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10 Ways to Style a Plain White Tee. Few things beat a classic white tee.

10 Ways to Style a Plain White Tee

Throw it on with a pair of jeans, cork wedges, a long necklace, and you’re good to go just about anywhere. Best of all, white tees are such a staple that you can find them at just about any corner store, grocery store, mall, or pharmacy. Seeing as we love style hackery oh-so-much, we decided to take on the classic tee, and came up with 10 new ways to restyle, rework, and totally transform it. If you have any questions about specific tutorials below, be sure to leave us a note in the comments. Ribbon Wreath Craft. How to Make an Easy Beeswax Lotion. My new e-booklet is just out: Simple Handcrafted Body Care.

How to Make an Easy Beeswax Lotion

If you like this recipe, you’re going to love the booklet! At long last I have figured out an easy beeswax lotion recipe! This has been months in the making, months to think about and months to come up with something easy and worth making over and over again. After using my original easy handmade lotion recipe for three years now and having posted it for all to see, I have received many comments on if you can make the lotion with beeswax. Well, you can, but it’s sort of tricky to do, requires a different set of instructions and I wasn’t thrilled with the result. My requirements were, well, that it be easy, that it result in a lotion that you’d want to make again, that it would feel good on the skin and that didn’t require the oils to be mixed with water.

It became painfully apparent that the ease of clean up after making this beeswax lotion be just as important as the final quality of the lotion. T-Shirt Bag - Martha Stewart Sewing Projects. Hemp pendant lamps. Inspired by West Elm’s gorgeous Abaca pendant lamps Super talented Heika DeHart strikes again.

Hemp pendant lamps

These pendant lamps she made of hemp string are genius. Plus, don’t you love how they look with her wallpaper? Heika writes: “I fell in love with West Elm’s Abaca pendent lamp a few years ago but, as usual, my taste was more expensive than my wallet could support. However, I was sure that I could copy them at a fraction of the cost.” How to make hemp string pendant lamps Supplies and tools bouncy balls of various sizesclear drying craft glue (about 1 bottle per ball) such as Aleene’s Clear Gel Tacky Gluehemp string 20lb. weight estimated amounts needed: 16 inch diameter ball—400 yards 14 inch diameter ball—300 yards 9 inch diameter ball—100 yardsplastic gloves (optional)trash bag or small drop clothpermanent markerball inflating needle (available at sporting goods stores or bike shops)light fixture and hardware (Lowe’s doesn’t carry the fixture that Heika used anymore. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.

Key Fobs With Secret Pocket & Lanyard - Sew4Home. For the next several Fridays, we've collected some S4H classic gift ideas for you.

Key Fobs With Secret Pocket & Lanyard - Sew4Home

Each one is especially fast and fun, and can easily be made with fabric from your stash. So when you hear yourself screaming, "I gotta getta gift!!! " We're here to help. This handy little carrying case is modeled after the lanyards you often get at conferences or other events. In fact, you could certainly use it for that or to hold small travel documents and ID. If you have an embroidery machine, add a special design or a monogram on the outside. The pocket finishes at approximately 3½" wide x 5⅝" high. If you love this, we bet you'd also like our Belt Pocket, Grocery List Lanyard, Gift Card Case, and Clear-View Zippered Pouch.

Sewing Machine and standard presser foot Lanyard Following manufacturer's directions, fuse the interfacing strip to the wrong side of the lanyard fabric strip, making sure all the edges are flush. NOTE: You could attach your Zipper foot to get in super close. How to make wrapped leather bracelets « Rings and Things. Triple-wrap leather bracelet with blue tigereye beads Let me begin by stating the obvious – this style of wrapped leather bracelet is EVERYWHERE this season.

How to make wrapped leather bracelets « Rings and Things

Everywhere! Even my athletic clothing catalogs – which only have maybe three pieces of jewelry – are featuring this style. Why? Because it is casual yet chic and infinitely customizable! 31 Insanely Easy And Clever DIY Projects. Get Organized with DIY Belted Storage Totes. While forging ahead with spring cleaning here at Brit HQ, we found ourselves with a lot of empty boxes and a lot of little things that needed to be stored.

Get Organized with DIY Belted Storage Totes

Clearly, it’s time for yet another organization hack. The solution seemed obvious, but how does one make a cardboard box actually look stylish and less… boxy? Cover the boxes with sturdy fabrics and add belts, of course! Supplies:- 3 square boxes (sizes: 14 inch, 12 inch, and 10 inch)- 3 colors of fabric (The 10 inch and 12 inch box need 2 yards of fabric each, and the 14 inch box needs 3 yards)- spray adhesive- 3 old belts (we found ours at a thrift store!) - 48 brads- 6 screw bolts- gold paint pen Tools:- ruler – fabric scissors – little sewing scissors – drill This project is so easy you could adapt it to any size box you already have, but we decided to use 3 standard sizes that would nest inside each other for easy storage. We recommend ironing the fabric you intend to use so it goes on your box as smooth as possible.