This month's Etsy Fort Worth upcycle this challenge is to create something out of a plastic bottle.     My basic supplies were an 2-liter 7-up bottle, krazy glue, scissors, and scrap yarn.    I used a knife to cut the top and bottom off the 2-liter bottle. Then with just the flat middle part left I used my scissors to cut five long strips, each of them approximately 1" … [Read more...]

I love monograms. And I've been wanting to make one these button monograms for awhile. I'm glad I finally got one finished!My supplies. A canvas (I got a flat one), red buttons, chevron fabric, my hot glue gun, and my monogram stencil.I wrapped my fabric around the canvas and hot glued it to the back.For the stencil I printed out the letter in Times New Roman 500pt font. Then I cut out the inside … [Read more...]

This months Etsy Fort Worth upcycle challenge is clothespins. Part of the fun of these challenges, for me, is just trying to use what I have already on hand. I only had 5 clothepins in the house so that meant that I was a little limited in what I could make. I also think clothespins are really useful and I didn't want to make something where I had to take them apart or make them not work … [Read more...]

I've been eyeing some of these tutorials for yarn wrapped ear buds for awhile. I like being able to drop a pair in my purse to use when I'm walking around campus, but they always end up tangled. The tutorials I've seen for these yarn wrapped ear buds all say they help with the tangling problem, so the project has been sitting in my to-do pile. With school starting in just a couple of weeks it was … [Read more...]