How to make a fun DIY birthday hat!

Hey everyone!
Been meaning to post this awesome DIY birthday hat that I made my nephew's 2nd birthday.

All I used for the above project is the following:

• Sheet of Yellow felt- Michaels $0.49- 30% discount= $0.35
• Sheet of blue felt- Michaels $0.49- 30% discount= $0.35
• Package of assorted pompoms- Dollartree $1.25
• Big pompom from home craft supply
• Sheet of  12 x 12 cardstock from home craft supply
• Hot Glue Gun/ Glue Dots

1. I first grabbed a large bowl and traced it onto the 12 x 12 cardstock sheet.
2. I then cut a small ''slice'' of the circle out leaving a small triangle out of the paper.
3. Next I traced the circle with the slice out of it onto a piece of yellow felt. Then cut the felt out to match size of the paper.
4. Next I folded the circle of paper into a cone shape and held the sides together with glue dots under each flap.
5. Then I wrapped the felt around the cone, using glue dots to keep them in place, and cut off the excess felt for a smooth finish.
6. Next I hot glued each pompom onto the base of the hat, alternating colours.
7. Then I hot glued the big pompom on the top of the hat.
8. I practised my 2s and ended up getting my husband to draw the 2 onto the felt for me because of my poor penmanship LOL
9. Cut out the felt 2 and hot glued it onto the centre of the hat.

And Voila! Perfect Birthday Hat!

You can also add some string by punching holes in the sides between the pompoms for a more secure hat.

Hope you liked this project!

Happy Crafting! <3

Halloween DIY Costumes Part 6: Bill and Ted

Hello and welcome to Part 6 of my Halloween DIY Costumes Tutorial!
These were our costumes for this year! Bill and Ted from Bill and Ted'a Excellent Adventure/Bogus Journey!
I based our costumes off of the second movie as they are definitely more fun and people recognize who we are.

First let`s start with Bill.
I knew these costumes would be easy to make as they mainly consist of regular clothes, with a bit of DIY to make them as screen accurate as possible.

I picked up the brown pants and plaid shirt from Talize in two separate visits.
You can never find an entire costume in one visit from my experience.
I bought the red hat from Michael`s Arts and Crafts and used a 50% coupon.
The yellow shirt luckily enough my husband Cory, already had as he`s part of a dodge ball team dubbed The Wyld Stallyns! (from the movie)
After that all that was necessary to do was carefully copy the logo from bill`s hat onto my red hat using fabric paint and some markers.
I also had to purchase a curly blonde wig from a local pop up Halloween shop.

Breakdown of cost:
Blonde Wig- $12.99- Halloween Pop up Shop
Brown pants- $5.99- Talize
Yellow shirt- FREE
Plaid Shirt- $6.99- Talize
Red Hat- $4.99- 50% coupon= $2.50- Michaels

Total Cost: Approx $30

Now onto Ted,
Ted`s costume was fun but challenging to put together.
Mainly because for the life of my I could NOT find a jean red vest anywhere!
Every day I had off work I was scourging the second hand shops trying to find one.
Finally on my last possible day to find it, I found something that would definitely work.
I came across a long sleeve jean jacket looking long sleeve shirt at The Salvation Army.
This shirt was definitely not an actual jean shirt, but it looked very similar.
I was able to cut off the arms and colour in the white strip along the front and back to make the entire shirt red.
I then drew on the yellow smiley face on the back of his jacket using fabric paint and some markers.
Next I purchased a orange pullover hoodie that was supposed to be a zip up, so making a quick cut up the front turned it into a faux zip up sweater.
I also couldn't find a suitable red tank top so I was able to purchase a red t-shirt and cut the sleeves off as well.We already had the blue jeans to go with the costume at home.
Lastly I purchased a shaggy black wig from a local pop up Halloween shop.

Breakdown of cost:
Shaggy wig- $14.99- Halloween Pop up Shop
Long sleeve shirt- $6.99- Salvation Army
Orange Hoodie- $3.99- Salvation Army
Red t-shirt- $5.99- Talize
Jeans- FREE

Total Cost: Approx $32

I`m Bill S Preston Esquire, and This is Ted Theodore Logan, and Together we are WYLD STALLYNS!

And That`s a wrap for 2014!

How to create your own Band Shirt! DIY

Hey everyone!
So if you are a fan of any type of music, I'm sure you've purchased band t-shirts over the years.
That being said, being female, I find that there is a LACK of  'good' band t-shirts that actually suit and fit the female body.
A friend of mine loves to convert men's band t-shirts into fitted girls shirts, which she is awesome at.
Another great way to show off your favourite band is to create your own shirt via stenciling or iron on images.
Today I'm going to show you just how easy it is to stencil on an image on a t-shirt.

Step one: Purchase/Use a blank shirt from home.
Step two: Decide on which image you want.
Step three: Print out your image on stiff paper, I find card stock works the best.
Since we're only doing a simple stencil, be sure to not find a crazy detailed image, as the more detailed it is, the more difficult it is to stencil on.
Step four: Using an Xacto knife, cut around your image, if you need to cut out any detail, ie eyes or mouth, make sure to pin those pieces on the shirt so you can trace them properly.
Step five: Trace your image on your t-shirt, I recommend using a marking pencil/pen (usually sold with sewing supplies)
Step six: Using Fabric Paint/markers fill in your image as desired. (I usually lay some newspaper inside of the shirt to prevent any leaks. Let dry for a few hours, apply more coats as needed.
Step seven: Show off your new shirt!

If you like these DIY posts, comment below or share with your friends! :)

How to: Create fun Tye Dye Shirts! Rainbow edition

Hey everyone!
One of my passions is tye dying clothing, as it's always so much fun to turn a blank white slate into something fun and colourful.

Tye Dying is a lot of fun, but also VERY messy, so make sure to wear gloves and old towels for cleanup.

• Find yourself some white shirts

• Purchase a Tye dye kit, I usually use Tulip as they are a quality brand.
• Separate your shirt into as many sections as you would like, if you want solid colours throughout the shirt or if you want a different look, add bands throughout the whole shirt.
• Carefully lay your shirt into a stainless steel sink/tub and coat with as much tye dye as you'd like. 
• Remember the heavier your shirt, the more dye you will need.
• Once your shirt is fully coated with as much colours as you'd like, pull out some saran wrap and lay it on top of your old towel, lay your shirt on top of the wrap and roll together.

• Let your shirt soak for 8-12 hours (I usually leave mine overnight, the longer you leave the dye, the brighter it will become)
• After your 12 hours is up, rinse out your shirt with cold water, you can also do a rinse cycle on your washing machine.
• Hang to dry/use a dryer and your shirt is done!

How to create a DIY Fun 60th birthday hat!

Hey everyone!
So for my father's 60th birthday, I was searching for ideas for a silly funny hat.
After coming across a few I liked, I decided to take a few different ones and make 1 unique hat!

All I used for this project was the following:

• Halloween Top Hat - Walmart $4
• Blue/Red/Yellow felt- Michaels $1.47- 30% discount= $0.44
• Row of pompoms - Michaels $1- 30% discount= $0.70
• Numbered Ribbon- Michaels $1- 30% discount= $0.70
• Hot Glue Gun

1. I first wrapped the ribbon around the bottom of the hat near the lip and hot glued it in place.
2. Next I traced out the number 60 that I printed from Microsoft Word onto blue felt.
3. Outlined the numbers in black and hot glued in place on front of hat.
4. I then cut the felt down into small rectangles, wrapped them around a marker and hot glued them together.
5. Once it was dried I slipped the marker out, and hot glued the bottle of the cylinder of felt on another felt square.
6. Next, I hot glued all the ''candles'' onto the top of the hat.
7. Grabbed a few of the pompoms off the string and hot glued them onto the ''candles''.
8. I then strung the rest of the pompoms around the ribbon on the hat.

That's about it! My Dad loved it and wore it all day!

Halloween DIY Costumes Part 5: Carrie and Waldo

Hello! and welcome to part 5 of Halloween DIY Costumes: Carrie and Waldo!

This will be our last post on Halloween DIY Costumes until our costumes for 2014 are done, we are going as Bill and Ted this Halloween, so stay tuned for that tutorial!

Ahhh I've always wanted to dress up as Carrie as it is one of my favourite stories/movies by Stephen King, and of course my willing husband is always up for a new challenge, last year was Waldo!

Carrie:
I purchased a dirty pinkish dress from Value Village, I'm assuming it was used as a zombie costume the year before because it was already kind of dirty and would be perfect for my Carrie costume.
I purchased a container of blood to drench my dress, and a plastic crown from Michaels.
I also decided to get a black carnation for my wrist and a blonde/brown wig from The Amazing Party Store.
I probably coated my dress in blood 5 times using a squeeze bottle and let it hang in my shower for a few days. The blood dried up nicely, I only wish it turned out a bit brighter.
Add in a deer in headlights look on my face and voila! Carrie!

Breakdown of cost:
Pink dress- $8.99
Pint of blood $6.99- 20% coupon= $5.60
Wig- $18
Carnation $1
Plastic Crown $1.50

Total Cost:
Approx $35

Waldo:
I searched everywhere for a white and red striped shirt but came up empty, so next best thing, IMPROVISE!
I purchased a white turtleneck from Talize, a white winter hat from Dollarama, a pair of plastic x-ray vision glasses and popped out the x-ray plastic, and a roll of red duck tape from Michaels.
I was able to use some old yarn I had already to add a bobby at the tip of the hat.
I then wrapped red duck tape around the entire shirt and hat.
He threw on some blue jeans to complete the look.

Breakdown of cost:
Turtleneck: $5.99
White hat: $1
Glasses: $1
Duck Tape: $5.99- 50% coupon= $3

Total Cost:
Approx $12

These 2 costumes were a great hit, my Husband got so many compliments on his costume and everyone loved my version of Carrie.

Stay Tuned for our Halloween Costumes for 2014- Bill & Ted!

Halloween DIY Costumes Part 4: Chucky and Tiffany

If you have been following my Halloween series so far, you've seen that I've shown you just how easy it is to create your own awesome Halloween costume using thrift stores, a little creativity and DIY!

For a Refresher, we've seen, The Riddler and Poison Ivy, Roger and Jessica Rabbit, and Wayne and Garth. 

Now onto Part 4 of my Halloween DIY Costumes: Chucky and Tiffany. 
If you aren't familiar with the Chucky movies I highly recommend them as they are definitely more satire than horror. Especially Bride of Chucky and Seed of Chucky.

Chucky:
Chucky's costume was pretty simple to make, I picked up a red and blue striped sweater and a pair of overalls from Value Village. I did however cave and purchase a pricey head mask for chucky's face,(Spirit Halloween) since i'm not a very talented makeup artist... yet :P

Here is a breakdown of the cost:
Striped sweater: $6.99
Overalls $9.99
Chucky Mask: $30

Total Cost: 
Approx $47

Chucky's Bride Tiffany;
Tiffany's costume was super fun to make as she's supposed to be a bad*** girl!
I purchased a long white dress from Value Village and chopped about 3/4 of it off.
I also purchased a Pleather jacket and a pair of black boots from Value Village.
I then picked up a pair of spiderweb tights from Spirit Halloween.
Added some lipstick and voila!

White Dress- $5.99
Pleather jacket $4.99
Spidewed tights $6.99 - 20% off coupon = $5.60
Black Boots $5.99

Total spent:
Approx $23

This probably was one of my favourite pairings thus far for Halloween!

Check out part 5 of my Halloween DIY Costumes: Carrie and Waldo