.Fingerless Gloves.

If you're like me, you have definitely made some mistakes when doing laundry. Mistakes that you can't take back. Mistakes that ruin a favorite item of clothing. Most people, however, would just throw away said item of clothing. NOT ME! I am such a clothes hoarder, in my mind I think, "well one day I might be able to wear it or turn it into something else." The majority of the time, this is true.
A few years back I went to a local surf shop and got the cutest Rip Curl sweater dress. It was so nice and warm, I was obsessed. Sadly, I was only able to wear it a handful of times. I accidentally forget it was in a load of laundry and it got placed in the dryer where it unfortunately shrunk to epic proportions. I mean it was a sweater dress that shrunk so much I could not even fit into as just a sweater.

I found that the cute winter style this year are these "mittens" that have no fingers. They're almost like leg-warmers but for your arms.

It was then I knew I had found a new purpose for the sleeves of my shrunken sweater!!! In fear that I may still be able to re-use the remainder of my sweater, I took precaution when dissecting it.

First, I folded the sweater in half and lined the arms up so that when I cut, both sleeves/mittens were equal in length.

Secondly, I tried on the sleeves to see exactly where I wanted my thumb hole to be.  In my opinion, the glove should lie right on top of your knuckles. From there you simply just cut a slit for your thumb and take a needle and thread and sew up the slit, making a secure thumb hole.

In the end, you are left with some super cute, super cheap fingerless gloves that all your friends will envy!

.Scarfs Galore II.

Since my last endeavour to create a scarf I found on Pinterest, I have stumbled upon quite a few DIY projects that I have decided to put my own spin on.
First, I saw a cute infinity scarf that was crocheted. It was so warm and wintry looking and all the tutorials I found were for people who already knew how to crochet. I don't have the time to learn a new hobby because lets face it by the time I master the skill of crocheting it would be July. As I was going through a bag of old clothes that I have been holding onto since high school......yes, that is right I still have clothes from when I was in high school. Anyways, I found this super cute, winter white knitted scarf. JACKPOT!!!! Only, it had this ugly fringe on the ends and I wanted an infinity scarf. What to do? What to do? I will tell you how to revamp and old, out of date scarf into a new, trendy winter scarf in less than 10 minutes!

Here's the original scarf. Not bad, just cant stand the fringe at the ends. 

I matched up the ends and ran some stitches up and down to secure it making sure the ends were extra sturdy.  

After the two ends have been stitched together, I then proceeded to trim off the excess and then flip the scarf inside out.

TA-DA, super cute crocheted looking scarf.

.Scarfs Galore I.

I was recently introduced to the wonderful world of Pinterest by, well almost every female in the world. After my girlfriend Heather forwarded me my invite, I was hooked. This has got to be the funnest way to kill time. I am espically in love with the section of DIY projects. Inparticualry, I am obsessed with the tutorials I have come across containing how-to's
 on making scarfs out of old t-shirts.
Quinn, my boyfriend, has recently lost a substantial amount of weight so I have a ton of old T's lying around and all the time in the world. With this being said, today will be the day I try to get crafy.

Check back, I plan on posting pictures of my finished project.

This is what I am going for, we will see how it turns out!!!

and this is what mine ended up looking like:

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.25 Random Facts.

In lieu of me getting this bad boy up and running again, I figured that I would do one of these fun little blog posts titled 25 random things you did not know about me. Pretty much its just to kill time because I am procrastinating doing any work ;). Enjoy!

1. I am not originally from the Outer Banks. I am originally from Chesapeake but had a cottage in corova my whole life and then moved here in middle school.

2. I grew up with purebred Chow-Chow's, who for some reason have a bad rap as being vicious dogs but its all in how you raise them.

3. I attempted to go to college in Wilmington, NC where I must say I have some of the best memories of living with two of my best friends, BUT I had a little too much fun and moved home shortly after my arrival.

4. I have a serious obsession with Pepsi. Some people drink coffee every morning, I drink a Pepsi.

5. I wish that we would have gotten a Krispie Kreme instead of a Dunkin Donuts on the Outer Banks simply because they have way better donuts and I could eat Krispie Kreme donuts all day long.

6. I was never really sure that I wanted to have kids and then found out I was having one and I have yet to even have the child and people are already trying to plan baby number two!!! You must be out of your mind if you think I want to do this again anytime soon.

7. My whole life I have had a fear of horses. It's not like I have not tried to conquer it either. Every year at camp I looked forward to horse back riding but for some reason the horses just don't want me on them. I have been bucked off and time and time again I get the horse that wants to haul ass as soon as I get situated. Needless to say I just stick to feeding and petting them for now.

8. I started out being a straight liquor girl (Bacardi 151, all the way) and now I can barely stand the sight of hard liquor. It's beer all the way baby and you have no idea how badly I am craving a Heineken.

9. I swear I have a touch of OCD. I have to make the bed every morning, or it bugs the crap out of me all day. I clean every single day and everything has to be in its spot. If you knew my boyfriend and how messy he is you would understand how bad my OCD can get ;).

10. I love love love junk food and I must say that during my pregnancy I have controlled myself unbelievably. Healthy snacks all the way. Fruit and granola instead of ice cream and cookies. It's been hard but in the end it will be worth not having a bunch of weight to lose.

11. I pretty much hate myspace. Facebook is the way to go.

12. I can not stand how people let their cars get messy. It makes your car smell funky and once it gets too messy its impossible to get it back to being clean. I hate riding in cluttered, dirty cars. My car is always clean and I refuse to have it look like I live out of my car.

13. I am a closet penny pincher. I clip coupons like crazy and shop for sale items like its my job. You might think its funny but whats really funny is you spend more money on the same items I buy for half off ;).

14. I kickass at Sudoku and I am not ashamed of my nerdy gaming obsession. You see me knock out the Samurai Sudoku in the Washington Post every Sunday. Yeah that's right, be jealous ;).

15. I have a blind dog named Keller who is quite amazing at fetch. Yes, that's right, fetch.

16. I love milk. I go though almost a gallon a day.

17. I have a shopping problem. I have clothes in closet that I still have yet to ever wear. I just buy, buy, buy which I guess at this point is kinda dumb seeing as I can not fit into ANYTHING but I am obsessed with having cute clothes.

18. I am quite the BITCH if pushed to the point where it is necessary to show that side. I have no problem speaking my mind or whoppin' some ass ;).

19. I have an obsession with being tan. I can not be pale, if I start getting pasty I gross myself out and head straight to the tanning bed. I think everyone should be tan because it makes you look alot better when you are tan.

20. I hate the cold weather. I live at the beach for a reason, so when it drops below freezing I become miserable. Summer please hurry!!!

21. I have never broken a bone, had stitches or had to stay the night in a hospital. Needless to say I am not looking forward to the birthing process at all.

22. I maybe a brunette but man do I have some blond moments and when I do it is quite entertaining.

23. I am the nerdy one in my group of friends. They love to pick on me but its OK, I don't mind.

24. As hard as it is to believe, I really miss High School. I don't know about you, but I had a blast in High School and if I could do it again, I would.

25. If I had to pick one thing I detest the most about being pregnant, it would have to be these crazy, wacky dreams I have....no, no wait, these are not dreams they are full blown nightmares that cause to wake up with my heart racing and make it very hard to fall back asleep.

Now you know 25 Random Facts About Me, your turn!!