Now that i got your attention I will show you how!

things i used..

Breastfeeding cooler bag  (sometimes they come as a gift from the hospital)

scissors, needle, thread, sewing machine, all that kind of stuff.  

sillicone adhesive caulking.

marker

drill and small bit

nips for cutting heavy plastic  

old cell phone holder with belt clip or anything like this.

All of that made my husband a beer cozy good for wearing on your belt in istuations where you have no cup holder.. like mowing the lawn …

also this cozy will keep the beer cool and the sweat off the table.

 here are the bag i used and the cell phone clip i used. 

 I started by cutting the plastic that is around the clip so i just had the clip .. i made sure there is enough parts of the plastic to drill holes to use it to attatch to the cozy.(hope that makes sense)

 Here is what i have left.. you can file the edges down if you choose

 Here is the part of the bag i am using .. it has a nice layer of insulation and a cool pattern for the cozy

 Using the rigid bottom of the bag i cut a piece of the cardboard that is exactly the size of the base of a standard beer bottle and then glued some of the vinyl, with the sillicon, all around †he piece of cardboard to help make the cozy more rigid on the bottom.. after i gued mine i put it under my heavy candle to help it adhear. 

 Measuring the fabric around the bottle i pinned it and set it aside…

 Using a small drill bit i drilled three holes (shown by arrows) in the clip so i can stitch it to the cozy.  

 Start by sewing half way up the cozy side inside out… cut a round piece to stitch to the bottom and attatch……you will probably have to do this by hand and make sure to double up (by folding)  the bottom of the big piece of the fabric  so that the raw edge is hidden and also it willl provide more support. 

 You can leave the top open but i found a pull close part on my bag that i attatched to the top of the cozy and stitched in place .. then turning inside out i finished it by sewingall the way up the side. 

 After finishing the seam then insert into the bottom the rigid cardboard circle to help the bottle sit on a table when in the cozy.. also stitch the belt clip by hand to the side of the cozy and there you go! functional beer cozy!

Going through the maternity stuff again and finding the things i would never wear again i came across the ugly overalls i had when i was pregnant. Well they were cute actually on a pregnant woman but not on me because i was HUGE!!! But now being smaller and have a slightly more flattering waist i thought these would make a cute apron.

Above is the Huge pair of overalls.

I started by taking out the inseam.  

Then i took out the seam on the side 

Took off the straps from their place on the back

I stitched the sides of the back piece, cut off right above the pockets and stitched that up too…  

Totally cutt off the straps and stitched them together

I placed the back piece on the front piece, and then pinned and sewed it right up..  I then cut it for legnth made adjustments like sewing the front pockets shut and cut out the lining because they were just too bulky. I then hemmed up all around the sides and bottom. I cut off the part where the metal buttons reside on the side because it was too bulky too.  

The final touch was to attatch the connected straps to the latches as you would the way they origionally go. . I then took and made some tie straps and attatched them.

In the picture where i wear the apron i have lifted the waist and folded for a nice triple layer at the waist which is a nice protectant from the dish water that always soaks me when i lean against the sink..

But here you go!!!!

I have been experimenting again!!

Wanting to cut some costs around the household i have decided to use cloth diapers. I figured if we did that and only used disposable diapers when he goes for a sleep or when we are out we could be saving around 30$ a month. That is a nice extra payment toward debt..

Yesterday i made him some cloth diapers with some soakers which i will be showing how to make but i wanted some plastic or vinyl coverings so if he leaks through it would not get all over. I tried making one out of vinyl that i had from a pillow case cover but it ripped from my son playing..

I had nothing that was any thicker, until i thought of the old technique of making fabric out of duct tape.

This is all experimental so i will keep an update on how the cover does.

Step one. Make some duct tape fabric.

Step one. Make some duct tape fabric.

I first found a plastic cutting board so the tape could be removed from. I laid tape strips down overlapping about 1/4 inch until i had covered the whole board.

I then took the tape off and then placed tape stickey side to stickey side in the same fashion going perpendicular to the first layer.

 Trimming off the edges

I then free handed a pattern to cut, but you can get one off the net for free to print.

Elastic, needle, thread, and scissors for inserting elastic for a more fitted cover. 

I then made a piece of the fabric to fold over and tape for the elastic casing making sure no stickey parts touched the elastic.

showing the strip being folded over the elastic on the edge.

I stitched in the elastic and covered the ends with tape making sure there would not be any wetness contact with the elastic edges.

I then attatched the sided and a casing across the back of the waist placing in elastic and doing the stitching and covering  like i did on the legs and there you go!  

I have been blogging about revamping your clothes and using what you have on hand and save money instead of buying a whole new wardrobe.

This girl has taken the simple t-shirt revamp to a whole new level.

This is a must see for freestyle t shirt reconstructing with flair!

Wonderful thinking form Hug_the_penguine on crafter. She has a common sense approach. 

why pay more than a buck a yard to make a skirt when you can cut a hole in a table cloth and make a skirt for .50 cents???!!! 

You must see this simple, sassy and EASY tutorial!

Good work girl and keep it up! 

Here 

I have a love of roughing it sometimes.. SOMETIMES!  When it comes to camping i have recently fell out of love of roughing it because no one else likes to be in the same misery. ERR i mean "rustic camp sight"

I was a girl scout for a long time and always was thought many different survival and wilderness things but NEVER got to use them. SO  when i was a child i dreamed of really roughing it. Making use of the things nature provided. and a lot of those things can be worked into our lives to save a few bucks here and there around the house. simple things can be done like hanging the laundry out to dry instead of a dryer, growing your own fruits and veggies and other little things. I have came upon one i want to try. It would be good for camping and for around the house, but i cannot think weather or not it would be good to save money.. It sure would be neat to try it out.

It is how to build your own solar cooker.

How awesome would that be to have something to cook on that does not require the use of any gas tanks while camping.. Just click the picture for the information..

I ran into this little gem of an idea this morning and thought it would be fun to try ( i will post my attempt later)

But this is a wonderful way to do a small part of recycling and reusing of your junk mail or the newspaper ads we toss.  I think this could be done by most people, not too hard and it would be a good one for the older children to do too. I think things like this should be embraced more because it is something you can do with little to no money unlike a lot of the other crafts that bring you to the point of buying out an entire craft store just to get started. Please people remember, use what you have on hand first. It will save you money. then when you are done with that then move on to other things. If you stick with what you have on hand it will force you to use your imagination and expand your mind and talents.

but enought with my rant!

Here is what you'll want to see from A little hut

From the bloggers on Painfully Hip.

They have come out with a nice highlight for those thrift store finds. I give great kudos to the blogger and the people who submit the entries. They really give you the want to wear that dress that you will not wear because it is out of "mainstream style" even though you look so good in it!

I appreciate this greatly and will not be afraid to wear my 1940's army green replica dress with the petticoat and the faux alligator open toe heels!

My favorite form their weekly picks

My friend April just gave me a juicy lead on some cute window treatment solutions. She has issues with a specific window in her house due to size and how it is hard to fit curtains for, at least with store bought..

She pointed me to diyideas.com

There is a small section on window treatments which also include one that is cheap and easy !!!

who would have thought of this? i think this is great because it saves you 5-50$ in a unique style curtain rod

I know for me all laundry soap cleans the same especially when I have difficult water and a not so fabulous washer. So it does not matter if i buy cheap soap or expensive.So here is an idea for a cheap home made laundry soap to save those pennies for one of those awesome front loading washers that save water, time and i think they fold your clothes for you too (I WISH! )