DIY Snag Free Hair Ties | Simple Medicine
I have really, really, really thick hair. I love it, but most hair ties do not. My eternal battle has been deciding between a hair tie that is so tight it makes my head hurt and rips out my hair or one that isn’t tight enough and won’t properly hold my hair up. The ideal hair tie would be able to wrap around a pony tail 3 to 4 times without snagging my hair; be able to manage a swingy ponytail or a messy bun; and be brightly colored and cute on my wrist. Is that too much to ask? Supplies: Fold over Elastic – I purchased mine from Elastic by the Yard on EtsyFabric Scissors Instructions: Measure a length of elastic equivalent to circumference of your wristAdd some wiggle room to that measurement, then cut your elasticHold the two ends together and wrap them around one finger. How easy was that? Added Bonus: they as cute as the ones sold at Anthropologie! Let’s get some sun! Like this: Like Loading...
Wholesale Fold Over Elastic - Printed Glitter Print
Your search for wholesale fold over elastic by the yard is over! We have a wide variety of both elastic and fold over elastic. Varieties include lace in both a 1 inch width and 2 inch width, printed elastic such as animal prints, stripes, polka dot and damask, fold over elastic in numerous colors, glitter elastic in 3/8th and 5/8th inch, velvet in 3/8th and 5/8th inch, and the very popular chevron. If you're looking for any type of fold over elastic, we have it. Mix and match our wholesale elastic with our wide assortment of flowers, feather and buttons. The options and combinations of our elastic colors are endless as we currently have a variety of over 65 colors in stock in our 5/8th inch elastic with many of those same colors in our 1/8th inch elastic, our 3/8th inch elastic, and glitter elastic. Our wholesale prices allow you to buy just what you need because we sell our elastic by the yard and our lace in 5 yard increments.
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Glitter Shoes
When I saw the moodboard for this month’s issue I got SO excited (probably way more than any normal person would), because I knew that the theme, with all its glam-rock glittery goodness, would give me an excuse to do a DIY I’ve always wanted to try: glitter shoes! They’re a lot easier to make than you’d expect. All you need is a pair of shoes, some glitter, and a jar of Mod Podge. This would be a great project for getting some use out of that one pair of shoes that you own that you love the style of, but hate the color or fabric they’re covered in (I think we all have at least one pair of these). For this DIY you’re gonna need the following: A pair of shoes (platforms and clunky boots would look extra cool with tons of glitter piled on them!). What to do: Step One: The first thing you need to do is stick masking tape in all the places you don’t want glitter to go on. Step Two: Now that our shoes are all taped up we can begin the glittering process. Ta-daaaah! Final Step: And you’re done!
Skinny Ties
One of Ralph’s requests for his birthday was skinny ties. They are surprisingly hard to find — either too long or too expensive for a 13-year-old’s wardrobe. So a few weeks ago, I had an idea: I would buy some old fat ties at a thrift shop and take them to a tailor to have them altered. Brilliant, right? But then, of course, I forgot about the idea till 3 days before his birthday. But since I had the ties in hand, and since they only cost $1 each, I figured I’d try it myself. Here is the before shot. Here is the after shot: DIRECTIONS: 1) Turn your too-wide thrift store tie upside down. Keep un-stitching till you get to the skinniest part of the tie: 2) Pull the tie form fabric out of the lining (there is probably a real name for this, but I don’t know what it is). 3) Trim one side of the tie-form fabric. 4) If you traced it, then cut out the second side. 5) Your tie-form material should now look like a skinny tie. 9) Now it’s time to iron the second side. And that’s it! Into these:
DIY: Cheat Bow Tie
I spied this easy cheat bow tie DIY project over on The All Things Original Blog and wanted to share it with you. The project was created by Louise from Super Duper Things. I’m not sure…but perhaps in the right size these might work for groomsmen? To check out the entire project in full size, be sure to head over to The All Things Original Blog!
DIY Sequin Heart Clips
Materials Needed: Heart Template Sequin Trim Alligator Clips or Bar Pins Felt Hot Glue Gun Scissors Steps: 1) Cut a heart from the template you downloaded and printed. Have fun wearing your new clip! XO, Jenny
Dare to DIY in English: DIY Tutorial: How to make a tote bag
Lee esto en Castellano Another week, another DIY tutorial. As I told you it's a tote bag! And it's actually a variation of the bag that changes its color. To add a special touch to this tote bag, I put a transparent pocket in the front that lets you put photos, magazines or whatever you want. Just like this transparent clutch bag. Top from Zara, leather skirt from Asos & DIY shoes I've always been told that it takes the same effort to make things well, than to make them poorly. In the beginning I thought of making some sort of window in the front piece, to change the design from the inside. _ Leather or fabric for the outside of the bag _ Fabric for the lining _ Transparent plastic _ Thick fusing _ Pins and double sided tape _ Cardboard (to make the patterns) _ Tailor chalk _ Sewing machine and iron Optionally you guys can make some seams on the edges, on the sides of the straps and on the two sides of the main seams. Hope you guys like the video too. If you have any question just ask ;) xxx
Drawstring Backpack DIY
My Mom and I took a trip to the fabric store and found these awesome fabric prints on sale so we grabbed a yard of each of them. I knew that Taylor would love them, so here's what I made her. Supplies: 1 yd Fabric (I used 2 different fabric prints but you can just use one if you like), 4 yds of cording. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. There's only one flaw in this tutorial, and that is that on the ends of the tubes, there is an unfinished edge. I was sick with a cold when I created this bag so obviously my mind wasn't quite working right for me to plan far enough ahead to prevent the unfinished edges. But even with just a couple of unfinished edges, I think this bag was a success!
