Happy Halloween!!!

As pretty much everyone knows, yesterday was Halloween. I was super excited for it, and I wanted to share my costume with y'all. I was Frosty the Snowman. I made the costume pretty much all by myself. I bought the top hat and hot glued a poinsettia to it and hot glued felt buttons to a white t-shirt. I was not going to pay $20 for a tutu, so I decided to try to make one. I thought it was going to be super difficult, but it actually wasn't at all; I did it all yesterday. Only a few people commented about knowing what I was, but that is better than being a generic, not so appropriate costume that most other girls were. 

Here is the tutorial I used to make the tutu: http://heartbreakkids.squarespace.com/blog/2010/10/3/how-to-make-a-tutu.html

What were y'all for Halloween?

Halloween Decorations

I hate living in a dorm because you can't really decorate for holidays like you would if you lived in your house, but that didn't stop me from doing a little decorating. I am a little too excited for Christmas, so its a miracle that I didn't just skip over Halloween completely.

I put some pumpkin lights up around our closet.

Last year I bought this orange, glittery beware sign for a dollar from Target, and it fits perfectly on my dresser this year!

On top of the printer I put a glittery purple pumpkin and a sequined black one, both from Hobby Lobby, next to a dish shaped like candy corn, full of candy corn! Yummy!!

I bought my roommate and I two of these little buckets from Hobby Lobby, hers is green though. I have some command hooks in mine, but nothing else.

And finally, on our door I put a Halloween wreath that I made. I am obsessed with the bow that I got to put on it!!

DIY Fall Wreath

My roommate and I have the most boring door ever, so we decided to make a wreath to decorate it. It is a tiny wreath because we have a tiny door, and we hung it on a Command hook. It took us about 20 minutes to make and cost less than $15 in supplies.

Step 1:

You are going to start by wrapping ribbon all the way around the foam circle. 

Step 2:

Next, you should hot glue the end of the ribbon to the foam circle, but make sure not to put hot glue directly on Styrofoam because it will melt!

Step 3: 

Take your decorations and stick them through the ribbon and the foam. If they don't have the stem then you can hot glue them to the circle.

Step 4:

If you used the same type of embellishments that I did, you will want to cut off or bend back the wire that is sticking out the back of the wreath. We struggled to cut them so we just bend them back. 

We used two pumpkins and a variety of fruits and plants on the bottom of our wreath. I love the way they look!

Step 5:

Next, you ned to put the ribbon on that you will use to hang the wreath. I wrapped the ribbon around and tied it in a bow.

Step 6:

Hot glue the hanging ribbon directly where you want the top of the wreath to be. 

Step 7:

Put a drop of hot glue where you would like to place your bow.

Step 8:

Finally, press your bow onto the hot glue until it is dry and adhered to the wreath.

And ta da the wreath is done! I love it, and I love fall. I know it might be a little early to have fall decorations up, but who cares!

Link Parties:

Funky Junk Interiors

Craft Envy

Be Different Act Normal

I Heart Naptime

Mop it Up Mondays

Market Yourself Monday

DIY Project Parade

Craft-O-Maniac

Dixie n Dottie

A Bowl Full Of Lemons

Delightful Order

DIY Frat Collection T-Shirts

I love the look of The Frat Collection t-shirts, but the price is not to my likings. I understand that they give some of the proceeds to charity, but still its just a t-shirt. I had some friends over a while back and we decided to make these. My friend Laura had already made one so she was the mastermind behind them. Thanks, Laura! I've seen a few posts about how people have done these, but they used fusible backing to just put a piece of fabric on an already existing pocket. This method just looked sloppy and unfinished, so I prefer my way of doing it.

Materials:

Plain solid color t-shirt

Scrap fabric or fabric quarter

Thread

Straight pins

Shears

Ruler

Sewing machine

Iron

Step 1:

Cut out a 6" by 7" rectangle of fabric (adjust size based on how big you want your pocket)

Step 2:

Fold one of the shorter ends of the rectangle down about an inch and press it (this will be the top of the pocket)

Step 3:

Fold both of the longer sides in a half an inch and press

Step 4:

Sew a straight stitch at the top of the pocket

I sewed about a quarter of an inch away from the fold to make the pocket look like a pocket

Step 5:

Fold and press the bottom corners of the fabric up to create the point. You may have to cut some of the fabric off of the bottom to get it to look right. Also, I would recommend using another pocket shirt as a guide for how to point should look.

Step 6:

Next, try on the shirt and pin the pocket where you would like it to go. Then pin all around the edge of the pocket.

Step 7:

Using a straight stitch, sew all around the pocket. Make sure you don't sew over the top of the pocket, so that it remains a functional pocket. 

I decided to make another one and monogram it. I think this one looks much better than the first. I guess I learned from my mistakes. 

Link Ups:
http://chiconashoestringdecorating.blogspot.com/2012/08/flaunt-it-friday-113.html
http://shabbynest.blogspot.com/2012/08/frugal-friday.html
http://what-about.co/show-friday-15-august-3-2012/
My Repurposed Life
Whipperberry
http://www.mysimplehomelife.com/2012/08/features-simply-creations-link-party-68.html
http://www.504main.com/2012/08/tickled-pink-no-109.html
http://joyfulstamper.blogspot.com/2012/08/inspire-me-fridays-70-anything-goes.html
http://tatertotsandjello.com/2012/08/weekend-wrap-up-party-and-borsa-bella-design-co-giveaway.html#more-38180
http://howsweetthesound.typepad.com/my_weblog/2012/08/pink-saturday-august-4-2012.html
http://www.funkyjunkinteriors.net/2012/08/sns-146-diy-link-party.html
http://www.bedifferentactnormal.com/2012/08/show-and-tell-saturday-080412.html
http://www.iamonly1woman.blogspot.com/2012/08/check-me-out-saturday.html
http://snips-and-spice.blogspot.com/2012/08/sunday-slice-its-party-6.html
http://www.iheartnaptime.net/sundae-scoop-link-party-37/
http://www.raisingmemories.com/2012/08/2012-summer-sharing-time-giveaways.html
http://itssoverycheri.com/2012/08/05/its-party-time-8-5-2012/
http://diyshowoff.com/category/other/diy-project-parade/
http://www.serendipityandspice.com/2012/08/manic-monday-linky-party-29.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+SerendipityAndSpice+%28Serendipity+and+Spice%29
http://www.craft-o-maniac.com/2012/08/craftomaniac-monday.html
http://www.ishouldbemoppingthefloor.com/2012/08/mop-it-up-mondays-28.html
http://www.sumossweetstuff.com/2012/08/market-yourself-monday.html
http://www.sewcando.com/2012/08/crafttastic-monday-link-party.html
http://www.marvelouslymessy.com/2012/08/a-marvelous-mess-74-and-features.html

DIY Chevron Print Bow Wall Art

While on Pinterest I came across a picture of a really cute canvas wall art. I clicked on it and it brought me to an Etsy shop. Frustrated, I decided to try to make something similar myself and this is what I came up with. Click here for my inspiration.

Part 1: Make Your Bow

Materials:

Fabric (Scraps or Fat Quarters will work great)

Thick ribbon

Fabric Shears

Rotary Cutter and Mat (Optional)

Ruler

Thread

Sewing Machine

Step 1:

Fold the fabric in half, measure and draw an 8 inch by 10 inch rectangle, and cut out the rectangle. You will now have two identical sized rectangles.

Step 2:

Using your sewing machine, straight stitch all the way around the rectangle pieces. Make sure they are right sides together. I used a quarter of an inch seam allowance.

Step 3:

Find and mark the very center of the fabric.

Step 4:

Cut one piece of the fabric at the mark you made in step 3. Make the cut about an inch deep, bigger if you are making a bigger bow. You need to make sure that you do not cut all the way through both sides of the fabric.

Step 5:

Pull the fabric right side out through the slit that you just made.

Step 6:

Pinch the fabric in the middle to make it look like a bow.

Step 7:

Wrap the ribbon around the pinched part of the fabric and keep it held tight.

Step 8:

Sew a straight stitch on the ribbon to keep it holding the bow together.

Step 9:

Cut off the extra piece of ribbon from the bow.

Now your bow is finished!

Part 2: Make the Canvas

Materials:

Blank canvas

Paint

Painters tape

Paint Brush

The bow you made in part one

Hot glue gun and glue sticks

Step 1:

Tape off the chevron print on your canvas

Step 2:

Paint around the chevron print

Step 3:

Tear off the tape to reveal your print.

Step 4:

Hot glue the bow to the canvas.

This is going to look super cute in my dorm room!

Link Ups:

http://www.thegirlcreative.com/2012/08/i-heart-chevronparty.html