Craft Month 2011- Day 31 – Decorating Your Pet

Ok, so today, I’m not really decorating my cat… just her collar, but the collar will make her decorative.  For this project all you need is a collar appropriate for your pet, and the stuff to make a fabric flower. For my flower, I started with a rolled center, which I covered in beads.  Since…

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Craft Month 2011 – Day 30 – Chain Necklace

Today’s craft project is brought to you by a whole lot of chains.  Well, not a WHOLE lot, just 3.  For this project, I stopped by the jewelry department at the craft store and picked up three legnths of chain, each different.  I brought them home and cut them to different legnths.  Once that was…

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Craft Month 2011 – Day 29 – Bleached Tee

Today’s project is a bleached tee.  I’m quite happy with how it turned out.  Enough so, that I’m probably going to try another one once I come up with a design I really like. I used a Cricut to cut out my Fleur, and stuck it to the shirt with some craft adhesive.  The only…

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Craft Month 2011 – Day 28 – T-Shirt Scarf

In honor of the return of cold weather… AND SNOW… (yes really snow – full disclosure – I’m doing this post a couple days ahead of time, and hopefully by the time this actually goes live, there will be no snow) I bring you a use for all of your old tees that you just…

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Craft Month 2011 – Day 27 – Simple Button Rings

Today’s craft project is nice and simple.  The hardest part of this project for me was the waiting….   You will need: 1 ring blank 1 button (with smooth back) Jewelry glue of your choice (E6000, etc.) Instructions: Take your button and verify that it has a flat/smooth back.  If it is a shank style…

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Craft Month 2011 – Day 26 – Make Your Own Coasters

Today, I’m going to tell you how to make your own coasters.  To start my project, I went to our local building supply store and purchased some tiles.  I bought 4 of them for 68 cents.  That’s right, 68 cents.  I brought them home and got together the rest of the items for my project:…

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Craft Month 2011 – Day 25 – String Light Fixture

Today’s project was something that I have been wanting to try all month.  This string light fixture took me a couple days to actually complete, with drying time, but it was well worth it. I used a tutorial from Pickles. Like most of the tutorials I found online, it used a basic cotton yarn, but…

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