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.

Things I've made but haven't documented the process

 I've made a lot of things that I did not document all the way through but I want to share anyways.

Baby Girl Diaper Cake for a Baby Shower

Tiffany's baby shower gift

Supplies:

• 1 box of size 3 Pampers swaddlers (I believer 164 ct) - I only used half ($25 for the box)
• Baby girl ribbon
• String
• Gold plastic embellishment plate
• Rubber bands (at least 15)
• 1 teether
• 1 rattle
• 1 toy
• Baby girl hat
• Stretchy baby head band
• 1 pack shrink wrap

The base is a plate from dollar tree

I then rolled all of the diapers (the same direction so it would all match)  

and placed a rubber band around them. 

I made a circle of five rolled diapers and then tied a string around it. 

After they were secured I took off the rubber bans. 

I repeated this step by putting more rolled diapers around the already made 

circle, tied it, took off the rubber bands. 

Repeat this step until you get a good-sized base.

Repeat the steps for the next 2 tiers.

I tied all the tiers with ribbon leaving enough room to make big bows as embellishments

 (This also hides the string holding it together).

I placed little baby toys, teethers, rattles around the tiers and added a baby girl hat & head band at the top. The best part of these projects is the shrink wrap, the only time I really use my blow dryer. 

Then top it off with some more ribbon!

Total: around $21

Baby boy diaper cake

Gina's baby shower cake

This was actually my first go at a diaper cake and I think it looks better
than the one above (mainly because this one is pictured before I put
on the saran- wrap) The theme was Sesame Street which I found at the
Dollar Tree. I also added Q-tips to look like candles.

Total: $18

Drunk Barbie Birthday Cake

Brittany's gift

For my friends 21st birthday I made a drunk barbie doll cake. 

Which is pretty self explanatory.

I bought a barbie ($1) with a cute "clubbin" dress and added smeared

 make-up for also obvious reasons. My friend wears glasses so I was luckily able 

to find a pair from my old barbie toys 

I used sprinkles to mimic throw up and also inserted a small plastic shot glass 

into the cake and added sprinkles in it to look like a "puke bucket"

Leave one shoe off & scattered somewhere to make it look even 

more realistic to how the night will end

Then I add mini bottles of alcohol (I found the girliest ones - Kinky & Rosa)

Whatever you can find to add extra "umph" like mini handcuffs, 

small shot glasses/wine glasses and crowns.

Last but not least I added tattoos, "I <3 Mom" "Happy 21st B-day" 

and you can add whatever tattoo that your birthday girl really has to make

 it extra special!

21st Birthday survival/puke bucket

Maria's gift

All this stuff is basically from Dollar Tree

So grab a large colorful bucket ($1) and personalize it

and then add all the things your friend needs to survive

a massive hangover : )

Supplies:

A full on picture (a tad blurry) 

• Powerade/Gatorade (this is Maria's cure)
• Mouthwash
• First Aid kit (Maria ALWAYS stubs her toes)
• Headache medicine
• Make-up remover wipes
• Mini face wash
• Mini-shot glass necklaces 2 pk (personalized with puffy-paint)
• 21 birthday candles
• Condoms
• Pregnancy test (more as a joke but you never know!)
• Snack (I went with veggies straws because she is vegan)
• Hand sanitizer that conveniently attached to the bucket handle 
• Gum 3 pk
• Sunglasses
• Hair scrunchies 
• And a balloon attached (not pictured) 

Total: $19

Hand-made mini shirts

Keith's anniversary gift

My boyfriend is a mentalist & his logo is a gorilla (his last name is Kong)

I cut out 2 mini shirt patterns from 1 large shirt & sewed them 

together (inside out so the seam would not show)

I then used puffy pant to make his logo.

I will admit if I could redo this project I would because the way I

 spread the puffy paint it snagged the shirt & caused

cotton hairs to rise and mix with the paint

(But it's still cute!)

I also inserted two magnets (one in each Gorilla) where their

lips are so they would "kiss" but I suggest using strong magnets

because the material between them makes it hard

to keep them together. 

Total: $2-$1 per gorilla (Dollar Tree)

I already had the old shirt, puffy paint, & magnets

Bachelorette crown

Liz's bachelorette crown

I bought a Dollar tree crown (they only had Mardi Gras at the time)

I had to remove the Maridi Gras colored jewels up top and replaced them with 

silver jewels I already had on hand with hot glue. I bought a small roll of tulle 

from Dollar Tree in the wedding section. I cut up 6-7 long pieces 

of tulle (the strips are approximately 5-6 inches wide so you'll 

need multiple strips) I scrunched the tulle just a bit & then hot glued

 each strip to the back of the crown towards the top. I then hot-glued

silver jewels on the tulle to make it look more authentic and festive.

I found a large sheet of black jewels at Dollar Tree and

hot glued on "BRIDE"

Total: $3 

but I ended with extra materials for another project (tulle & jewels)

Bachelorette sash

Liz's sash

I can't remember the exact measurements for the sash material

but really I just eyeballed it. I found a wide ribbon at 

Joan's Fabric Store (my 2nd favorite store) and luckily

had a 50% off coupon. I used some left over iron-on letters

and jewels to decorate. I sewed together the bottom part of 

the sash and used fabric glue for the jewels. 

Total: I also can't quite remember but less than $3

Glittered Birthday Bottle

Kedisha's Birthday bottle

I taped off the label to keep it clean from the glitter and then

sprayed Elmer's Spray Adhesive. I quickly added a mix of all the 

glitter I had on hand. I sprayed if with the adhesive again and gave

it an extra coat. After it dried I sprayed it with clear spray paint

so the glitter would not fall off or rub off when picked up. Add

some decorative ribbon and its a perfect party gift!

Mother's Day Topsy-Turvy Planter

I made this for my momma in 2014 (it was a big thing then).

I used a large planter that I had on hand and bought

4 Dollar Tree planters. The first 3 smaller ones (from 

the bottom) were all the same size and the top one

is the smallest. I went to Home Depot and bought (approximately)

a 7 foot nickel pole (about $8). Now I asked one of the employees which 

 type of metal pole do they recommend for outdoor and they

did say that the one I bought (the cheapest) would rust fast. 

Any-who you need a long pole so it can be buried at least 

a foot in the ground. I stuck the pole through the pot into the ground

(Find a place that you want to keep it) I added soil and

then added the rest of the pots, slanting them to get the look. 

Adding the soil also keeps the pots slanted. I added the flowers after

which I also bought at Home Depot (about $1 each)

Total: $16

Broken Mirror book shelf

A DIY for me!

I found the book shelf on the curb during one of our scavenger hunts
 (my mom and I).

The shelf had minor water damage to the top from cups so I knew
 I had to cover it up some how. I also found a large mirror on the curb but when I brought it home it cracked! So I
 re-purposed my "bad luck" buy breaking
it further into small pieces. 

I bought a small bucket of white grout from Home Depot ($5) and then laid

out the glass. I grouted multiple times
(this was the hard part) and it was hard to clean the grout film from the glass.
But after it looked

AMAZING!

Total: $5

Front Door Wreath

 Front Door Wreath Project 

Supplies:

• Metal wreath frame (Dollar Tree)
• 1 Roll of burlap (2 if you need to cover the whole frame)(Dollar Tree)
• 3-6 Bouquets of fake flowers
• Glue gun/glue sticks

I found lots of flowers at Dollar Tree, here are some but I didn't use all that are pictured.

I made 3 trips to get the color combinations right.

I made 2 wreaths and added purple and blue flowers to the yellows and whites I had.

The burlap did not wrap all the way around but I used this to my advantage by 

placing the flowers in that area so it would be covered up.

(I really didn't want to make another trip to Dollar Tree)

 I bought a bunch of different flowers but I returned some and added blues and purples.

After hot gluing down the burlap, add the flowers with some leaves behind them.

DIY Popsicle Hexagon Shelf

 DIY Popsicle Shelf

Materials:

• Popsicles - I used 100 ct from Dollar Tree to make 1 shelf (I suggest more)
• Wood glue or Elmer's glue
• Paint - I used gold spray paint

I made an outline on paper to make sure the shape turned out right.

50 ct stack down 

 Let the glue dry and then spray paint

 Make sure to flip and spray both sides

 After hanging mine up it I realized it needed more layers

or something smaller to sit on the shelf.

 Ill be making more shelves to go with the one

and adding more layers. This shelf had 90 Popsicle sticks - 15 sticks wide.

I got this original idea here.

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.