No Sew T-Shirt Bag

Again i was wanting to make something that is upcycled and did some research on the world wide web about t-shirt bags.  I found several different ideas, but this one struck out to me the most.  No Sewing!!!!  and a reusable upcycled bag!!!  it is really simple!

items you need:

t-shirt
Safety Pin
Scissors

cut off both of the sleeves right inside of the seam.  then cut the other side of the seam so that you have a little loop.  the reason for using the entire seam is for extra strength.  cut the loop where the sleeve met each other(the thick part), and then pull and stretch it a little.  this will make it curl up a bit.  now do it to the other sleeve.  now you have two long curled up strips of t-shirt.  Take the safety pin and stick it in the end one of the strips.  Cut a snip in the bottom hem on each side of the shirt.  be careful not to snip above the thread lines of the bottom hems.  Thread the safety pin thru the snip until you get to the other side.  now do the same for the other side.

Now you can tie off both of them and this will seal up the bottom of the sack.  Now you can cut the neck to whatever shape you would like.  Make sure it is big enough to fit items in the bag.  Here is my finished product!  and it only took about 15 minutes to make!  love it.  make one!

pop tab bracelet

I was looking up some recycle/upcycle crafts to do for my daughters Girl Scout meeting and came across some pop tab bracelets.  It just so happens that my husband saves every single pop/beer tab for some strange reason.  I found this great tutorial on Instructables.com that is great to follow!

http://www.instructables.com/id/Pop-Tab-Bracelets/

The one on my wrist is the one from the instructable.    I made up my own closure though.  I decided that my little girl scouts were going to do the easier one in the picture.

I just looped the ribbon thru the last tab holes in the below pic.

Then I rethread the ends thru the starter ribbon, and then it has a built in tightener.  

Now just put it on and tie a bow!

this is a great upcycle of pop/beer tabs.  and kids will love them and can be made in every color and season.