Hanging planter

DIY String Hanging Planter

I made 1 large planter and 1 long planter with 3 mini pots.

Materials:

• Clay pots (large pot Walmart- $1.50 & 3 mini pots $1 at Dollar Tree)
• Strong outdoor string ($2.87 at Walmart)
• Scissors
• Plants (I bought a stawflower cactus & a grafted cactus from Walmart- $3 each)

 Cut 8 pieces of string as long as you desire but make sure its long so you can hang the pots from the ceiling (approx 2 feet or longer)

 Double knot the end 

 Separate the string into four groups of two and knot each strand, making the knots at the same length when comparing the groups together.

 Tie together 1 string from 1 group to another string in the neighboring group. Repeat for all remaining 6 strings.

 While tying each string make sure to check that the knot lines up in length with all the other knots so the hanger has an even look. 

 Take a break between each knot layer and pull the hanger onto the pot to make sure it fits.

 Knot the excess string about 8 inches up from the pot.

 Hang to make sure the length of the excess string is long enough, I braided extra string and added it to make it long enough to hang from the ceiling. 

 Adding the cacti. Small rocks placed on the bottom on the pot.

 Added dirt

 Add cacti!

Hang!

 

 For the 3 mini pots cut 8 pieces of string, about 3 feet long. Repeat the same steps for tying the 4 groups together. When done with the first pot tie the excess string about 3-6 inches up from the pot. Pictured here looks about 3 inches, my string was not long enough (about 2 feet) so I definitely suggest cutting the string longer. 

 Repeat each group step for each pot. 

Gold Magnetic Alphabet

I'm moving into a new apartment soon!!

(FINALLY)

I like magnets and lately gold decorations and any excuse to spray paint something

Materials:

• ABC magnets- 26 ct (I bought 2 packs so I could actually spell something but I'm thinking I should of bought 3)- $1.87 each at Walmart
• Gold spray paint- $3.68 at Walmart 

 First spell something clever for a photo op. 

Then push them all together and spray gold.

 Spread them out to make sure the sides are sprayed.

Spray on an extra coat just in case.

Continuation for Hexagon Shelf

Previously I made a hexagon shelf but I wanted more to go with it and larger in size.

Last time I only used 1 pack (100 count) for one hexagon and it wasn't as wide as I wanted for a shelf so I also added on to the previous shelf.

Materials:

• Popsicle sticks 100 ct packs- $1 each at Dollar Tree (I used around 200-300 sticks per hexagon depending on the shape)
• Paper and marker to draw out stencil 
• Glue
• Paint (I used gold spray paint)- $3.68 at Walmart

 Tape together paper 

 and draw out your design

 When laying out the Popsicle sticks make sure you alternate between laying them down on the bottom and then gluing the next layer on top. 

 Glue, Glue, Glue

Building each layer

Each shape is 20 sticks wide.

I added on more Popsicle sticks to the previous shelf to make it wider.

My third design

Spray paint your desired color

And hang!

 I only spray painted 2 of the 3 shelves because the third design need to dry more.

 

 

Beetlejuice Costume

DIY Beetlejuice Costume 

Thrift store time!

I couldn't find a black and white striped jacket and buying it online was way too expensive for a costume I MIGHT wear twice.  So I looked and looked for just a white jacket which is somehow hard to find. I happened to try on other clothes  at Goodwill and in the dressing room the white jacket was waiting for me, score!

Supplies:

• White Jacket 
• Black electrical tape (2pk at Dollar Tree & I went through 3 rolls so buy 2 packs)
• Scissors 

The jacket is a little large but when putting on the tape it makes it a tad but smaller and I ended up sewing the button to wear it tightened more. 

So looking at the jacket the arms are striped horizontal and the torso is vertical.

At first I striped a whole arm horizontal and then when I tried it on it scrunched up on my arm and also tightened too much. So its up to you if you want to make the original. I taped the other side of the jacket vertically and decided to go with that one. I already took the horizontal pictures so here they are. 

 Hold down the material so when laying down the tape it doesn't scrunch up. Start the tape on the inner seem on the jacket so it looks smooth. The electrical tape stuck well to the material and the lines looked seamless. 

I wanted a wider black line and made sure the white line was the same size. I laid two pieces of tape side by side to make the line thicker. I bought pants online and wanted to match the lines with them. I made the jacket before buying the pants but the picture looked similar. 

I ordered these pants through Amazon and the stripes look about 1-1 1/2 inch wide. $10 with Amazon prime and the reviews say they are not see-through (we'll see).

All the way up to the shoulder. 

Let the tape run over the shoulder seem, cut it later after making sure the vertical lines lay well. 

One side vertical and the other horizontal 

 So I started over on the horizontal arm and made it vertical.

Lay out the tape on the shoulder where some tape overlaps to the back of the shoulder. When working on the back attach the tape to the same overlapping tape to make the transition smooth from front to back.
Make sure to overlap the tap to the inside of the jacket at the bottom so it stays on. 

For the lapel I wanted to start with black so it popped more and it made the edges more pointy.
For the collar I used short pieces of tape and started inside the collar and overlapped on the backside, cutting away the excess later.