Happy Halloween!

So today I've been reminiscing about past Halloweens of my childhood and found an old picture of my brother and I. I think I was about two years old....

I was Tinkerbell and my brother if you can't tell was a spider. Haha.

So I didn't have any grand plans for Halloween. I went to my bff's house and we watched Rose Red and ate pizza and brownies. Just like we used to do in college (:

I did however complete another DIY off of my list this week. Found this idea on Pinterest of course from another blog Onedaywhenihavetime, where they took a little tin and turned it into a jewelry box. It has some basic directions, but I just loosely based mine off of their idea using an Altoid tin instead. I thought this would be a great thing to make to use for when I travel. So here's the tutorial, hope you enjoy:

So I started out with a regular old Altoid tin...

 I decided I wanted to strip the paint off of it which ended up being harder than it sounds. You could totally save yourself a lot of time and just leave the paint on because later you will cover most of it up anyway, but of course I had to be stubborn and it took a lot longer than I expected. Anyway if you do decide to strip the paint off I recommend good old Citristrip Stripping Gel. It's safe to use indoors, but just be careful of getting it on your skin. If you do wash it off because it could burn your skin. And as always use your common sense and take any other necessary precautions (:

 I found scratching some of the paint off first with a penny helped get the bulk of the paint off and helped the Citristrip work faster.

 

I started with the Citristrip by just sort of globbing it on with a paint brush and letting it sit for a little while....

 

and then rubbed the paint off with my paintbrush.

 and this is the result!

Then I just took different scrapbook paper and glued it to the metal with rubber cement...

for the back hinges I just cut out little notches of my paper to make it fit.

Then I covered the bottom and inside by just tracing around the tin onto the paper and did a little bit of cutting to fit it to size.

For the inside I took some flimsy paper cardboard that I had and just cut it to fit how I wanted inside my tin....

then I traced it onto the paper that I wanted and glued and covered it with my paper...

and then I took the rubber cement and dabbed a little of it on the bottom my spacer so it wouldn't move around.

And here's the finished product! I took some little charms that I had and hot glued them onto the tin for some extra detail. I'm super excited about how it turned out and can't wait to use it!

 

Have a wonderful Halloween!

-Jaimee (:

DIY Ruffle T-shirt Makeover

So today when I saw this outside.....

 I decided I would stay inside and do this...

seems like a good idea right?

But then I got a little bored so I decided I should do something contsructive and pick something off my list of fun things to do and settled on making over a t-shirt I've been planning on doing for awhile. It was super fast and easy to do, so here's the tutorial. Enjoy:

 So I've had this shirt for quite some time. I bought it at Old Navy on clearance and after wearing it a few times decided that it needed something extra...

So I picked up this lace from Wal-mart. It was pretty cheap. Don't really remember how much it was. Didn't have to get very much of it to do the job either.

 So I took the lace and pinned it under the first sort of layer on the shirt...

 and then cut how long I wanted it...

 and then pinned up the rest.

 here's the first piece of lace all pinned up.

 and then the second.

 and then I moved the pins down so that I would have room to sew...

 and I decided to hand sew it because I have no clue how to use a sewing machine and I don't even own one. But if you have a sewing machine you should definitely use it if you know how because I'm sure it will hold up better and last longer, but I'm not planning on wearing this shirt everyday so it should be ok.  

 the first piece all sewn on...

 and we're done!

 and it goes a lot better with my new leather jacket or a cardigan...


So that's it! Hope you enjoyed it and have a fantastic weekend!
-Jaimee (:

Resurrection time!

Hello nonexistent followers!
So I've decided it's time to resurrect this blog. Change it up a bit. Get involved. I'm at a place in my life where I have some extra time (for how long I have no idea) that I need to dedicate to something. During that time I've found I've been doing some extra crafts that I've pinned onto my Pinterest that I thought, "Hey, I'll have time for that someday." So then I also thought, "Hey why not put this on my blog!" and I've also been wanting to pick up my camera more, even though my job lets me do plenty of that, so I also need a place for that. So hopefully this is something I can keep up with and post regularly the pictures I take and the crafts I do. And hopefully if there is anyone reading this, you will be interested and want to follow me too!

So anyway.....onto some interesting stuff...
Over the weekend I got to carve a pumpkin at my mom's house which was super fun. I always love carving pumpkins. I think my favorite part is cleaning out the guts. I know, kinda weird. I just love the smell and all that slimy gooeyness. And then my next favorite part definitely is putting the candle in and turning off all the lights to see what it looks like...

and as you can see I decided to carve a dapper skeleton (:

Today I went out took some photos just for fun. It was a nice and chilly fall day so I decided to go out and see what I could find...

 a yucky spider :P

and my cute little orchid in my window (:

And then to end the night I helped my dad make his delicious chili...

 .....which we ended up filling two pots. this was before we transferred some to another pot. haha.

So that's it for today. I hope that if any of you out there see my blog and are interested you would decide to subscribe and follow me. I promise to follow back!

-Jaimee (: