Holidays

Okay, so as you know the holidays are coming around and its time to start preparing to the fun festivity's. Well, i know its a little early to start preparing for some but to others, early is not in there vocabulary. So all through-out September and October, every week i will post new ideas to welcome fall and Halloween. Well, more along the lines of fall for September, but when October comes around there will be lots of fun ideas you can do. There will even be a few tutorials for costume ideas, and awesome food recipes. So, check back every week in September and October for new ideas. anyways, todays quick tip.

If your between the ages of 13 and 17, then this is just for you. If you know that you have parents who are strict about how your room looks. Then make minor tweaks to make it one of a kind.

Tip #1
If your bed is looking a little bland and you want to make it look a little better. Then this idea is for you.
Get a hula-hoop a few yards of fabric and some ribbon.
Cut 2 35" pieces of ribbon. (I almost forgot. If you don't like the color of the hula-hoop, get some black spray pain and spray it.) Lay the ribbon in a plus pattern so you have for sections. Now tie the ends to the hula-hoop. This will attach the hula-hoop the the celling. Now take you fabric and lay it on top of the hula-hoop. Mess around with the fabric to make it the way you want it. Hold it up just to get an idea of what it is going to look like. If you are satisfied with it. Take a push pin and stick it through the part were the ribbon crosses each other and stick it in the celling above your bed. Now you have your very own custom mad canopy bed.

Tip #2
If your walls are white and it just is not flowing with your tang. Measure the width and length of the wall. Cut some fabric accordingly and tack it on your wall. Now you have a splash of color. If you want. You can do this to all four walls.

Tip #3
If you have a lot of posters laying around and your parents don't want you putting holes all over the wall. Well, convince your mom or dad to let you put a few pins in the wall. You will find out later why you have to turn on your kiddish charm on your parents. Lay your posters out on the floor and arrange them the way you want. Take some tape and tap the together creating on big poster. Now you only have to put 4 pins in the wall instead of a bazillion pins.

Tip #4
Convince your parents to put shelfs up on your wall and get some antique treasures and put them on your shelfs. This adds for a classic look and makes your room seem not so bland.

So get to crafting and remember. Don't buy pre-made, buy handmade.

Trash to Treasure

My mom has always asked me if i was ever going to be a pack rat like her grandma. I never really gave her a straight answer, but awhile back i started to collect pop tabs. My mom asked me what i was going to do with said pop tabs and i said i don't know. Well finally, i found this awesome idea and i said "see, i told you they would be useful" or something along thought lines. So over time i have been doing a lot of research on diy projects. While i was on my quest for tutorials on handmade items, i stumbled across a website called www.cutoutandkeep.net and found some neat stuff. Well i found a tutorial on how to make a bracelet out of pop tabs and elastic cord. (sorry the image is not that great). Anyways, this is my newest creation and i absolutely love it. I barely had enough to finish this one, but ill tell you it will not stop me from making more. So, if you want to find out how to make your own go to the site i listed before and get to making. There are a lot of other great projects there as well and each one is a marvel. Enjoy

Shoes!!!

Ok, so i recently came up with a totally awesome idea to redesign your shoes and make them one of a kind. If you have the money you can go to www.converse.com and get custom shoes created in any color that you want. Well when i was thinking about stuff one day i came up with the idea to make jokers card shoes (jokers cards-the 6 albums of the insane clown posse) for those of you who don't know who they are. Anyways here is my awesome idea.

Tip #1
Get some shoes

Tip #2
If you have plain white converse get some fabric paint, or spray paint and start tagging up.

Tip #3
For those of you who have the money go and create some awesome colored shoes. They even let you put your own personalized text on them, but the down fall is that you are limited to a number of characters which sucks horribly

Tip #4
If you have patches sew or iron them on.

Any other ideas to deck out your awesome shoes feel free to leave a comment.

Sorry

Hey guys, sorry i haven't posted anything new. I haven't had the time lately to put anything new up. Iv been so busy doing stuff and i forgot about the blog. I'm trying to get ready for school cuz i start next month, yay. I haven't been doing to well with school the last few years so i'm excited to get back to it. Anyways, here is a pre-preparation tip for school.

So you got the new back-pack you have been wanting to start the new year out with, but find that its just a tad bit plain and want to spruce it up a bit. Well here's a tip that will help you do just that.

Tip #1
Dig up some money and go buy patches. Patches are a fun way to add your own flavor to any garment or bag. Make it your own with your fave band logos, pictures, anything.

Tip #2
Take some sand paper or a cheese grater and tater up around the bag. This adds for a great vintage, worn out look. Also, if you have one. Take a dremel and start to make holes in it. Take and old piece of fabric of your choice. Put it behind the hole and sew around the hole to keep the fabric in place for some added flair or you can simply leave it as is. No matter how you do it, it will look good no matter what.

Tip #3
Make a stencil from your favorite picture and paint it on with some fabric paint, or spray paint. Or you can just splatter the paint on for a fun and scattered look.

Tip #4
Don't worry about mess ups. Honestly, i don't think you can mess this up unless your just that skilled. Any mess up will add a personal stamp on any bag. So even if you think you did something wrong, don't sweat it because it makes it all that much better.

Got any other cool ideas to make your bag one of a kind try it. Make it yours, and have fun doing it.

Commemoration of 2007-2008 Seniors of Brighton High School and other Schools. Have fun at College.

Duck Tape

Ok, I probably know what your thinking. Duck tape, what can duck tape do for me? Well in fact it can do alot for you. Not only can you use it to repair your car, but you can also make clothing out of the stuff. What, Clothing. You got to be kidding me? Well im not. Duck tape is awsome if your committed to hours of labor just to make a single t-shirt. Not only can you make clothes you can also make awsome hand-bags, roses, tote bags, even hats and so much more. Head over to www.ducttapefashion.com/ or www.stuckatprom.com and see some of the awsome things that can be made and you can even buy stuff from www.ducttapefashion.com/. So, you only though duck tape came in silver did you? Wrong, duck tape comes in a variety of colors from solids, to fluorescents, to camouflage. Also at duck tape fashions you can pic up "DUCTIGAMI: The art of the Tape" book and learn the tricks behind the tape. Who knew duck tape could be so fun?

I CAN'T SEW!!!

Have you ever wanted to transform your old clothes into todays hottest fashions, but have no clue how to run a sewing machine? Well, there is no need to worry anymore. There are hundreds of thousands of ideas that only takes a few minutes to create with just a pair of scissors, safety pins, and more. So, head over to Google and type in non-sew diy projects and let the creativity flow. If you would like to learn to sew, there are plenty of classes that you can take even as an adult. From beginner to novice you can learn to create it all. With just a few tips from prose you can learn to sew any way you want. Even learn how to embroider with the magic of a stippling tool on the normal sewing machine. Thread bangers offers many ways to create your own style and make it look good. So don't be the loser wearing the store bot clothes, be the the master of fashion with your own unique clothing.

Heres another easy tip. Learn to accessorize. When your go to a thrift shop, you know right off that everything there is different. So let your imagination run wild. If you don't know how to sew then throw things together. Good thrifting takes time and often trips to the thrift store. So if your looking for something but can't find it, got another day and it may be there. Ebay is a good start for anyone who does not enjoy going out often and most times you can find what you are looking for.

So search, learn, and create. Make your style your own.

Book Review

"Generation T: 108 Ways To Transform a T-Shirt" by Megan Nicolay. This inspirational guide with DIY attitude has everything you need to know about the world’s great T-shirt: how to cut it, sew it, deconstruct it, reconstruct it, and best of all, transform it. MAKE IT YOUR OWN!!! Not good on the machine, no worries. More than 1/3 are no sew projects, meaning anyone who can wield a pair of scissors can put a personal stamp on there wardrobe. You can also learn to customized tees, tank tops, tube tops, T-skirts—even handbags, a patchwork blanket, iPod cozies, leg warmers, and more. So its not what your T-Shirt can do for you, its what you can do for your T-Shirt. You can find this book on Amazon or anywhere else on the internet for the low price of $10 depending on were you shop for it. So, buy it, learn it, create it, wear it. Don't wear someone else's design. Wear your own and be different from everyone else. Here is a spacial episode of threadbangers that host a short clip of Megan Nicolay herself. Also in this episode you can learn to make an awsome swim suite out of your old T-Shirts, and be sure to head over to www.threadbangers.com and check out the the blog, forums, and episodes of past shows. So let the video roll.