Autism Awareness Earrings

April is Autism awareness month

These earrings are made from soda cans and a craft punch. 
April 2nd is national Autism Awareness Day. 
Remember to support Autism by putting a blue light in your outdoor house lights.

Autism Awareness Bracelet

April is Autism awareness month

Soda Tab Belt 2

Here is another soda tab belt creation. 

Enjoy!!

Sun Chip Bag Purse

This purse was made out of "Sun Chip" bags.  I gathered all these chip bags from a school function.  They made a really fancy evening purse.

Soda Tab Belt

I made this belt out of soda tabs and black yarn.  I got the idea and instructions from http://www.poptabbelt.blogspot.com/

Wear it around your waist on top of a t-shirt for a rocker look.

Bags made with Plarn

Here are a few of the bags that I have made out of Plarn (plastic yarn)

These first two I made out of King Soopers shopping bags and look a lot like jute.

This one is made from walmart bags.

You can really make almost any crochet pattern from plarn.  Be creative!!

Baby Jar Storage

I have all these baby food jars that now have a use.
Items you will need:
Empty/Washed baby food jars
Blackboard spray paint
Piece of cardboard
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Scissors or circle cutter
Chalk

Take your cardboard and cut circles in it. (I like mine big enough so the whole lid fits through).

Take your clean baby food jars and remove the lids.

Place the lids under the cardboard and spray the lids.  Let the lids completely dry and then put a second coat of paint on them.  After the second coat is dry remove them from the cardboard.

Place your items that need to be organized in the jars and label the lids with chalk.

I love to make jewelry, so these are perfect for all my little beads, charms and supplies. These are perfect to keep all my little things in place.  As I use them up I can put new things in the jars and just erase the label and write a new one.

Plarn (Plastic Yarn)

How to make plarn.

You will need:
Plastic grocery bags (Other bags will work-experiment)
Scissors

Lay the grocery bag out flat.

Fold the bag in half three times.

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2

3

Cut the end and the handles off the bag and discard.

Cut the bag into 1-11/2 in sections.

Open up two sections and over lap the ends.

This is the tricky part.  Fold one section over itself and under the other end of itself.

Pull the two sections tight.

Continue to add more sections.  Make sure that the next sections are connected in the middle so that your plarn sections are even.

When you have connected many sections start rolling your plarn into a ball to use for your projects.

Use this like you would regular yarn for crochet projects.

Rosette Earrings

Bluebell Earrings

T-Shirt Scarf

I was looking for a fun craft to use t-shirts and found a couple of fun ways to turn them into scarves.  This was my favorite.

First you will need:
T-shirt (I used a men's XL but you can use smaller sizes.  The scarf will just be less full)
Paper plate 81/2 inches wide
Scissors
Washable marker
Ruler
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Sewing machine or fabric glue

 Lay the shirt flat and trace as many circles on it.  Shirts without a logo work best.

Cut out your circles.  You will be cutting two circles out at a time from the front of the shirt and the back.
I also like to keep the bottom of the shirt for making a flower clip (maybe next post)

You are going to be cutting the circles into a spiral.  I start at an edge and cut into the circle until the strip is about 2 inches wide.  I use my ruler so that I can see what 2 inches looks like.  These don't have to be perfect just close.  Continue cutting around until you reach the middle.  Cut all your circles into spirals.

Separate your two circles and lay them end to end using the middle of the circles. 

Separate the next set of circles and lay them end on end and them place them on top of  the first separated circles.  Continue this until you have stacked all you circles on top of each other.  You can see that I stagger the way they lay.

I finish the scarf by sewing the pieces together right where they meet in the middle.  If you don't sew you could use fabric glue to put the pieces together.

Enjoy a fashionable fun scarf.