Quick and Easy Bracelet Refashion Tutorial

This tutorial is SO easy, it's ridiculous! I had this bracelet but it was super boring, so I added some of my own flair.

All you need for this is some embroidery floss, a hot glue gun, a bracelet (obviously) and a little bit of clear nail polish.

I chose 2 colors of embroidery floss. Starting with your first color, pick a good starting point and hot glue down one end. Wrap the floss around the bracelet, gluing as you go. I glued after every 1/4 inch to be sure the floss would stay in place.

When you've finished with your first color, add your second color the same way you started your first. I glued my second color over the top of the first color's beginning edge and wrapped the opposite direction.  When you finish with your second color, take your trusty blow dryer and give it a good blast on high heat to melt off any extra glue and all the glue strings.

When your bracelet has cooled completely, take your clear nail polish and paint on a nice, even coat to seal the strings to the bracelet. Make sure you let it dry completely before you wear it around otherwise you might end up stuck to your bracelet.

I hope you enjoy this tutorial and I would love to see your finished projects! :)

Easy and Yummy Crock Pot Chicken

 Are you looking for an easy dinner? What's easier than throwing 4 ingredients into a crock pot?

For this you'll need:

• A crock pot (obviously)
• Chicken breast (thawed)
• BBQ sauce
• Pineapple chunks
• About 1 cup of water

 Step 1 - Place your thawed chicken in the crock pot. I only defrosted 2 pieces of chicken since I'm only cooking for my husband, son and self. Use as many pieces of chicken as you need.

 Step 2 - Mostly cover the chicken with barbecue sauce. What's nice about this recipe is that you don't have to use a ton of sauce. I probably used less than 1/4 cup for my 2 pieces of chicken.

 Step 3 - Add your pineapple and the juice in the can along with a cup of water. I used about 1/4 of the can for the 2 pieces I cooked.

Step 4 - Cover and cook on high for 4 hours and then low for another 2-3 hours or until your chicken is completely cooked.

I hope your family enjoys this recipe! Mine sure did :)

A Quick Way to Cover Unwanted Logos

So I have this hat that I absolutely love but I have never actually worn it. Mostly because of the logo but also because it was kinda manly looking.

 I wanted to make it look a little more feminine and cover up that logo at the same time, so this is what I came up with.

 I found the pattern for these flowers here:http://attic24.typepad.com/weblog/may-roses.html What I really like about these flowers is that they work up quickly and you can adjust the pattern to make as big or as small of flowers as you want. I made 1 large flower and 1 small flower, both with leaves.

 I knew trying to sew these flowers on would be a pain and would take forever, so I heated up my trusty hot glue gun and gave each flower a good layer of glue, making sure all the edges were glued down and the leaf was glued down as well. When I finished gluing everything down, I took a hairdryer and hit it with a quick blast of hot air to get rid of all the glue strings.

 I can see myself wearing this a lot more now that I'm not a walking advertisement :) I hope you find this tutorial useful and I would love to see what you come up with!

Crochet Bracelet Refashion Tutorial

I've had this bracelet for a while but never wear it because 1) it's broken and falls off and 2) it's kinda plain. This refashion will show you how to give your old bracelets some new life.

This is all you need. Your bracelet, yarn and a small crochet hook. I used a G (4.25) for this and it didn't make the bracelet too chunky. I had to hot glue my bracelet back together before I started this refashion. Since I was going to be crocheting around the beads, I gave myself some extra space when I glued the bracelet.

Start with your slipknot and then slip stitch onto the wire of the bracelet. CH 3 and SC on the opposite side of the bead.






CH 3 and continue to hop over the beads like the picture to the left. When you get to the end, SL ST into the base of the original CH 3. Do not fasten off.

Flip all of the stitches you just did into the inside of the bracelet and CH 3. SC into the opposite side of the bead. Continue hopping the beads like you did in the earlier steps.

When you're all finished hopping beads, SL ST into the base of your original CH 3 for this side. This time you can fasten off and weave in your ends. I hot glued my ends down to give them a little more security.

I'm pretty happy with how this refashion came out and I'm finding that the bracelet is a lot more comfortable to wear as well because the yarn cushions my arm from the kinda scratchy beads. I hope you are able to refashion some of your bracelets and I'd love to see your finished projects!

Quick T-Shirt Refashion Into a Headband

This tutorial was fun and super quick. I've had a couple of shirts that I got as gifts a few years ago and have never worn them, so instead of throwing them away, I'm refashioning them.











For this one, you need 2 strips that are 24" long and 2.5" wide. I folded my fabric in half so I only had to cut 12" strips. It made it a little bit easier to cut since I've got a small table.

Using a rounded object (I used a gigantic button) make each end of your fabric equally rounded

Pin your fabric together with the wrong sides together and sew, leaving a 1" space right in the middle of your headband. Use this space to flip your fabric right side out. Iron it so that your headband is an even width.

Since the gap in your seam lands right at the nape of your neck, you can zigzag over the hole to stitch it closed. If you don't want your stitch to show, feel free to hand stitch it closed.
















What I really like about this headband is that you can wear it with pretty much anything.