395 Days of Pinterest ~ Day 3 Heart Cut Out Shirt

395 Days of Pinterest ~ Day 3 

DIY Heart Cut Out  Cradigan / Shirt

Iv wanted to try this for a while.  Saw the pin floating about Pinterest ....

What you'll need

~ An old sweater, cardigan, dress or T shirt ... I did them all  :)

~ sharp scissors

~ white chalk

~ Fray Check

~ trim (lace, studs, ect)

~ paper for heart pattern .. I used a thick card stock and a magazine cover

First things first aromatherapy and tea .. always how I start my project .. 

White Ayurveda Chai Tea from Tevana ... a gift from my hubby .. its spicy and warm like cinnamon and cloves .. I don't taste the pineapple and coconut but I enjoy it on cold snowy days :)

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chill pill by Aura Cacia .. lavender and chamomile. This always puts me in a good mood :)

now begin

1. Make your paper heart pattern .. this is where I went wrong at first.  I made it too big and the heart did not have a sharp enough 'dip' n the center .. so when the shirt was worn it just looked like a cut out blob instead of a heart ..  not cute

WHAT NOT TO DO~ this was my unsuccessful  pattern .. it was large and the heart had a subtle dip ... 

You can see in this pic the heart end very close to the edge of the sweater ... 

I had to reinforce the sweater with a panel of sheer mesh to keep its shape .. 

WHAT TO DO ~ this is the good pattern .. the dip is deeper so the heart is more accentuated .. the heart itself was smaller as well ....

you can see here that there is a good 3" - 4" between were the heart ends and material

2. trace your heart with white chalk

3.  Cut out your heart  .. I saved my cut outs for future projects .. I'm thinking cute heart pillows or something fab and fuzzy

5. lay some paper under your hear and apply fray check to the edges to prevent ... yep ... fraying :)

let them dry ... let them allllllll dry!!!   

10 min should do for the thin T's 

A sweater takes about 45 min since you will be applying ALOT of fray check to soak the edges .. 

You can stop here if you'd like ... or get fancy and ..... 

6.  .... Apply trim ... I used lace for my sweaters since the fray check made the edges 'crusty' and unsightly .. so I wanted to cover them up.  Pin the lace into place and sew away

For the thinner fabrics and T shirst I left the exposed edges to be seen .. I like the raw deconstructed look .. and I trimmed them with some 'studs' very cool.  I used 'E-6000' glue because it holds forever (but its a pain to work with so Aileens Gem tack would do as well ...) 

I went another step further which is not necessary but I like to play .. I sewed stretch lace strips behind the heart of 2 of my edgier shirts

and there you have it ... DIY Heart goodness .. a fun project I must say

ps I sell these in my vintage shop :)  

http://www.etsy.com/shop/DeLoopVintages

Day 2 ~ 365 Days of Pinterest! "Orange Candle"

Day 2 of my 365 Days of Pinterest.. slowloy working my way through DIY's, recipies, beauty tricks, health tips and morrrrrrrre!!!  

Today I chose the "DIY Orange Candles.  Just add olive oil and light"  ... ok, will do.

http://pinterest.com/pin/267119821620419799/

You'll need an orange, knife, olive oil and a lighter ... what are the odds of this working .. in my house the bet was 50/50 ... 

do not cut the orange in half .. my bad

instead cut the skin midway, not the orange.  Take your finger and gently peel the skin away from the fruit making sure not to rip off the inside stem as it will be your wick.  

I separated the outside skin from the orange first .. keeping the orange in tact .. then I carefully removed the inside section by section making sure to keep the stem attached to the bottom of he orange.

wa la ... only took 2 attempts .. 

add your olive oil .. about 3/4 from the top.  Dip the stem of the orange into the olive oil .. then straighten it up again.  I twisted the end together with my fingers.

light ... the tension is mounting ....

attempt 1 .. flame fizzled out but we gave it another shot and there was fire :)

The light was dim at first, a bit disappointing .. but after a few minutes it really had a nice warm glow and the entire orange illuminated!!!

heres my twist ... I didnt like the smell of the oil so I added an essential oil!  I love this one .. 'Chill Out" by Aura Cacia.  Chamomile and Lavender ... Im so chilled ..  My candle burned all night!

So pin test #2 another success!!!  I love my orange candle .. I read you can use any citrus fruits  ... I used a clementine since its small and the skin is thin . I wanted to see it illuminate, and it did.  I bet a green lime, yellow lemon and pink blood orange would look so pretty together on one plate!  Ill try it this summer at one of our outdoor gatherings :) 

Day 1 ~ 365 Days of Pinterest! "Fairies in a Jar"

So I'm addicted to Pinterest .. can you blame me .. enticing recipes, exercise tips sure to firm those glutes .. fashion finds, hair tips, home improvement .. and DIY fabulous-ness !  But there's no use in pinning if you are not putting the pins to use .. so here I go ... I started with fun little DIY pin .. "Faries in A Jar"  ... one of my fav pins .. but a fellow pinner had commented that it didn't work so I gave it a go .. with a minor tweak I thought might have been why it did not work for her .. 



Here is the original post...  Pretty photography ... I wasn't expecting my jar to look exactly like that :) 

first I took fine glitter from the Dollar store .. about 2 Tbs.  drop the glitter into your jar and roll the jar in your hands so the glitter coats the inside of the jar evenly. (I used blue and pink)  The photo looks like I used alot of glitter but it was just a fine coat .. almost translucent.

 Crack your glow stick to illuminate it .

 Cut open your glow stick and pour the liquid inside the jar.

Seal your jar and roll again until the liquid completely covers the outside of the jar.  At fist I thought Id need 2 or 3 glow sticks but the liquid eventually did cover the entire inside of the jar.

Thats the deal!  Of course in the pitch black I didn't see much 'shimmer' but in dim light the jar did look pretty magical .. It had that cool blue glow and the low light in the room caught the flecks of glitter so it was a glittery glowing fairy like jar o' fun ... pretty close to magic.

I do have to say .. that glow stick liquid smells mighty toxic so try to keep it in the jar.

Also it only glows for about 30 min.  Still a fun little project.

have fun :)