Spring Bloom Hair Clip

I love quick, cute, easy crafts.  These Spring Bloom hair clips took five minutes to make. Five minutes for all ten!  And that's only because the glue needed to dry before I could close the clip. All you need to make these are cute flowers (use the size of you choice), hair clips and hot glue.

These paper flowers were only a dollar a pack at my local craft store, and the clips were two dollars at CVS.  

I MADE ten hair clips in five minutes.  I know some little girls that would look super cute wearing these!  

Big girls can wear them too.

I only use ten flowers. I still have 26 to use for other crafts. So if I were to do the math, that's less than 25 cents each.

Make some they're fun.

Candylipz

So I don't usually do beauty posts, but this product really surprised me.  It's called candylipz, and it's supposed to give you that bee stung, pouty lip.  I've always had a pencil thin top lip.  It bothered me a lot when I was younger, but as I have matured, I've come to appreciate it more.  However when I saw this product on tv, I decided to give it a try; just for kicks. Before I purchased Candylipz, I went on YouTube and the Candylipz site to read all the reviews and watch the videos.  Here is a link to the site  http://candylipz.com

Here are the results after 2 minutes.

No make-up.....

I used the candylipz Model A, it's the double lobed bottom lip version, mainly because I wanted the cute case.

It comes with all sorts of goodies.  The packaging is incredible; great marketing!

It definitely worked, and I didn't get any bruising, but I wanted to keep going which is NOT recommended in the beginning, but what can I say, I'm a rebel.  

Again, no make-up, but I did have to put lip gloss on because my lips felt dry. This was after a total of 4 minutes including the previous 2. You can see a little bruising above the top lip now, but who cares....my lips are HUGE!  The results last a couple of hours, but it's now the morning after, and my lips are still a little bigger than normal. You can condition you lips, and the more you use the product the longer your lips will stay pouty.  This was loads of fun, and heck yeah I'm gonna keep using it!  I would definitely reccommend it :)

Kick Your Feet Up and Have a Cup of Coffee

Our coffee maker broke recently, and we decided to get a Keurig.  The box it was shipped in is pretty sturdy. It's a box inside a box really.  So that got me to thinking.  We can always use another footstool.  I decided to use some rope that had been sitting around the garage since April to wrap around the box. Rope footstools are durable and match any decor.

I just used the box, some rope (Blue Hawk, 122lb) and a hot glue gun.

The hot glue worked like a charm.  The extra rope from the garage was used up pretty quickly.  I had to run to Lowes and purchase three more packs of rope.  

It took nearly 100 glue sticks, 250 feet of rope, three hours, and I can't forget, 1 pink glue gun.  I am so proud of my little $5 glue gun.  She was a real trooper.  

It was a bit tricky at times, and the rope lines are a little wavy, but all in all, I'm pleased with the result.

It's strong enough for me to sit on but too itchy to sit for long. The rope on top is level, except for the very center where I had to squish the rope tightly for full coverage. It's just a little more raised.  It will easily hold a glass.  

If you can find one for $30 or less, buy it!  This one required about $40 of rope.  I could have just covered it in fabric.  That would have cost a lot less.  But fabric shows dirt and wear quicker than rope.  This little treasure will last.

Reversible Wrap Skirt

I decided to make a reversible wrap skirt using continous fabric instead of the three panel version from the pattern in the previous post.  I have had this really cute yellow, gray and black fabric for many years and this project was a perfect opportunity to use it.

I used my previously made skirt as a pattern.  I added 5/8 seams allowance to each side but not to the hem.  I wanted this skirt to be a little shorter.

First I used a black band to make the tie.  I just didn't like it. So, I ripped it all out and made a gray tie instead.

I like the gray much better.

The floral side is my favorite, but the dots side is cute too.

One Hour Wrap Skirt (Yeah, Right!)

Wrap skirts are super easy to make, but don't be fooled by the 1 hour promise on the front of the pattern.  The one hour usually refers to the actual sewing time. It doesn't include cutting or tracing the pattern, cutting the fabric, all the pinning and repinning and let's not forget the ironing.  If you decided to make modifications, which I almost always do, add a little time for that too.

It may take longer than an hour, but it's totally worth it.  It is so cute and comfy!  I'll be making more.  I'll also be making more adjustments.  

Some people can just whip fabric into anything they imagine or desire.  I don't possess that gift and always rely on a pattern regardless of how easy the project is.  

Maybe one day I will trust myself enough to go all free style on some groovy fabric.

I'll just keep sewing until that time comes.  New school year wardrobe here I come :)