Headbands

I've owned these cheap headbands from Walmart since my senior year of high school which was about three years ago... and never wore them since I bought the whole pack just so I could have one of the colors for school dance I was going to. Anyways, I never wear them, and all my headbands break on me since I probably have a big head, so I decided to re-do some of these headbands so I could have more options to wear.

First off, I want to state that I am no where near perfect, and a lot of the time, my projects turn out pretty crappy, so the second headband you'll be seeing is one of those. 

Items needed: 

Headband

Trim or ribbon

hot glue (not E6000 like I first tried out)

First, I decided which headband and trim I wanted to use, and I thought these two made a good combo.

 I laid it out against the headband to see where I wanted the design, and to also make sure that I would have enough to do it. Once I got it aligned, I started hot gluing the sides down. I wish I would have hot glued the top, but I didn't in fear of the glue seeping through.

I burned my fingers...a lot... so if you're going to use a trim or ribbon like this that has holes throughout, please wear gloves or something to protect yourself from getting those nasty burns. Here's what it looked like half way through. I really should have taken a photo of my fingers as well. ;)

 And she's done! I just cut off the extra fraying parts, and she was done. I love the pattern on this one and the blue peeking through.

 Now, on this one, I thought I was being super clever by using ribbon that was just a tad bit wider than the headband, and I would just glue the tiny edges down as well. That's where this all went wrong...

 I was smart though and glue the top down! It made it a lot easier to handle, and it made the headband smooth as well.

 This is what she looked like before I glued those tiny sides down....yeah... don't do that. I definitely got burned more than I did with the last one, and I will not be wearing this headband. Sometimes things just don't work out, and that's okay. :) Later on I did try this method out again, but instead of just covering the outside in ribbon, I did the inside as well and glue those side pieces together. This worked out SO much better, and it actually looks pretty professional if I do say so myself. I'll have to post a picture later.

Re-imagined Trash Can

I've had this trash can probably since I was about fourteen, back when one of my favorite colors was pink (it definitely isn't one of my favorite colors now). Over the years I've still kept it in my room and use it, but last night I decided I was tired of looking at that pink, and wanted to try out something new with it since there's no point in throwing away a perfectly fine item.

Items needed: 

Scissors

Jute (any thickness you want)

Trash Can

Hot Glue

Patience ;)

Here is the beginning picture. And I must say, this took me over four hours total to do. If I ever decide to do a project like this again, I will definitely pick a thicker size of jute, because this got just down right annoying and difficult.

 To get to this point, I was probably about an hour and a half into it, and that's with me working on it constantly and not taking my eyes off of it. :)

 Half way there! Time to go to bed and get back at it in the morning. :) This definitely got easier as I went on, since I decided to start at the top where it was wider, and so it felt easier and less time consuming to do as I reached closer to the bottom.

 Ta-da! I really love how it turned out, and am grateful I didn't run out of jute or hot glue, even though it did come close. :) I would say it looks pretty awesome for my first time, and I'm really proud of it, considering how much patience and time it took to do. Thanks for reading!