DIY Distressed Denim Shorts

DIY Collage Table

DIY Cut Out Shirt

I saw this DIY on http://be-bold-be-beautiful.blogspot.com/ and I thought that it would be a fun thing to do! I have this old button up shirt (as seen below) that I never wear and I thought that I would try this DIY out!

DIY Denim Vest ✄

I haven't done a DIY in a while so I thought I'd make this small little DIY post! So I have this denim jacket that I LOVE but the sleeves are super tight and I've been wanting to make it into a vest for a long time, so here we go! 

P.S ~ sorry for the not very good quality photos above ⇧ It's hard taking photos of myself, by myself!

DIY: String Heart

So Mother's Day has already passed, but this is what I made for my mother and she loved it so I decided that I should share it with you guys! Usually I am horrible at getting/making gifts on time but I decided I would be efficient this year! I looked up DIY Mother's Day gifts and I found this string heart "do it yourself" on http://greenweddingshoes.com/ so I did not come up with this wonderful idea, sadly. But it was very fun to make and didn't take too much time. 

Materials:

- piece of wood

- string – I used the pink neon thin rope you can find at Home Depot, but you could use any yarn or string

- box of nails (you want a nail with a decent head so the string won't pop off)

- hammer

- paper to draw the heart on

- ruler

Step 1: Lay your paper of the piece of wood and tape it down. Draw your heart, and what I did next was make a dot every half-inch around the entire outline of the heart with a ruler. I guess it would depend how large or small your piece of wood is to determine the spacing of the nails. 

Step 2: Take your hammer and nail on the dots that you made around the entire outline of the heart. 

Step 3: Once you're done remove the paper and examine your work!

4) Next, take your string and tie a knot on one of the nails really tight so that it doesn't slip off. Then just keep stringing the string on different nails until every individual nail has been wrapped around or when you are satisfied with how it looks. 

5) [Optional] You can outline the heart to make the shape "pop" a little more. Either wrap it around each nail to create the outline or you can just loop it around the entire thing. 

6) When you are all done tie a knot (or few) on one of the nails and viola! 

Since this project was so fun to make and a great present for Mother's Day, I decided to make a few more for my Grandma, Grammie and my step mom but they are a lot smaller than the one I made for my mom, but the procedure is the same.

DIY: Twine Vases

I absolutely love flowers, but I never had anything pretty to put them in! So I decided to create some of my own. This can take some time but I think it's worth it in the end, and it can also be a great gift for Mother's Day, a birthday gift for your mom, or just to have around your house! I did two different types of twine vases using two different techniques and different twine. You can choose which one you like best :)

Materials:

Twine Technique #1 ~ Wrapping

Step 1: Tape the end of your twine to the bottom edge of the bottle and hot glue the strand to the right of it.

Step 2: Take the tape off and glue that small piece down and the rest your twine around the bottom edge of the bottle.

Step 3: Wrap the twine around the bottle, using your hand to push the twine down so that it is tight and won't become loose. 

**If your piece of twine runs out, hot glue the end down and grab another strand. Hot glue the new strand down next to where the other one ended. You can barely notice!**

Step 4: When you get to the top, hot glue the end peice just like you did for the bottom. 

What the wrapping technique looks like when finished:

Twine Technique #2 ~ Hot Gluing

Step 1: Repeat "Step 1" in first technique.

Step 2: Instead of only hot gluing the bottom and top, hot glue all the way around the bottle, wrapping the twine on top of the hot glue as you go. 

This is what the "hot gluing" technique looked like when finished:

Comparison between the two ~ Which type do you guys like better?

DIY: Sharpie Mug

So for my Grandma's birthday I decided to customize a plain white mug for her tea/ coffee. It's really simple, cute, and doesn't take too long! 

Materials:

- Plain white mug (I got mine from Target)
- A pencil
- A sharpie
- An oven that is available

Step 1: Draw whatever you want on your mug in pencil first so you have an outline. **Careful! The pencil rubs off quite easily**

Step 2: Trace over your design with sharpie (the sharpie acts like a dry-erase marker so it can rub off, so watch out!)

Step 3 (Optional): Since I drew letters I wanted to give it a little something extra so I sharpied in the 3D effect.

Step 4: To make the mug a little more decorative, creative, and unique I drew some little patterns on the handle and towards the bottom of the mug. I also drew on the inside of the mug 2013 so that my Grandma would remember when I gave her this gift! I also wrote my name on the bottom of the mug.

Step 5: Last but not least put it in the oven for 30 minutes at 350 degrees. When the times up you can take out your mug and the sharpie will be baked onto the cup!

P.S ~ It would probably be best to hand wash the mug instead of put it through the dishwasher :)