScissors and/or rotary cutterSewing machine and or needle & thread Cut off the bottom hem of the shirt.

Cut open one end of each strip. Sew coiled ends together. Once finished braiding, sew ends together to make three separate rings of fabric. Voila! If you twist the loop twice before doubling over, the necklace looks like this (above). Easy Origami Envelope | If you’d like to make these cute little “Flap Lock” Origami Envelopes–all you’ll need is a piece of square paper…any size. I used Christmas scrapbook paper. 1. Fold the paper in half to form a triangle. Make sure your edges are even. 2. Take the top corner of the first layer and fold it down to the bottom edge. 3. fold the right corner about 1/3 of the way to the left. 4. 5. 6. 6. 7. 8. 9.

And there you have it! Now scurry off and make a million of these–or at least 24 if you’re using them for the Family Advent Countdown Calendar. Not in the mood to fold your own?