Minutes DIY : Old jeans to Pencilcase roll (No sew project)

It's close to the end of school season.

Mei Mei turns "Grumpy" today because she have some trouble

with her coloring pencils.

Well, the original paper case for the color pencil got wore off.

I offer her a small plastic drinking bottle to keep

all her color pencils but her still not happy.

The color pencils are all in various length and size.

However, Mei Mei still  prefer to have her color pencil 'display'

 in a proper manner when she used them.

Well, just my luck.

I saw a piece of old corduroy laying nearby,

(actually I plan to reused it for something else)

I cut a piece of fabric from the pants.

cut 2 row of tiny holes along the length

Now, everyone is lining up like a rainbow

Hope you like this impromptu DIY. 

                                
  

Have a nice day and thanks for drop by.

Love

PC & Mei Mei

TP rolls toy Binoculars - easy n cute

Today is Mei Mei arts class again

This week her homework is TP rolls binoculars...

After browsing through Pinterest...

She still not happy with the samples she found...

So, this is her creations after some 'upgrade' from

what she learn from the internets...

She did it within an hour.

Yes, she is very proud of her works

and so am I.

She used some old strings which I salvaged earlier from

old drinking bottle (the green and blue ones)

Cut some flower shape cardboard...for the 'lens'

wrap the lens with large roll of sticky tape / cellophane tapes

to make an 'easy instant ' lens'  glass.

Connect the tp rolls with a empty staples bullets box.

wrap with color paper and decor with washi tapes.

Add to little cute eraser owls to enhance the 'watch out' level.

Love it!

Trash to sewing tool - Plastics bottle sewing hoop

I don't prefer using plastic bottle...

but sometimes my hubby would bring a few from office.

Today, I found a new way to 'reuse' the bottle

I cut it cross way into circles

And when I combine two circles together....

Voila!!!  I have a small little sewing hoop!

Thanks for drop by

PC

Must do back to school tools - ..Drinking bottle + Sharpener

As a mom, I always have to choose between..

A) A clean house

B) Happy kids

And of course... I believe (B) is a a better choice.

But I can't stand 'messy' house.

So...today...while the little one is doing her favourite pass time activity...coloring

Yes...the little girl understand how her mom would react when seeing

the sharpener waste 'fly' and ' landed' on the freshly mopped floor.

She really did try very hard by holding the sharpening 'inside' the rubbish bin.

Poor thing...she more concentrate in the sharpening process then enjoying the coloring process.

So... something suddenly comes into my mind....

I'm too busy to write down the tutorial...(need to do cleaning....)

hope the pictures flow above helps.

Have a nice day!

Love

PC & Mei Mei

Bringing this to party at

New Year Inspiration - Keep on reuse

Drinking bottle to Thread Storage....

Brilliant!!!

source : blogland

3 old T-shirts = one new tops

Mini 5 minutes project - Bread Tag reuse

Wow!  2014 is such a busy year...

My new year resolution is to blog more this year...

but hardly have the time to sit down...

But no matter how busy...

My urge to 'play' with 'trash' is never stop.

This is what I did today!

My hubby always get the wrong sauce during his meal time,

even though I have use the 'color' system...red for hot sauce and yellow for tomato...

So, this is my new attempt to make the kitchen more friendly to him!

See you,

Love

PC

1 minute DIY - Plastic Bottle Reuse

I'm busy...as always...

all SAHM are the same...

but...trash to treasure ... is something I do everyday!

today sharing a very brilliant  trash to treasure project...

Plastic bottle turn TB rolls hanger.

inspired by forum friend

Have a nice day!

Love always,

PC

Trash to Treasure - Plastic Egg Capsules from vending machine...Minions Toy!

Every evening,  I'll fetch Mei Mei and Jojo after school.
I always park in front of a small grocery stalls.

There was a few toy vending machines placed by the store's owneroutside his store.  

Those plastic egg that contain 'secret' toys vending machine

are a big hits during after school time.

The kids will rush out from the school gates...and feed those machine

with their leftover pocket money.

And sadly, after 5 minutes...all the kids left....
and they left behind those all the empty egg shells.

Well, one kids trash is another kids treasure...

Mei Mei and Jojo enjoy collecting those colorful shells.

They kept all sort of little items in it...earrings, rings, eraser,

and Mei Mei even have one specially for her fallen tooth!

Today, when seeing my kids playing with the little shells...

Something popped into my mind.

It just took us few minutes to make some of them into these....

Trash to Treasure - Slap roll wristband to Glamorous sock bun wrap around!

Hi!  I'm back!

Yes, life is busy here, and I believe yours  too!
It have been months I let this blog ‘cooled'...
and now it that to 'pay back'!

This is today project

5 minutes + zero cost - 'Fix' a torn cushion cover!

Well, no matter how sweet and innocent my two little girls look to you...

they could be 'devils' at some times.

No?  You don't believe me?

Look what they done to my 5 years old sofa ...

I don't know how they did it...bite it? ...scratch it?

(and I have no other pet in the house...or out the house...)

I love the sofa cover very much, and since it was 5 years old since I last 

bought it...it was hard to get the same fabric for redo.

I have been hunting high and low for a matching fabric but

nothing comes close to it's original color, pattern or fabric texture.

And the worse part is...even though I get the right fabric...

I'm not confident at all I been able to do such a fine job to

sew a new cover...the particular one that torn is a "L" shape cushion...

making  a normal 'square' one already challedge my sewing skill, I'm afraid!

Before thinking of sewing a new one...

I have tried to sew the broken yarn together with some matching thread...

and I end up..sew the cushion and the cover together!!!

And the torn looks even worse!

Extend the 'life' of an outgrown dress....or

Do your kids have the 'over attached' to their favorite dress problem?
Yes, mine do!

Part 1 : Background

I bought Jojo and Mei Mei a few polyester "Princess Dresses"

years back when I visited Bangkok, Thailand.

Jojo and her 'shapes' assignment!

Last evening, Jojo 'bring' a last minutes assignment from school...

TITLE

"Creatively combine 3D shapes into an item"

Honestly...I love 'handwork' and project require creativity and imagination...

but...one evening notice...Urghhh..... 

Do I have any problem?

Not really...but I just send a big batch of paper, carboard...etc to the recycle centre...

Why...whenever the trash bin in cleared????

What ever...

At last...Jojo made it...

(with a little help from me...I just love to participate in craft work project!)

We manage to clear out a shoe box, some bottle caps, 

cardboard and some biscuit wrapper...

Here it is...

No...it's not a house...

(someone in the class has taken this idea )

is not a building...

(mama don't have enough box of different shapes...:p)

is not a robot...

it's a.....

Camera!!!

can you see the box from candles and

the little square one is the squash ball box.

the lens is a potatoes chip cylinder tube

My 'new' old earrings...refashion with 'junk'!

Oh!  I got an invitation for a dinner...
is good news... except...

IT'S  TONIGHT!!!

Dress Up Your Pen! A teacher's gift...

Today, Mei Mei's kindergarden had a farewell party

for a teacher there.

She is one of Mei Mei favorite teacher.

Mei Mei wants to make her something 'special' as a farewell gift.

So, three of us started to 'cracked' our head for a 'best' gift to prepare for the teacher.

We only have a night time to prepare for the gift

as Mei Mei just told Jojo and me after she came back from school last evening.

As I don't have much resources on hand...

with some ribbons, leftover fabrics and tulle...

We 'dress-up' a few pens into stalks of flower.

This is our inspiration....

        

via

DIY Gourmet Play - Sushi Toys Free n Easy!!!

Today, I made a big surprised treat for the girls...

I made them these....

Err...these are not for lunch... it's a set of sushi gourmet play
 for the Jojo and Mei Mei who happen to be a great sushi fans.

Can you guess how much I spend to make them???

Time : less than 30 minutes
Cost : $0

Want to know how?????

You must have the "secret ingredients"

How to stretch Jeans at the Waist! Easy n Low Sew!

I have a few old jeans in my wardrobe that I absolutely love, but I don't wear them anymore because my waistline doesn't seems 'willing' to get back to it original measurement since I have my children.

I know there are dozens of way how we can 'recycle or upcycled' an old pair of jeans, but the best way I prefer is to be able 'wear' them again!

So, this is what I did!  This is a very simple, easy, low sew project to 'upsized' the waistline of your jeans.  I managed to expand the waistline another 1~2 inches in this way.  And the result...even much lovely that the old jeans...see the AFTER ...

and this below is the BEFORE

(the very beginning was a long one,

the second life was a capri...

the third life was a shorts as shown here...)

Another refashion story : 1 Jumpsuit = 2 Easy Peasy Aprons

Hi, again!

Remember the old-non wearable shorts jumpsuit I have ...

after I recyled the front pocket for Jojo's tote bag...

click here for the post

I'm not so sure what to do with it

I don't have any plan...

So, I just cut away the bottom seam of the shorts

and rolled into a simple 'flower'...

but I still not very happy with it

Now, what to do with the 'leftover' of the jumpsuit?

As you can see...I still clueless...

So, I use a seam ripper to disconnect the front and the back panel of the jumpsuit

Yup!!! And there it was!  I absolutely know what to do with them now!!!

Step #1

Remove the side seam of your jumpsuit 

to produce a front and back panel

Step #2

Sew two pieces of  2 ~ 3 feet long strap about an inch width.

Step #3

Attach the straps on the back panel of the jumpsuit

Step#4

Ask your daughter to help you with the camera while you 'model' the result!

Like this.

I am actually wearing the back panel of the jumpsuit!

Old Jeans to New Hairband

Today, I'm going to show you how to make 

a cute little hairband using some fabric from old jeans.

You will need ...

Scissor, pen, fabric from old jeans, glue gun

a piece of plain hairband, piece of cardboard from packaging.

Revamp old T-shirt into Cute Bra Strap!

Yay!  I saw a lot of T-shirt yarn projects in the blog land recently,

So, Why not?

T-shirt yarn for bracelet and necklace are some really cute projects,

But I prefer something more useful that I can wear everyday!

So, this is what I made them into...

A cute bra strap...So, fun especially during summer time!

Jojo helps me with the photo shooting session...