Our favorite crafts recap

In an attempt to inspire our creative sides and to celebrate our blog's six month birthday (it was on July 1... oops), we have decided to review some of our favorite crafts we have done so far on a clover & a bee!  Bleach Dipped Plaid Button Up- we got really excited about bleach for awhile there...My dorm smelled constantly of bleach. This bleach dipped plaid shirt turned out really well and we got a good laugh because people thought that I was pregnant due to some odd camera angles...

Glitter Dipped Mason Jars- we love all things shiny and involving mason jars (usually) so making a glitter dipped mason jar seemed inevitable. We loved the ways it turned out-Our toothbrushes look so fancy in it! Bleach Dipped Levi Shorts-Its true, we pretty much live in our Levi shorts. Thus the need to own several pairs that look slightly different so we experimented with bleach and added a few studs. Cute right? Cat Print Dress-We don't own a cat and may be slightly allergic, but cats are just to cute to leave out of the crafting fun. we used an apple to print little cat heads all over one of our dresses and love the way it turned out. Heart Print Table Cloth- During our Valentines themed week we made our own heart print table cloth using, you guessed it, an apple! This process of printing is our new favorite. Embroidered Cocktail Napkins- Wiping your face is so much more fun when wiping it with cute fabric with adorable phrases hand stitched into them. Its true, this is a real testimony. This was such a simple DIY for making your table just a little cuter. Crochet Skirt- In the winter we lived in these crochet skirts! They are adorable paired with a big chunky sweater and some tights. Turns out they are also pretty simple to make (that is if you have atleast some sewing experience!) Here is to another six months (and then some) of crafting! Hope you guys are having fun with us! - Leah and Erin

In an attempt to inspire our creative sides and to celebrate our blog's six month birthday (it was on July 1... oops), we have decided to review some of our favorite crafts we have done so far on a clover & a bee!  Bleach Dipped Plaid Button Up- we got really excited about bleach for awhile there...My dorm smelled constantly of bleach. This bleach dipped plaid shirt turned out really well and we got a good laugh because people thought that I was pregnant due to some odd camera angles...

Glitter Dipped Mason Jars- we love all things shiny and involving mason jars (usually) so making a glitter dipped mason jar seemed inevitable. We loved the ways it turned out-Our toothbrushes look so fancy in it! Bleach Dipped Levi Shorts-Its true, we pretty much live in our Levi shorts. Thus the need to own several pairs that look slightly different so we experimented with bleach and added a few studs. Cute right? Cat Print Dress-We don't own a cat and may be slightly allergic, but cats are just to cute to leave out of the crafting fun. we used an apple to print little cat heads all over one of our dresses and love the way it turned out. Heart Print Table Cloth- During our Valentines themed week we made our own heart print table cloth using, you guessed it, an apple! This process of printing is our new favorite. Embroidered Cocktail Napkins- Wiping your face is so much more fun when wiping it with cute fabric with adorable phrases hand stitched into them. Its true, this is a real testimony. This was such a simple DIY for making your table just a little cuter. Crochet Skirt- In the winter we lived in these crochet skirts! They are adorable paired with a big chunky sweater and some tights. Turns out they are also pretty simple to make (that is if you have atleast some sewing experience!) Here is to another six months (and then some) of crafting! Hope you guys are having fun with us! - Leah and Erin

DIY elbow patches

Phew! We made it through our first major holiday on the blog. Erin and I weren't quite sure how we were going to do (we tend to be slight grinches to most holidays), but I think we did alright and we had fun!

Let me start by saying this is my new favorite shirt and you should make one too. It was so easy to add elbow patches on to my shirt I am surprised I hadn't done it yet, I had been wanting to so long!

You'll need: Leather (we found ours at Hobby Lobby), leather sewing needles, embroidery floss, scissors, and an old long sleeve t-shirt that needs a little extra love.

 

Put on your long sleeve shirt and make a mark on your elbows. Make sure that the sleeve is sitting the way it usually would when worn so that your elbow patch will be in the correct spot. Do this to both sleeves.

 

Then cut out two ovals out of your leather mine were about 5 inches long and 2 inches wide. Then place your ovals so that the center of your oval is on top of the "x" on your sleeve and sew around the outside. I actually found it a little bit difficult to push the needle through so I used the floor to push it, rather than my thumb.

I seriously am so in love with my new shirt. Now I can rock the grandpa style 24/7, woo!

 -l.

Phew! We made it through our first major holiday on the blog. Erin and I weren't quite sure how we were going to do (we tend to be slight grinches to most holidays), but I think we did alright and we had fun!

Let me start by saying this is my new favorite shirt and you should make one too. It was so easy to add elbow patches on to my shirt I am surprised I hadn't done it yet, I had been wanting to so long!

You'll need: Leather (we found ours at Hobby Lobby), leather sewing needles, embroidery floss, scissors, and an old long sleeve t-shirt that needs a little extra love.

 

Put on your long sleeve shirt and make a mark on your elbows. Make sure that the sleeve is sitting the way it usually would when worn so that your elbow patch will be in the correct spot. Do this to both sleeves.

 

Then cut out two ovals out of your leather mine were about 5 inches long and 2 inches wide. Then place your ovals so that the center of your oval is on top of the "x" on your sleeve and sew around the outside. I actually found it a little bit difficult to push the needle through so I used the floor to push it, rather than my thumb.

I seriously am so in love with my new shirt. Now I can rock the grandpa style 24/7, woo!

 -l.