DIY Paper Poms

One of the easiest and least expensive decorations I've used for parties, holidays and even my wedding are these paper poms made out of tissue paper.  They look great on their own, hanging around the room or in bunches hanging over a table or whatever you want to hang them over! So, I thought I'd share with you how to make them.

First you'll need to gather your supplies. All you need is some tissue paper, some pipe cleaners (that are now called "Fuzzy sticks"), some ribbon and some scissors.

For each pom, you'll want at least ten pieces of tissue paper. If you use more, you'll make it a bit fuller.

First, lay your tissue paper in a stack. For this one, I alternated using white and lilac tissue paper. Then accordion fold your tissue paper, like you did when you were little and made fans out of notebook paper at school.

Then just fold it in half so you'll know where your halfway point is.

At your halfway point, wrap your pipe cleaner around the tissue paper and then tie your ribbon to the pipe cleaner. You'll use your ribbon to hang the pom so make sure it is longer than the tissue paper.

If you want a smoother edge, you can use your scissors to cut shapes. I just made a rounded edge for this one but I've also cut out a triangle for jagged edges. Be creative!

Next, you'll start unfolding your tissue paper like I show below. This part is near impossible to photograph and make sense but you'll do this to each side. About halfway through, start unfolding in the other direction so you'll get a round ball.

When you're done, it should look something like this. For this part, just eyeball where you've got some spots that need more tissue and arrange your tissue how you want. Sometimes, I have to cut some of the tissue at the top to make it a more rounded shape, but I just eyeball the edges I want cut off and keep snipping until I get the shape I want.

Then you're ready to hang where you want! I hung this one on my fireplace mantle and since I don't have a party coming up, it became a dog toy like my paper lanterns did for the 4th of July. 

 The best part of this DIY is that it can be done for any occasion  So tell me, what are you going to make some paper poms for?

10 DIY Jewelry and Makeup Organizers

If you've been reading my blog for awhile, you know I love DIY and organization. I mean, I even have a section of my sidebar for it!

I thought it'd be fun to share with you 10 of my favorite DIY organization ideas for jewelry and makeup. If you have one, leave it in my comments! I'd love to check it out!

This Chevron Necklace Holder is so cute and perfect for a bright, colorful room in your house! 
This Necklace Holder from Scrap Wood is a great way to upcycle something laying around your garage/shed and make it a statement piece in your home!
This is another necklace holder that uses the same style.
I haven't gotten around to making one yet, but this earring holder made from a picture frame is an idea I've seen floating around that I'd love to recreate!
This one incorporates that idea but adds in a necklace holder for a ton of jewelry storage! 
This helix jewelry holder may just be one of my favorites! It would look great sitting on top of my dresser!
And, of course the jewelry organizer I created over a year ago! This one hangs in my hallway outside my bathroom. The three beauty organization tricks I wanted to share are ones that I definitely want to use in my own bathroom. Right now, I just use a makeup bag and an old candle container to organize my bathroom counter.
I love the idea of using magnets on makeup to organize your actual products. Using products from the dollar store to make adorable brush holders is also an amazing idea. And this idea uses the empty candle holders to organize everything on a little tray which is one of my favorite ways to organize! Which project is your favorite?

How to Turn a Pool Noodle into a Wreath Form

I've been really into making wreaths lately so I quickly realized I needed to utilize some cheaper supplies to fuel my wreath fascination. Enter pool noodles. I got all mine at the dollar store and they work out perfectly! Here's how you do it:

First, take your pool noodle and cut a bit off the end at an angle. Then, cut a bit off the other end at the opposite angle. Sometimes this can be kind of hard to see and I've messed it up a couple of times. You may want to use a marker to draw your angles before cutting if you don't want to lose any length off your pool noodle, which would make your wreath smaller. Then you fit the two angled ends together and tape around it. I used packaging tape in this tutorial, which works but I recommend duct tape. I just didn't have any on me at the time. I use a lot of tape to ensure that it stays together. Sometimes, the circle can be a little lopsided so I just tug where I need to so it can be a circle, rather than an oval. If it pops open, all you'll need to do is retape it so it's okay if that happens. And that's all there is to it! Now your wreath form is ready to be decorated!
I used mine to make a Halloween Wreath! If you'd like a tutorial for this wreath, let me know in the comments below!

What are you going to use your pool noodle turned wreath form into?

DIY Studded T-Shirt

For the past few months, I've been obsessed with studded tops. I even bought one at Forever 21 for twenty dollars. I was super excited and loved it!
But then after a few washed, it was all distorted and showed off my stomach. That's not cool. But we're not here to talk about Forever 21.
I'm here to show you how to make your own studded shirt!

It's a really super simple process. And you just need a few things!

You need studs, which I found on ebay. I bought a back of 100 or so for about $4.00. You also need a t-shirt or whatever else you want to put the studs on. I bought one of the relaxed fits at Old Navy for $7.50 but you could use an old t-shirt or a sweater or whatever you want!

After making my shirt, fabric glue would also be a good thing to have to glue your studs down after you make your shirt but that's not a necessity.

Essentially, you take your stud, poke it through your shirt and then told down the edges. I would make sure you fold your edges inward toward the stud like the pictures show above. For one, these keeps the edges from poking into your skin and it also helps the studs stay in your shirt a bit better.

Here's one side of my completed shirt! I decided to make designs on the shoulders because that's what I've been lusting over but you could also do studs along the neckline or sleeves if you wanted to!

Now, to see how I styled this shirt, head on over to Hairspray and High Heels where I'm guest posting today!

What are you going to put studs on?

How To Make Your Own Tulle Wreath

Making a tulle wreath is probably one of the easiest DIYs you can attempt!
I decided to make one for my graduation weekend because I love having a wreath on my door for every major event in our lives.
Here's how it turned out:

And here's a step by step guide for how to create it! (Description of steps is down below)

First, you need to gather your supplies. You just need a few things:

• A Wreath Form- I bought mine at Michael's for about $7. 
• Ribbon- I suggest using white ribbon just because it looks the cleanest
• Tulle- I bought mine online at Amazon for pretty cheap. You can buy as many colors as you want
• Hot Glue Gun- This is for your ribbon and any other embellishments you decide to put on your wreath
• Embellishments-Go crazy! You can put anything you want on it!

After you've gathered your supplies, you can wrap the ribbon all the way around your wreath form. I did this mainly because I bought a green form and I had white tulle so I didn't want the green showing. If you buy a white foam wreath form, you may be able to skip this step.

Next, "measure" your tulle. I didn't use a ruler, although you certainly could. I just wrapped the tulle around and adjusted until I found the length I liked. After that, cut it.

I used 36 strips of each color, so I used 72 strips total for my wreath. If you want yours to be fuller, you'll definitely need to cut more strips. For the record, I bought bolts of 40ft of tulle and have some left over.

Next, just start tying around your wreath! I found that if I held the wreath between my legs and tied around the wreath form, it was easiest. I did three of each color, alternating as I went.

Next, lay it out and kind of fluff your tulle because some of it may be matted down. If the edges are uneven, get out some scissors and snip where you need to.

Finally, add your embellishments with your hot glue gun and it's ready to hang on your door!

See! I told you it was easy! It takes about 45min to an hour to complete. The absolute worst part is cutting your lengths of tulle.

What is YOUR tulle wreath going to look like? I'd love to see pics!

DIY Notebook Pocket

Have you ever bought a spiral notebook that was adorable but didn't have a pocket?  Yeah me too. So I figured out how to make a pocket for them!

Supplies:

-A Spiral notebook/Notebook you want to add a pocket to

-A sheet of cardstock

-Pen or pencil

-Tape (I used packing tape)

Your first step is to place your piece of cardstock under the notebook and trace the outline of your notebook. Include the holes if your spiral notebook if it has them.

I placed my piece of cardstock a little further down on the spiral notebook because I didn't want my pocket to cover the whole back of my spiral notebook.

After that, use the straight edge of your notebook to make some lines on the page. You want one across the bottom, along both sides and across the top edge. I made my pocket slant but you can make the top of yours look any way you want to.

Fold along those lines you just drew, but cut across the top one and then cut off the corners like shown above.

After that, you may notice that along one side (the one of the lower end of the slant) may have a bit peaking out so I just cut that off.

Place your cardstock with the folded edges down and then put where you want your pocket. Now, the first time I made this, I taped on the folded sides, so that all the tape was on the inside of the pocket.

That worked great for awhile, but then I finally just taped along the outside of pocket on the outer edge to make sure that it stayed where I wanted it to be!

I hope that all made sense! Now you've got a pocket to put all those extra papers in.

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