Making Do with the Not So New

Wool Sweater Slipper Socks

noreply@blogger.com (Melissa Jagears) — Fri, 18 May 2012 02:26:00 +0000

Tutorial on shrinking wool sweaters and sewing up custom sized slipper socks on Thrillingly Thrifty.

Clothespin Bag from a Tea Towel

noreply@blogger.com (Melissa Jagears) — Thu, 10 May 2012 04:00:00 +0000

Directions for making a clothespin bag from a tea towel here.

Currently Free Kindle Book on Family Budgeting

noreply@blogger.com (Melissa Jagears) — Sun, 15 Apr 2012 21:23:00 +0000

How to Budget: The Rich Mama Family Spending Plan (GirlMogul Guides)

I don't know how long this will be free on Kindle, but if you get this post in your reader, you might want to check it out.

Baby Hat From a T-shirt

noreply@blogger.com (Melissa Jagears) — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 17:06:00 +0000

See a tutorial for making a t-shirt hat for a baby from a long sleeve t-shirt at Homemade by Jill.

Make Animal Bookends with Dollar Store Stuff

noreply@blogger.com (Melissa Jagears) — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 22:15:00 +0000

Are these not cute bookends? Made from Dollar Store stuff. Check out Mad in Crafts.

Make Your Own Shrinky Dinks

noreply@blogger.com (Melissa Jagears) — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 23:12:00 +0000

Make your own Shrinky Dinks with this kind of trash! Tutorial at Infarrantly Creative

Cute T-Shirt Hat

noreply@blogger.com (Melissa Jagears) — Tue, 28 Feb 2012 23:05:00 +0000

Complete Tutorial to make these cute hats at At Second Street
and
a Tag Wallet - very cute.

T-shirt and Flip Flop Sandals

noreply@blogger.com (Melissa Jagears) — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 23:00:00 +0000

Take old t-shirts and flip flops and make these summer sandals. Tutorial at annekata.com check out the other tutorials she has there.

Old Jeans turned into Play Highways

noreply@blogger.com (Melissa Jagears) — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 17:07:00 +0000

When I saw this idea, I went up to my blue jean stash and made them right away! However, why bother taking pictures, etc. when lil Mop Top's post on the project is great. Easy Fabric Roads Tutorial.

Make Your Own Cajun Seasoning

noreply@blogger.com (Melissa Jagears) — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 11:24:00 +0000

2 parts Paprika, salt and garlic powder
1part white pepper, black pepper, cayenne pepper, onion powder,oregano, thyme

Mess with the amounts to fit your tastes for hot!

Make Your Own Pumpkin Pie Spice

noreply@blogger.com (Melissa Jagears) — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 11:27:00 +0000

1 tsp of Pumpkin Pie spice equals

1/2 tsp. cinnamon
1/4 tsp. ginger
1/4 tsp. allspice
1/4 tsp. nutmeg

Make a Fluffy Bathroom Rug From Old Towels

noreply@blogger.com (Melissa Jagears) — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 04:12:00 +0000

Video Tutorial on how to turn old towels into this lovely thick bathroom mat at Fine Craft Guild.

Make a T-shirt into comfy short yoga pants

noreply@blogger.com (Melissa Jagears) — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 04:04:00 +0000

If you've searched around my blog you know that I think t-shirts are the most versatile making-do item there is. Here's a tutorial for turning one into a pair of pants!

Lotion Bottle to Cell Phone Holder for Charging

noreply@blogger.com (Melissa Jagears) — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 02:02:00 +0000

Directions at Make it and Love it.

Make your own Air Freshener

noreply@blogger.com (Melissa Jagears) — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 20:25:00 +0000

Make your own air freshener tutorial at The Burlap Bag.

Diaper Wipes Containers for Playing Card Organization

noreply@blogger.com (Melissa Jagears) — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 19:47:00 +0000

Visit Jazzie and Tahlia for a post on how she organizes her playing cards. Now, she did use purchased boxes, but I'm thinking baby wipes containers would work well for this.

Toddler Bed Frame Made from a Door

noreply@blogger.com (Melissa Jagears) — Sun, 11 Dec 2011 04:04:00 +0000

Photos of the process of making an old door into a toddler bed frame--so so cute. This is at My Repurposed Life, readers of this blog should love the content there.

T-shirt Rose Pillow

noreply@blogger.com (Melissa Jagears) — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 23:34:00 +0000

Wendy at Craft Goodies give you instructions on how to make this beautiful rose pillow from cut up t-shirts. I love t-shirts, they are such a handy making do material.

Hot Out There? Bake Cookies in the Car!!!

noreply@blogger.com (Melissa Jagears) — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 04:16:00 +0000

114 degrees today, and a friend of mine decided to use the car as an oven for cookies! How cool is that.

Directions : Have a 100 degree day, Start Early, Be around several hours later (friend said 4), Make sure you're in full sun!

Here are directions I posted earlier on using your car as a dehydrator.

And if you just think my friend is the coolest, visit her blog at The Treasures of My Heart

That's Definitely Making Do!

noreply@blogger.com (Melissa Jagears) — Fri, 08 Jul 2011 17:52:00 +0000

see more There I Fixed It

Make a Maternity Skirt

noreply@blogger.com (Melissa Jagears) — Mon, 20 Jun 2011 14:43:00 +0000

Trudy has a wonderful tutorial up on how to make any skirt into a maternity skirt here.

Bread Tag Electrical Cord Identifiers

noreply@blogger.com (Melissa Jagears) — Thu, 09 Jun 2011 18:12:00 +0000

If you have a mess of cords under your computer like I do, save up your bread tags. Unplggd explains the usefulness of tagging your cords like the above picture.

Making Home Work: Interview with Vickie McDonough: Home

noreply@blogger.com (Melissa Jagears) — Wed, 04 May 2011 18:21:00 +0000

Come learn how Vickie McDonough dealt with working at home with children while she began writing novels and then enter with a email comment and book choice to win any book of hers that sound good to you!

Making Home Work: Interview with Vickie McDonough: Home: "by Melissa Jagears Today, our guest is Vickie McDonough. Vickie McDonough is an award-winning author of 23 books and novellas. Her books..."

Silk Dyed Easter Eggs

noreply@blogger.com (Melissa Jagears) — Thu, 21 Apr 2011 21:25:00 +0000

I am SO going to the thrift store for some ugly ties!

Our Best Bites has a tutorial on how to transfer 100% silk designs onto eggs. So cool!

Make Your Own Reed Diffuser

noreply@blogger.com (Melissa Jagears) — Mon, 18 Apr 2011 05:20:00 +0000

Make your own reed diffuser. In this Mother Earth News Article, they tell you want kind of nature things will work (don't need special reeds) and you can use any kind of jar you can find a cork stopper for.

Another tutorial using Bamboo Skewers.

Shout out to my friend, Noel, who has been supplying this over-scheduled Momma with some of these latest links! Thanks.