Spring Wreath

Now I know its almost Summer now, but I did this project about a month ago so it was more appropriate at the time. And it still looks cute for summer :)

 I'm sure there are tons of tutorials on these flowers but I posted how I did mine for this one. This is the first time I've done this sort of flower. I really like how they turned out.

Read more to see how I made the flowers and attached it all....

Last Minute Headwrap

Wow! Where have I been?? 

Ive been finishing up one of the hardest semesters since I started school. I had to make a portfolio of all of my work which took me about 160 hours just to assemble the books. And of course I procrastinated and did all 160 hours back to back. It was about 10 days of NOTHING but portfolio. 

But I'm done!! and I was accepted into my program! Yay! There were 35 people who submitted and 22 made it in. So I'm pretty proud of myself :D  Then we did a gallery showing of our stuff. Lots of Crazy-busy-ness. (Yea that's a word.)

But now I'm BACK! And I have lots of fun projects building up to show you. So lets get started, yea?

First up: Super easy Head wrap....That doubles as a belt!

I have this lovely little sundress that I love but I have no jewelery or anything to go with it. So while I was waiting for my roommate to finish getting ready for our outing, I made a headwrap. Headbands give me a huge headache almost instantly. Thats why I like head wraps because I can make them tighter or looser.

"Read more" to see the easy tutorial..

What I Wore Wednesday: My First Time

I would like to take this opportunity to brag about my outfit today:

Sweater from old navy: $8 brand new at a thrift store
Roxy Dress: $4 at a thrift store
Sandals(not shown. oops): $7 on sale at New York and Company

Not bad eh?
Lets see if I can get even cheaper next week. Er.. I mean, More Thrifty :)

Personalize your coffee

I used an extra piece of the chalkbord vinyl that I had to cover an insulated cup that I have. Now I can write whatever I want on it.

"Don't talk till me until this is finished"

"MMmmm.. Caffine"

"Ali's Life Saver"

"The highlight of my Day"

I'm sure you get the picture :)

iPod Sleeve from Sample scraps

My friend works for design firm and they were tossing out sample books of leather and fabric. She of course let me dig through it before it was tossed out. I got so many great little scraps. Perfect for little accents to my projects. 

While digging through the scraps I found two "leather" scraps I loved. So I decided to make myself an iPod case. 

I took one little strip and folded it in half. I stitched it up the sides to form a pocket. Then I took a small strip of a different color and hot glued it to the back and put velcro on the other side. I could have sewed it..... but I'm lazy. :)