Another Summer T-Shirt Vest

Ok, So if you could not tell, I love bows and apparently vests. So here is another super simple and cute T-Shirt Vest!

Materials:

* T-Shirt

* Extra fabric from another T-Shirt 

* Needle and thread or sewing machine

* Clothes snap

* Velcro (optional)

* Scissors

Directions:

1. Lay out your t-shirt on your work space.

2. Cut the sleeves off.

3. Lay out your extra fabric and cut out a sleeve using the sleeve you just cut off as your template.

4. Sew on your new cut out sleeve onto the shoulder part of your shirt.

5. Lay out the t-shirt once again.

6. Cut down the middle of the shirt to create a vest.

7. Using your old sleeves you will create a bow. 

8. Fold your sleeve in half and cut off the end of the fabric like shown above in box 2.2.

9. Sew together the two sleeves down the middle.

10. Gather the middle part of the fabric to create a bow.

11. Using your other fabric cut a strip and wrap it around the middle of the bow. 

12. Sew it together.

13. Sew on your snaps on the top collar part of your vest.

14. Sew on the bow on the top layer of your vest right in the middle where you sewed on your snaps.

(I had to use Velcro on the tops of my bows so that they would stay the way I liked it without sagging. This step is up to you.)

15. Viola! Yet another cute and simple summer vest!

DIY Bow T-Shirt Vest

Summer is soon approaching so I thought it was time to revamp my winter wardrobe into summer. I love vests because I can pair it with anything jeans, skirts, dresses, you name it. Here is a simple T-Shirt vest that is cute and super easy to make!

Materials:

* Long Sleeve T-Shirt

* Needle and Thread

* Scissors

* Strips of Fabric for Embellishing (optional)

Directions:

1. Lay out your long sleeve shirt on your working space.

2. Cut the sleeves off.

3. Cut the end of the sleeve seam off.

4. Cut the sleeve in half.

5. Gather the sleeve together starting from the bottom middle part of the sleeve.

6. Pinch together in the middle.

7. Wrap the sleeve seam that you cut off in step 3 in the middle part of your bow.

8. Sew the bow onto the shoulder part of the shirt.

(These next steps are optional, if you do not wish to make a vest then skip the rest of these steps.)

9. Cut the front part of the shirt in half in the middle.

10. To add a little something extra to your vest, braid three strips of fabric. Make sure it is long enough to add to the  middle seams of the vest.

11. Sew the braided strip down the middle of your vest.

12. Ta-Da! A cute and super simple summer vest!

DIY Necklace Holder

Materials:

* Tree Branch

* Rope, Twine, Ribbon, or String

* Tacks, Screws, or Nails

* Hot Glue Gun or Super Glue

* Necklaces

Directions:

1. Find a tree branch from outside and trim it down to the way you like it. 

2. Glue your rope on the ends of the branch.

3. I wrapped the rope around the ends a few times to give it a little more sturdiness and to give it character. 

4.To give it some more notches to put more necklaces on, I added a few tacks to the branch to hold all of my necklaces. 

5. Hang up and enjoy!

With this project you can really do anything with it. Keep it simple or make it colorful by painting the wood and adding embellishments. Have fun with it and be creative. The best part about this project is that it is super cheap and cute. 

Have fun Crafting!

DIY Bow Clip

Materials:

* Fabric (7' x 9' and a strip of fabric for the middle)

* Hair Clip

* Scissors

* Glue

Directions: 

1. Take the 7' x 9' piece of fabric and glue the ends of the fabric, starting with the shorter ends.

2. Continue gluing until all four sides are glued.

3. Take the bottom of you rectangle and fold it into thirds. The second folded end should overlap the first one.

4. Glue the sides of your rectangle together so that it will not gap when you scrunch the bow.

5. Take your strip of fabric and fold it into thirds and glue it down.

6. Scrunch your rectangle fabric in the middle to form a bow.

7. Starting from the front, glue the strip of fabric to the middle of the bow. 

8. Before you glue the two ends together, glue the top of your hair clip on the first end. Wrap the strip in between the clip and glue and cut to finish your bow.

TA-DA! A cute and stylish bow! So easy to make, you can make them for you and a friend. 

DIY Felt & Tulle Headband

Materials:

*Felt
*Tulle
*Elastic
*Scissors
*Glue
*Stencil (It does not need to be exact just a basic flower outline)

Directions:

1. Trace and cut three flower designs on a piece of felt.
2. Cut a spiral in the middle of the flower starting from one corner of a petal into the middle.
3. Glue the outside/ beginning piece of your spiral.
4. Continue to glue and roll until it becomes a flower.
5. This step is optional. I wanted to add some color to mine, so I used a permanent marker and outlined the edges with purple.
6. Cut 4 pieces of tulle. I used a post it note for my template. (You will use 2 pieces for one flower.)
7. Put the 2 pieces of tulle together and from the middle pinch it together. I glued the bottom pinched part together so it would stay together.
8. Cut enough elastic to use for your head. Cut an additional small piece to wrap around the ends to glue together.
9. Cut out 3 felt circles.
10. Glue the flowers onto the top of the elastic, side by side.
11. Glue the felt circle pieces to the bottom of the elastic and flower.
12. Stretch the elastic until you see gaps in between the flowers. That is where you glue in the tulle flowers.

And then Voila! A beautiful handmade headband!

DIY Wine Bottle Home Decor

DIY home decor. Turn a wine bottle into a eye catching center piece.   

DIY Jar Candle Holder

Have an empty jar laying around? Why not spruce it up with paper or twine to make a cute candle holder? Perfect for your home or as gifts.