T-shirt Scarf

Hi everyone,

I thought I'd show you one of my latest refashioning endeavors today. ^^ Do you remember the t-shirt necklaces that I made awhile back? Well, I decided to take the necklace idea a step further and make some t-shirt scarves. I've been seeing them all over lately...on blogs, in online stores, and even while shopping...and I thought, why spend $20 dollars for a scarf that I could make practically free, and give my own style? I also knew that my mom really loves those scarves, so I thought it would make an ideal birthday present for her. ^^ I even had the perfect shirt -- an old, worn-out tee that had bleach stains on it. So I took my scissors and cut off the hem, then cut strips of varying sizes. I stretched them out...braided some, knotted others, added beaded charms and finally sewed it all together, and ended up with this:



Pretty cute, huh? I liked it so much once I finished it, I didn't really want to give it up!





And here's a photo of me modeling it, so you can see how it looks on (I forgot to take off my necklace before shooting this, but it doesn't look half bad layered, IMO):



Well, what do you think? ^^ Have you tried your hand at making anything like this? If you have -- I'd love to see it!

Have a lovely day!

~Vicki

100th Post! & a Peek at My Latest Project

Hi everyone,

I've been working on a lot lately...jewelry-making, sewing, a bit of drawing, some writing....like I said -- LOTS. Now that I've finished the GED (whoot!) I have lots of free time, so I'm trying to fill it with activities that keep me busy and out of trouble...as they say, "The idle mind is the devil's workshop." Anyway, my biggest project right now is a mini-album, which I want to finish by the time my family goes down to California (celebrating my graduation and 18th birthday, and my mom's 40th birthday). The idea was a combination of wanting to collect the autographs of Disney characters while not just having them on blank pages, and having a mini scrapbook of our vacation. I got the idea of making my own mini album from one of my favorite blogs, Punk Projects, and then got to work making my own mini album.

The cover is the most important part of making a book seem interesting...you shouldn't judge by them, but so many people do, and having a rotten cover exudes the message that it's a rotten book (in my opinion...I'm crazy for pretty covers, though I've learned that many books with pretty covers have not-so-pretty insides, and vice-versa). I wanted to make my cover something really special. SO I pulled out my hot glue gun and a mix of fun items -- sequins, papers, lace, buttons, etc, -- and got to work. I needlepointed a retro-style "D" for Disneyland and stuck that to the cover, along with my perler bead Donald. Finally, I ended up with this:









Fun, huh?

Now, here's a glimpse of what's going on inside...I wanted to make the pages decorative and fancy, but then also simple enough so that things could be added to them and they wouldn't look too busy.







What do you think? I really love how it's all coming together...(: I can't wait to start filling it with mementos from our vacation!

On a non-crafting side-note -- this is my 100th post! I'm really happy that I've made it this far in my blogging adventure, and thrilled that I've made some great friends doing it. ^^

Have a lovely day!

~Vicki

Vacation Photos

Hi everyone,

Well, that science test breezed by and I finished early, which is supposed to be a good sign, though it can be bad -- it either means that you know the answers or that you don't know anything and are just rushing through it. Since I reviewed my answers carefully, I feel pretty good about it. Next comes the test I'm dreading the most -- math. I've been brushing up on my skills, though, so it should be fine.(:

Anyway, I thought I'd share a collage of photos I took from my last vacation. It was gray and drizzly, but we still managed to have a great time, and I always love riding the ferry! There was a man feeding Cheetos to the seagulls, who would actually come and grab them out of his hands! I had never seen them so close and never realized how BIG they are...at least 4 times the size of our ring-necked dove.

The other pictures are from a hike that we took (it started to rain about halfway along the trail, so we had to walk all the way back in the drizzle...of course, we had no umbrellas or hoods!).



I hope you enjoyed this little glimpse of my trip!(:

Have a lovely day!

~Vicki