Ed Sheeran: Newest Obsession

My newest obsession is Ed Sheeran. I have liked his music for a while but just lately I can't get enough of it. I heard about him because One Direction said that they liked his music. One Direction has amazing taste in music because Ed Sheeran is freakin' awesome. After listening to his album on Spotify I knew this was one of those that I had to buy. I couldn't find it in any stores for the longest time but finally last week I found it at Target. Target has everything, it is the best! Anyway, all I listen to in the car now is Ed Sheeran. I also love that I'm hearing the A Team occasionally on the radio. Yay! xx



Harry Styles Getting His Shirt Ripped Open

I found this video really late last night. Being the directioner that I am, I found it to be freaking amazing. I then saw that it was at the concert that I had been wanting to go to but couldn't. So I was a little upset to say the least. I felt I needed to post this because, well this is Harry Styles getting his shirt ripped open. HARRY STYLES! It's so cute! (:

T-shirt Scarf with Beads

I bought a plain black long sleeve t-shirt from Wal-Mart for a couple of bucks. I wanted to make a t-shirt scarf and I went with the easiest possible one.



First I ironed the shirt out. Then I layed it out and cut it under the arms. I then proceded to cut all arount the bottom of the shirt making around 9 inch cuts. I tugged on the ends a little bit to stretch them out. 

I had chosen a black shirt because I figured it would be easier to pair with different outfits. It ended up looking much too plain for me so I hunted around the house for something to add to it. I found a few wooden beads. I had a limited amount of beads so I counted how many strings I had and then divided that number by the number of beads. I figured out that I needed to put a bead on every 4th string to make it even. 



I slipped the beads onto the strings. I then knotted the ends to secure the beads. This was my first attempt at a t-shirt scarf. Maybe I'll wear it, maybe I won't.

Baseball String Bracelet

I decided I would give making a baseball string bracelet a go after seeing it on Pinterest. I considered it as somewhat of a success so I would like to share it. The original tutorial I used was: http://icanfindthetime.blogspot.com/2010/06/baseball-string-bracelet.html?m=1

First I cut around the stitching of a new baseball with an x-acto knife. I then pulled off what I had cut of the ball. It was pretty long and all connected. I cut it into two equal pieces to make two bracelets. I unraveled a little over an inch of the string from the leather (which is what is shown above). 

To finish it off I trimmed the excess leather and braided the string and knotted the end. Above is the finished product. It turned out well.

 If I were to do it again though, I would make sure that the string to braid and tie together was longer. A problem I came across was that it had a very noticeable curve to it. I began tugging and stretching it hopefully to straighten it out. I had cut the leather on one too close to the string and I ended up ripping it. So I broke one but that's why I made two incase something like that were to happen!  Hopefully it will make a good 4-H project!

The First Post

Starting a blog is something I have wanted to do for quite a while now but I kept putting if off. I'm not exaclty sure as to how everything works around here but I'm slowly figuring it out. I'm excited to see what I can do with all of this. I'm hoping to post things such as diy projects, interesting things I stumple upon, possibly some fashion, movie reviews, and much more!