New Lampshade

We moved our furniture around to make it more functional!  I might be addicted to doing this.  I had purchased this wonderful paper globe from Fiber Lab hoping to use it as a globe for the overhead lighting in my room.  Unfortunately it wasn't going to work out, so I swapped it for my boring IKEA lampshade.  I really like it a lot.  The juxtaposition of the ultra modern shade on the very classic stand is pretty fun in my opinion.

The pillows match!

So we had these hideous zebra pillows, and now they finally look presentable!  Hurrah!  This project used old ugly pillows, and fabric from my stash so it was a win-win as far as the guidelines for this project go.

Jewelry Organizer

I definitely might have an addiction to large earrings.

So basically I have all these earrings and no really good way to store them.  I definitely also forget about some of them and so I never wear them because the way I have stored them in the past keeps them out of sight for the most part.  This way I can see them all at once.  Hopefully I'll also be less tempted to keep all my old junky ones around too if they're not hidden away in drawers and boxes - it's kind of fun to curate my own little earring museum.

Unfortunately I didn't think about fitting the whole frame in the photo.  This is also only a small sampling of my earring collection/addiction.

Basically I saw this frame (originally a mirror) from IKEA and I decided that along with some old lace scraps I had lying around it would be the perfect frame to house my earrings.  Just popped the mirror out of the back and hot glued the lace to the back.  Keep it really tight if you decide to try it - mine was as tight as possible and the earrings still pull the lace down a little bit.

Organize it!

Socks, undies, tights and belts are things that typically don't keep themselves very well organized.  Give yourself an easier time by putting smaller boxes (in my case boxes from past Julep orders that I knew were just too functional to get rid of) inside of your small item drawers.  This would also likely work very well for tshirts.

Re-grow Green Onions!

They're already re-growing!

This isn't really about making use of clothing that you don't want anymore, but it's still really cool and sort of fits in with the ethos of everything.  If you just use the green part of the onion, you can stick the rest of it in some water and it will grow back!  Mine have been in the water for a couple days and you can already see green bits poking up!  These were also a bit old and dying in my fridge when I thought to try this and the other ones that weren't used are looking fresh and revitalized!  This is awesome!

Mending

A too much loved purse that used to be my grandma's is now able to hold things again!

This is a semi-obvious mend job.  In day to day use it's much less obvious.  Just put some fabric behind the hole (depending on the size of it) and then sew over top.  Sometimes I use a zig zag stitch, but this looked a little nicer since it's so obvious.

There was also a photo of a pair of pants that I mended.  I also dyed them darker to combat the ugly washes they do to cheap jeans these days.  I guess they probably warrant their own post anyway!

Book Band

While this might not fall under the category of "remake" it is stuff I have lying around in my stash and the purpose is to save something that I have from getting destroyed in my purse, so I guess it counts!
I love reading.  Like I LOVE it.
One of the issues that constantly happens to me is that I take a book in my purse and it gets destroyed since my bags are usually just big black holes full of stuff.  I came across this and realized HEY!  I can bring my books around and they won't get ruined!

Here is what you need!

 Basically you just measure your book with the elastic and then baste it together (I used a zig zag stitch) and then you make a ruffle with a ribbon or some fabric scraps and sew it on!  Super easy.

This is the finished product!