A Book Shelf Necklace

I love miniatures. So when I saw this little bookshelf necklace on pinterest, I decided to make it!

 All of my 'ingredients'. ( and our very messy crafting table...)

here's mine.
It's not as neat as the original (of course) but I think it's cute!

 

 

On colorful shoes

So I had this pair of hand-me-down shoes.

They're really cute right?
I loved them, but they didn't match anything that I own. And what's the point of having shoes if you can't wear them?
So I decided to recycle them :)

1. I pulled off the ribbon.

 Now they look like this:

2. I got a bunch of colorful fabric scraps.

3. I cut the scraps to fit and glued them to the shoes.

4. I made two braids of some strips of matching fabric.

4. I glued the braids down across the shoes, like the ribbon was originally.

And...  Ta-da!!!

An awesome pair of very cool shoes. I love the scrappy look!

Super colorful and will probably match everything I own :)

I'll probably fray check the edges and spray them with some fabric protector later....

Pinterest and DIY

Lately I've been looking at a lot of Do It Yourself projects on Pinterest.
I found this one and I just had to do it. :)

Mine (of course) didn't turn out to be all that was in the picture.
But I like it :)

I bought these handles at Joanne Fabrics. I originally wanted wooden ones like the one in the picture, but the black really matches the book better.
They were too long, so I shortened them with colored thread.

The inside:

I'm a nervous wreck when it comes to the sewing machine, so mom sewed the pockets down for me.

Tragedy! The binding cracked a little while I was working on it,
(the book is from 1911, I got it at an antique store)
so I covered it with fabric and some ribbon. I think it looks really cute. :)

I'm very happy with how it turned out! And of course the title is amazing. :)