25 Ways to Wear A Scarf

Sorry for the DIY MIA...work has been hectic, but I do have several projects that I have already completed to post in the future.

A scarf is a way to add pizazz to any outfit.  I am a scarf collector and I thought I would share this clever video on Youtube by wendyslookbook that show 25 ways to wear a scarf.  While some look similar, there are a few I had never seen before and they are fabulous inspiration for adding a scarf to you wardrobe.

Candied Bacon Chocolate Chip Cookies

As a co-workers favorite food is bacon, we decided to go with a bacon themed carry in and I made Candied Bacon Chocolate Chip cookies adapting a recipe from Tablespoon posted by Kristy of
The Girl Who Ate Everything.   They were delicious and the bacon added a tasty element to the cookies, but nobody could actually taste any bacon.

Made 2 1/2 dozen cookies

For Candied Bacon

• 8 slices center cut thick bacon
• 1/2 cup brown sugar

Preheat over to 350 degrees, place foil on a baking sheet, lay the bacon flat, spoon half of the brown sugar on top, put in the oven for 10 minutes, flip bacon over and spoon the remaining brown sugar over the top of the bacon and bake another 10 minutes, or until bacon is is crisp.   Allow to cook and cut into small pieces.

Cookies:
2 1/4 cups flour
1/2 tsp baking soda
3/4 cup butter, slightly softened
1/2 cup white sugar
1 cup brown sugar
1 TBSP vanilla extract
1 whole egg
1 egg yolk
1 1/2 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips (1 16 oz pkg)
2 TBSP Milk

Normally when baking cookies, I will cream the sugar and butter together first and sift the flour, but my son was doing the mixing and put everything in a bowl and blended everything but the chips and bacon with a mixer and once well blended added them in.  There may have been a difference in the texture, but I couldn't tell.

Reduce oven heat to 325 degrees,  Line a baking sheet with parchment, spoon large heaping rounded tablespoons on to the baking sheet and bake 12-13 minutes and take out oven but allow to cool on the baking sheet.  (We like a soft chewy texture, if you like a crispier cookie leave in a minute or so longer).

I am a follower of the blog Girl Who Ate Everything and if you are looking for scrumptious recipes she has a plethora for all types of foods and I haven't tried a recipe yet that I didn't like:)

Recipes on Tablespoon by The Girl Who Ate Everything
Blog of The Girl Who Ate Everything

Disclaimer:  I have no affiliation with Tablespoon or The Girl Who Ate Everything or Chocolate Chip Cookies, I am just a follower/fan

Use a Pop Tab to Add Closet Space

I know Joan Crawford wouldn't approve with her "NO WIRE HANGER EVER!" rule, but this nifty little trick I picked up from the video below using a pop tab does help give you the ability to put more in your closet, especially light items such as t-shirts.

Items needed:

• 2 hangers
• Pop tab off of a soda can 

Thread the top of the tab through the top hanger and then thread the second hanger through the bottom of the tab.  

For details, see the video below where I learned of this trick by Crazy Russian Hacker (I so want to hear him say "Moose and Squirrel" like Natasha on "Rocky and Bullwinkle".)

DIY Zoe Karssen Inspired Bat Sweater

I was inspired to make the above after seeing it on  Cut Out + Keep (picture of inspirations and video tutorial is below) to jazz up an oversized long sleeve T-Shirt that had some bleach stains. I looks much more sparkly in person.

I didn't want an exact copy cat so I made it designer better by adding green glitter paint around the bat to give it an eerie glow and a smaller bat in lower right hand side to cover a bleach stain.




I did mine a little differently though.

Items I used:

• Long Sleeve T-Shirt
• Paper
• Pen, pencil or Sharpie
• Black Acrylic Paint
• Green Glitter Acrylic Paint
• Fabric medium paint additive
• Scissors
• Foam Brush
• Iron
• Large magazine
• Plastic bag
• Straight pins

I put the large magazine inside a plastic grocery bag, tied off the end and put it inside the shirt so the paint wouldn't bleed through.

I folded a piece a standard piece of printer paper in half and freehanded a shape similar to the bat shape.

I pinned it to the shirt, drew around the shape with a Sharpie then painted around the bat with the green glitter acrylic paint mixed with the fabric medium (2 parts paint to 1 part fabric medium.  All paints purchased at Michael's on sale last week 5/$2).

It was looking too much like a toxic Batman so I added more green glitter paint to make it a rectangular shape (using the large magazine underneath as my guide).

I then dabbed around the edges with the black paint with the fabric medium and then painted the rest of the bat shape with black paint.

For the small bat shape I just freehanded a smaller bat and this time I pinned down the outline and used the black paint mixture to dab the bat shape.

I allowed it to dry overnight then ironed it the next day to help seal the paint.

See Diy Zoe Karssen Bat Sweater and 1000's of others - or share your own on Cut Out + Keep

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