Do It Yourself

Yesterday I had a sudden urge to actually try a project idea that I had seen online. For those of you who are familiar with the website "Pinterest", you understand what I mean when I say that I have tons of do it yourself ideas that are pinned to a board that I started months ago. For those of you who are unfamiliar with this website, it is basically an online pinboard where people can post ideas and pictures of things they've seen or done in order to inspire your creativity. Each person has the ability to create pinboards where you just tag things you like so you can view them over and over again. (I will admit now that it took me an embarrassingly long time to figure out what "DIY" meant. Everything on this website was labeled "DIY!" and I had no clue what that was. For those of you who are related to me, it means "Do It Yourself"). I've never actually done any of these crafty things but they are there just in case. Well, I decided to actually try one of them. And it was successful! And I had a ton of fun doing it! The first thing I made was a fabric flower. It doesn't require any sewing, just hot glue and scraps of mama's old fabrics that are laying around in closets in the attic. I followed a basic tutorial online and this was the result:

I made 5 little roses that I was quite proud of but really had nothing to do with. I don't have headbands to attach them to or purses or jewelry because I'm not crafty enough to make any of those things.

That brings me to part two of my DIY days. Yesterday was the roses. Today was scarves! I had seen online, again through Pinterest, that you could make scarves by cutting up old t-shirts so I thought I'd give that a shot. Again, no sewing involved which was the reason this project was chosen. I accidentally shrunk a maternity shirt the night before so I had a t-shirt to use! I also used an old tank top and some fabric that was again donated by mom's sewing closet. :) I followed the tutorial online again and here are the end results! (Adding the flowers that I didn't have anything to do with yesterday):

Completing those 3 scarves made me inspired to try another kind. So I went to the store, bought some lace, and tried another tutorial for a scarf. It turned out pretty well. This one did require some hand sewing, which I am capable of doing to a certain extent. All I had to do was sew down each side of the lace in order to make it gather as little or as much as I desired. It was more time consuming that anything and even though I didn't get it all to match exactly, I am pleased with my first attempt result! Here it is!:

I hope that you are all as impressed with me as I am with myself. Please excuse the non-matching attire in these photos as well as the pregnant belly and the location. :) Maybe I'll be inspired to try something else tomorrow...