DIY Stud Earring Holder

Materials: - old iPhone box - scrapbook paper - matching felt sheet - 5 short pencils (that fit in the box) - glue - scissors - a ruler

 First, you are going to want to cut off the barcode form the bottom of the scrapbook paper. Then, decide whether you are going to use the top or bottom of the box and wrap it. Glue it down. 

Fold the sides in and glue them down.

    Cut along the lines shown.
    (left) Cut along the bottom crease. (right) Cut any extra off the top.

Fold the tabs in and glue them down.

Fold the bottom part up and glue down.  Trim it a little if needed.  Either fold the tab in and glue (left)  or cut the corners and glue it down (right). (I think it is easier to glue it down when you cut the corners.)

Now, fill the box with cotton balls and cover it with a piece of cardboard or extra piece of

scrapbook paper.

Make sure your pencils fit in the box.
Measure the length of the box and cut that much felt. ​

Cut a piece of felt big enough for a pencil. Cut 4 more for the other pencils.

Cover your surface. It gets messy!

Place the pencil off to one side of the 
felt so that you have room to roll the pencil. 

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  Fold the felt over the pencil and roll.
  Hold it down for 2-3 minutes or until secure.
  I had to leave all 5 under a book over night to completely dry and be secure.

Now that all of them are dry and secure place  them in the box on top of the cardboard (or scrapbook paper). Put your earrings in and enjoy!

3 Easy DIY T-Shirts

Ahhhh!! It's my first post! Alright, hopefully I'm not the only one who sees super cute shirts on Tumblr, but they are SO expensive. I looked closer at a few and realized, "I can make these!" So, I went to my local craft store and found the right things for the project and figured it out as I went. So, here are 3 DIY Tumblr inspired shirts.

Macrame beach coverup:

Materials:
Extra long t-shirt  
Scissors
Ruler
Color pencil

Cut off the seam at the bottom of the shirt.
Measure where you want the knots to start and draw a line (this is where you figure out how long you want the shirt to be, not counting the knots). 
Start cutting fringe up to the line you drew. Make sure you only cut the top layer of the shirt then work your way to the back.

Take two strips and knot them together. Continue all the way around your shirt. (Make sure                
not to tie the two sides together.)

    Then take two different strips and knot them together. Continue all the way around.

Lastly take the two strips you used to make the first knot and make one last knot. Continue all the way around. I then trimmed the left over so it was even.

Pocket Tank:
Materials:
t-shirt
matching fabric
scissors
pocket template
sewing machine *glue also works (e6000)

      Print out a pocket pattern (resize if necessary) and trace it onto the fabric. Cut out the pocket shape from the fabric.

Fold the edges in and pin. Sew along the top of the pocket. Then, pin and sew the pocket onto the shirt. 
I then cut off the arms and cut the bottom a little bit.

Pom Pom hem t-shirt:
Materials:
t-shirt
4.5-5 ft of pom pom chain
scissors
needle 
matching thread 

Cut the bottom off your shirt (optional).
Measure how much chain you need and cut off a little more just incase. (You could also measure the length around your shirt if you want a more specific length for the chain).

Hand or machine sew the pom poms on. Make sure not to make the seams too tight or the shirt will scrunch at the bottom.