10 + DIY projects with buttons!

Because of the big button bag gifted to me through the Make & Create give away, I decided to compile a list of some fun DIY projects with buttons. I've made sure all of them include tutorials or instructions of some sort, because i find it so annoying when you see this interesting project, but have no idea how to go about it. I think the monogram and the magnets are probably my favourites.

Button Book Marks from iheartnaptime.net

Button Magnets from Big Box Detox

Button Necklace, from Yellow and Backbird

 Or another kind of Button Necklace, from Adventures of a DIY mom

Button Monogram from the Stonybrook House

Button Earings from Artsy-fartsy Mama

Button Tree Ornaments from Beneath the Rowan Tree

 Button Flowers from Craft and Creativity

Button Bowl from Kumquat and Junebug

Button Headband from Crafted

Heart Button Cushion from All About You

Button Embelished Cards from Martha Steward

Happy Crafting!

50+ things to make out of recycled t-shirts

I'm a sucker for tutorial list, here is one i found today

50+ things to make out of recycled t-shirts

My favourites are:

 

 This braided super beautiful rug that I would never ever have the patience to make

Fabric bracelets

T-shirt tote bags

The Yarn Ball Wreath

I made a yarnball wreath last week, to hang above my crafting storage. I had seen similar things on pinterest, mainly with some white yarn balls combined with a few white and silver christmas balls, all with a fluffy light feel to it.

To hell with fluffy light I thought, and went for dense and colorful. It's a pretty easy thing to make, you need:

• Styrofoam balls, i used two different sizes
• Suitable glue, i used som standard all around crafting glue
• Yarn of what ever sorts you want
• Cardboard or something else to mount the balls on
• Scissors

1. Cut out a round shape from the cardboard, make it tinner than you want your actual wreath, to be sure there will be no ugly cardboard showing.
2. Wrap your styrofoam balls with yarn until they are completly covered, and glue the end so they won't unravle. 
3. Apply glue to the cardboard surface and arrange your balls, placing spots of glue where the balls touch each other aswell, to keep it sturdy.
4. Are there cardboard peaking through here and there? Make small yarn balls (without styrofoam balls) and glue into the gaps. 

Voila!

For the actual wall mounting i crocheted chain stiches..

Since I used scrap yarns from my stash i can look at almost every one of the balls and remember what project the yarn was used in, so i guess it has kind of a sentimental value aswell, since many of the projects have other homes now.

Speaking of fabrics

As previously mentioned, i have some issues with the selection of fabrics avaliable in my teny tiny town. However, i did find these really nice looking tea towels at the grocery shop today.


Perhaps i'll make a pocket case out of them, like the ones from Duger

Or a wallet, like this one from How about Orange, made with the tutorial from Noodlehead

What else can you make that calls for a sturdier fabric, but doesn't need more than two tea towels worth of it?

The first sewing project

I recently decided to take up sewing. I've been knitting and crocheting for about 5 years and felt that it was time for the next step.

Growing up with a mother who resent sewing as much as she resents tents and pantyhose, i was a bit scared at first. But I must say, everything went far better than expected. Some thriftstore fabricscraps, thriftstore zippers, 0% blood and 0% tears later, im the proud owner of two zip-pouches.

The white zipper one is lined with some white cotton, and currently holds pens and other gadgets that usually get lost it the deep dark alternate dimensons of my bag.

The turotial i used was from Two Little Banshees and i found it through a great pouch tutorial list at Sew Chic and Unique

I forsee more zip pouches in the future..