Flower Necklace

 This is another broken necklace that I found. When I bought it I actually did not realize it's flaw, but the middle flower is missing it's sparkly rhinestone center.

 

 

 

I bought a set of flower rhinestone earrings from Claire's to use in place of the other flowers.

 

 

 

I removed all previous adhesive so I could apply my rhinestones better.

 

 

 

In order to keep an even pattern, I removed the two inner rhinestones from the teal flowers on either side of the middle flower.

 

 

 

I clipped the earring piece off of the rhinestone so that only a small piece of metal stuck out of the back and the piece will fit nicely into the gap provided in the flower.

 

 

 

I heated up the hot glue gun and one by one added the rhinestones.

 

 

 

I allowed the glue to cool for a short period of time then I removed the flyaway strands of glue. The thin pieces detach very easily from the main dot of glue while the adhesive is warm-cool.

 

 

 

And the work was done!

 

 

What are your favorite products to buy and fix? Happy crafting! 

T-shrink

So I had a wonderful craft opportunity presented to me, and I took it! I was given a Marvel t-shirt that was much too big for me, but it's too cool to not wear, so I've decided to make it me-size.

 

I started by folding the shirt inside out, and then I laid the shirt flat on a smooth surface. I chose another shirt that I like the fit of and laid it flat on top of my project shirt as a guide.

 

 

 

I traced around the edges of the shirt, giving myself a one inch leeway.

 

 

 

I cut off the bottom seam and then I cut along the line that I had drawn. I double rolled the bottom seam then pinned. Next, I pinned the front and back of the shirt together at the sides where I made the cut.

 

 

 

Next came sewing the shirt together. This step is fairly straightforward. I sewed the bottom hems, then I sewed the right side of the shirt together, then the left.

 

 

 

Because cotton has a tendency to unravel, I hand-stitched around the edges to keep this from happening.

 

 

 

And the shirt is finished--Viola!

 

 

 

Now my new shirt fits well enough to wear!

 

Happy crafting!



Necklace Remake

This is an original craft! I found this cute necklace broken by its lonesome at a reduced priced, so I have taken it upon myself to turn it into a treasure!

I'm guessing the middle bead in the center of the necklace was supposed to have a little ball on both sides, but, as you can see, there is only one on the right.

 

 

...So I removed the middle bead. In my personal opinion, the necklace look a little bit bulky anyhow.
 

 

 

To streamline the necklace some more, I removed the big bead on each side of the middle bead. (They are in the bottom left corner).
 

 

I added hooks to these two bead and made a matching earring set for the necklace.
 

 

Viola!! The finished product.
 

 

Tell me what you think! Comment for any thoughts or ideas, and happy crafting!