T-shirts to Cleaning Rags: Photo Tutorial

Supplies needed: Old t-shirts (We used size Large) and scissors

Keep in mind that the size and quantity of the rags depends on the size shirt you are cutting up... clearly. ;)

Cut off the sleeves and cut down the middle like I did above.

Then cut up the seams on each side to separate the front of the shirt from the back.

Cut the front side up the middle.

Do the same for the back side.

Voila! Now you have four good sized cleaning rags per shirt.

If you don't want to waste the top part of the shirt you can also get some small rags out of it.

Trim off the collar and the pointed "edges" where the sleeves used to be.

Now you have two options for the front piece.

Option 1: Cut straight across from side to side directly under the collar and make 1 medium sized rag.

Option 2: Cut into three small rags like shown above.

For the back, trim off the top and the pointed "edges" and you have yourself another regular sized rag.

So there you have it! For the most part, I got 5 regular sized rags per Men's Large t-shirt!

What about you? Do you have something you "up cycle" and use regularly! Please share below in the comment section! 

HSH 365 Challenge

The new year is always a time of reflection and resolutions. From giving up soda to business goals, just about everyone sets their minds to do better at something. I set a new goal every year, some more attainable than others but by Spring time I have already gotten either side tracked or completely forgotten about my recent aspirations. Why is that? For me, I decided that it's because I have always made resolutions that sounded good but never mean't much to me. Not this year! This year I have decided to make my new year resolution simple. Create. Every. Day. With my main goal to get an online shop up this year, I thought this was a good start. 

At first, I was posting a new creation every day on Instagram but by Day 3, I felt annoying. Now I've decided that every week I will do a post sharing that weeks DIYs and some How to's. Here is this weeks!

Day 1: I made this darling little stacks of pancakes with sea foam banners to add a little flair.

Day 2: I worked on a painting that will be part of our gallery wall. It's not completed yet, but soon.

Day 3: I hand lettered our living room sign with a little New Years inspiration.

Day 4: I learned how to crochet these cute, little rosettes. Now to bunch some up and crochet a throw pillow cover.

Day 5: Cake. Batter. Cookies. These sweet treats were so good! (Warning: Do NOT make these if your resolution has anything to do with losing weight, dieting or good health. They are addicting!)

Day 6: My mom's breakfast burrito recipe. Why yes, that clock does say 12:31... in the morning. We were preparing for the Blizzard of 2014 and this was a necessity. Who doesn't love breakfast?!

Day 7: DIY De-icer. Best idea ever. It even prevented the windows from icing over again last night. How cool is that! So I decided to take advantage of the warm front that came in yesterday and clean off the car for David. (By warm front, I mean anything above -5. On Monday, the wind chill got as low as -34 where we live. Say what?!?)

That's that! So far, the first week of 2014 has been a good one. I have an interview this week and we finally paid off two major bills. If the first week is any indication of what the rest of the year will be like, it should be pretty great! How has 2014 started for you? Any awesome resolutions that you have been keeping up with? Do share!