Paper Rosette Wreath

The inspiration for this wreath is super simple: I have a friend who loves to read.  I was waiting for her to need a house-warming gift so I could make this. :)  And then, on top of it all, she got a job as a reading intervention teacher! How perfect is that?  Pretty flowers made of old book pages were invented for this moment, for real.

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Bust out the hot glue gun, and you can attach anything to a classic vine wreath.  The paper rosettes are super easy to make.  You can find tutorials all over the web, like here or here.

Scarf from an Old T-Shirt

I loved this red t-shirt.  It was well worn and super soft, and even though the neck line was pretty stretched out, I wore it all the time.  And then I got navy blue paint all across the front.  It was completely ruined.
So I used this as an opportunity to make a brand new scarf.  :)

I simply cut the shirt into strips, starting from the bottom (I removed the bottom hem first.)  Then I cut one side seam out of each of these strips turning the t-shirt loops into long strips and stretched the strips out slowly.  As you do this, the fabric rolls up on itself.  I split what I had equally and braided the fabric loosely, tying off with a shorter extra strip.
Now my nice soft shirt is an equally soft and comfy scarf.