Monthly Archives: November 2012

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Nov 12

I Could Make That: A Post from Across the Ocean

I’ve talked about my sister on this blog before. Extremely artistic, she can do things with a camera or with a paintbrush that I could only imagine.

A couple weekends ago, sometime before Thanksgiving break, we ended up talking about some of the projects I was making for this blog, and she volunteered one of her recent creations for a post.

So here it is—inspired a little bit by Free People and a little bit by Morocco, where she spent a vacation not too long ago—an “I Could Make That” post from across the ocean.

The Project: My Sister’s Headband

The Inspiration: Free People. Morocco. Spain.

The Materials: Denim. Thread. Beads. Bleach.

The Steps: The first thing you need to do is cut a strip of spare denim or fabric to be used as the base of your headband. This can be any thickness, but you need to be certain that it has enough length to wrap around your head and be secured in the back.

My sister then got to work decorating her denim. She used a needle and thread to sew different beads onto her band, as well as add some decorative stitching in places. You could use any form of bead or sequin that you’d like, and can apply them with glue if sewing isn’t really your thing.

She added some tassels to the sides of her headband, positioned so that when she puts the headband on, they hang down into her hair.

To the ends of her headband where it would tie around her head, my sister added two pieces of thread. Whether she made the headband too short and added these after, or if she just added them for looks, I’m not sure. Either way, they add an extra touch to this adorable headpiece!

The last step my sister took was to take a bit of bleach and drip it on the headband in some places. This added a distressed look to the fabric and really completed the gypsy-vibe she was going for.

Thanks for the idea, Caitlin! I can’t wait to try it out for myself.

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06
Nov 12

A Night in with Hurricane Sandy

The weather reports on Hurricane Sandy had me petrified to leave my dorm room, so I had to go without a shopping trip for supplies this week. Now that the crazy wind has stopped and only sprinkling rain is left outside, I’ll be sure to buy some new things to work with for next week.

I did find something to do while the lights were flickering and I had Lana Del Rey blasting to drown out the sound of the wind, and once again, I have to give thanks to my mom.

Over the summer, my mom became infatuated with knitting. She had learned to knit and crochet when she was a young girl, but after discovering the knitters of the Internet, her knitting craze has only grown.

I was so anxious over the summer. Starting college was weighing so heavily on my mind that it was making my hands shake and my mood decidedly sour. My mom’s solution was to try and teach me how to knit.

The knitting needles worked well to soothe some of my anxiety, but I always seemed to have the problem of pulling my stiches too tight—when thirty stiches were required, I had to use something like forty-five.

Since I’ve been at Penn State, I haven’t felt the crushing weight of anxiety, and my knitting needles have been gathering dust on my windowsill.

It was nice to clean them off and spend the evening doing something that reminded me so much of my mother.

Want to learn how to knit? YouTube is a great place to look for tutorials.

This is the one I used.

 

 

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