Plant Pot With a Fun Bathroom Theme

 Hello Readers. I love plants and wanted to make a fun planter/plant pot. This plant pot woman looks perfect in a bathroom. (The steam in a bathroom is also a great environment for some plants.) You can put this together with a few items from The Dollar Tree store. 

Grab your glue gun, some supplies and make a flower pot lady.

You will need some supplies. I got a small flower pot, some curlers, fake eye lashes, and googly eyes. Let me show you how I started. 

 

I also bought a small floral sponge. It is like piece of Styrofoam to hold flower stems. I wanted to use fake flowers because I was in a pink mood. You won't need this if you want to put a live plant with potting soil. I will talk more about that idea later.

 

I wedged my little sponge into the bottom of this pot. It fit into the bottom securely. You could also glue it in to the bottom of the pot if you need to. 

 

I stuck the stems of my flowers into the sponge to hold them in place. I kept adding flowers until the arrangement of flowers looked nice and full all around. 

 

The stems stuck in the sponge easily and stood up well. It was easy to make a visually pleasing arrangement. You can bend and direct the stems to get the flowers nice and full on all sides.

 

Next I glued my googly eyes in place. Some eyes like this have a sticky back but mine required some glue. I added a small blob of glue on the back and held the eyes in place while the glue set and cooled. 

 

I used this little round piece of wood as my nose. (I broke the little tree off.) You could also use a button or a cork. Use what you have or can find easily. Just add a spot of glue on the back and don't stress about it. This will be super cute when its all together. 

 

I also added some fake eye lashes. I chose the largest lashes I could find. It added a little glamour and fun. Maybe she is getting ready for a night on the town. 

 

I wanted to add something that looked like hair to my curlers. I had some shredded brown paper, it is used as packing material sometimes. You could also use ribbon or yarn that you might have on hand already. 

 

I wrapped the strands of "hair" around the curlers and clipped the curler closed.

 

I added some hot glue on one side of the curler. Be careful, it's really hot glue. 

 

I held the curler on the pot so it could cool down and adhere to the side of the pot. You don't need too many curlers, you might be able to grab some from your mom or your grandmother's bathroom. 

 

I added a piece of pipe cleaner as a red mouth. You could try to draw a mouth with a permanent marker or cut out a mouth from a piece of paper to achieve a different look. 

 

My lady was finished and she is cute! She is also a great place to put my glasses. I am always misplacing my glasses. Now I have a place to put them. 

 

She is right at home on the bathroom counter. 

 

This would also be great for a real plant. (This spider plant makes fun spiky hair.) You could just put potting soil and a little plant in the pot instead of fake flowers. I like both ideas. Thanks for reading along, now go make something fun for yourself. 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Formal Dress to Fun Skirt

 Hello Readers. I had a beautiful dress that I got many months ago. It was poofy and lovely but I had to shorten and simplify it. I had so much extra fabric that I was able to make this skirt. 

Before and after. 

I cut the ruffle from the bottom of the dress. It took away the extra length from the dress and that extra was just waiting to be put to use. 

 

The dress had 2 layers of thick nylon lining. I did not like all that heavy weight so I removed one layer. It was a knit nylon, so I did not need to hem the cut edge, I just cut the fabric out of the dress.

 

I needed the lining to be the length of the ruffle that I cut off the dress. 

 

I had some elastic to make a waistband for this new skirt. 

 

I turned the waistband inside the skirt. 

 

I clipped the ruffle to the lining. The ruffle was a bit larger so I gathered it to fit the waistband. 

 

I sewed the ruffle to the skirt. I loved the embroidered flowers. Look at them, they're so pretty. This was the most difficult part, getting all the tulle under the sewing foot. 

 

I love how it turned out. It is great with this little sweater. 

 

I also thought it was fun with this yellow top. Thanks for reading along, now go make something fun for yourself. 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 
 

 

The 7 Layer Formal Dress

 Hello Reader. Look at this beautiful dress. I thought it was the prettiest dress I had seen in ages. It was a bit long. It was actually about a foot too long on me. 

I needed to shorten and simplify. 

This dress had an amazing ruffle at the bottom. It was gorgeous and it was going to have to go. I didn't want to cut the ruffle but I had too. 

 

I cut the ruffle off from the bottom of the dress. When I cut off the ruffle I realized that the dress had 7 layers to the skirt. 7 layers! Seven whole layers. No wonder it was so fluffy. 

 

I decided to remove a layer or 2. It was just too hot with all these layers. 

 

It was so much lighter and simpler. The dress was still poofy but it was less overwhelming. Don't worry, I had a plan for all the fabric I cut off the dress.

 

I love this dress. It fit me better and was easier to wear too. This dress was all tulle so I did not need to hem it. I tried to cut it all very even but there was not any sewing needed. Thanks for reading along, now go make something fun for yourself. 
 

 

 

 

 

 

The Travel Scarf With A Secret Pocket

Hello Readers. My crafty daughter has been busy recently and she made this scarf for her upcoming trip to Italy. She had been warned by many people to watch out for pick-pockets. She found many scarves online that could hide a Passport, but they were over-priced the color selection was limited. 

She got some pretty knit material from the fabric store. She folded it in half and cut out two small square-ish pieces to make a pocket. She made sure it was big enough for her Passport and credit cards.

She arranged the long piece of fabric face down. She put the pocket pieces on it with the right sides facing each other. She lined up the edges of the pieces with a zipper.

She attached the pocket and zipper to one side of the fabric. Then she attached the other side edge to the other side of the zipper.

This picture is the best at showing the placement of all the fabric pieces and the zipper. Here is the zipper attached. It made this into a long tube. She connected the edges of both pocket pieces. She attached the middle and then flipped it right-side out.

She connected the two ends of the fabric to each other to make an infinity scarf. The secret pocket is well hidden. 

Thanks for reading, now go make something fun for yourself.

***BONUS TRACK***

I have been cleaning out my closet (I know, just reading that put you to sleep, right?) and one thing I did was buy cheap pool noodles at the dollar store. I cut them down and put them in my boots to keep their shape until next winter. It's like they are standing at attention.

That's all for now.

Scrabble Tiles to Magnets

 Hello Readers. I have a family and we are always on the go. I thought we could communicate more with some magnetic letters on the refrigerator. We could leave little notes for each other, say hello on busy days and even make a note that we are out of milk or eggs. If you live with someone else, this might be fun and useful for you too. 

These letters are small enough to fit many of them on the fridge but not so small that they are difficult to see. Esspecially in the morning without my glasses on. I can barely see anything then.

 

The first thing you will need is a pile of letter tiles. You might have them somewhere in the house from board games you have in the closet. I like these letter tiles because they are very neutral in color and won't clash with the kitchen decor. There are magnetic letters for toddlers and preschoolers but my kids are older and I didn't want the chaos of glaring bright colors all over my refrigerator.  

 

You can take the tiles from old Scrabble games you don't play anymore. And you can also find lots of board games at thrift stores for very little money. You don't need the complete game, just a collection of letter tiles. 
 

 

There are also other kids games that use similar letter tiles, like Bananagram's. It is a less well known game but you can use whatever letter tiles are easiest for you to get your hands on. Or use a combination of letters you can scrounge up.

 

You will also need some but strong but small magnets. With a little work, these will keep your letters on your refrigerator. 

You will need a glue gun. They can be super hot so be careful. I added a small blob of glue to the back of the tile with the glue gun. Don't skimp on the glue, you want everything really well stuck together. If you do not have a glue gun use a strong glue and let the glue dry fully before trying to use the letter tiles as magnets.

My next step was to add the magnet to the glue and pressed it down firmly. The glue and the magnet need to adhere to the letter tile well. 

 

When you are all done with the glue, you will have a pile of magnetic letter tiles that look like this on the back. The great thing about using a glue gun is that they are already set and can be used right away. No waiting hours for glue to dry. 

 

Just a note- I tried using a roll of magnetic tape with adhesive already on the back. It did not stay on the letter tiles well at all. It was not sticky enough and it did not want to lay flat on the back of the tiles. I do not recommend using this type of magnet for this project. 

 

My letters were getting used immediately. I thought these would be useful for making it known we needed important groceries or household items. My family wrote notes and my youngest was trying spell words he didn't know. (That was an educational bonus for me.)

 

  I hope this helps you and your family and friends and whoever you live with. 

Now go make something fun (And magnetic!) for yourself.