DIY: Distressed Jeans

You can make ripped jeans with just a pair of scissors. The best part? You don't have to spend a fortune buying distressed jeans from the store. Here's what you need to get started:

~Scissors

~Tweezers

~Pair of jeans you don't mind cutting-any will do it just depends on your liking; if you can't seem to find a pair you want to cut try buying a pair from the thrift store (mom jeans work best when cut down for distressed shorts.)

Step 1: Cut a few slits where you would like your distressed patch to be; have each cut parallel to the other as well as parallel to the bottom of your jeans. Make sure you don't cut the back of your jeans.

Step 2: You will see blue and white strands of thread; using the tweezers pull away the white strands of thread until you can easily see each individual blue thread.

Step 3: Pull out the individual blue threads, this should leave all the remaining white threads so that they look like this:

Step 4: Throw the jeans in the washer and dryer to help with distressing the holes even more. 

DIY: Envelope Notes

These pretty string of envelopes are perfect for hanging near a desk for keeping notes in. I also like to use it for holding sticky notes, bookmarks, small cards, and photographs. You can use yours however you want; here's how to make 'em: 

First you have to make your envelopes-you can choose any kind of paper just make sure you cut it into a square.

Once you've made about 5 or 6 envelopes it's time to tape them all together. Tape each top flap of the envelopes to the back of another until you get one long string. To hang them you can use thumb tacks or sticky tack; for mine I taped a little piece of ribbon to the top in a looped shape. Whatever fits your style best :)

DIY: Locker Pocket

These cute jean pockets are perfect for storing your pens and pencils on the door of any locker. Instead of those big tin containers that don't always allow you to shut your locker correctly, these lil' pockets are thin enough to not stop your locker from shutting-even with pencils in them :)

You can make these yourself in just a few steps; here's what you need:

~Pair of old jeans
~Scissors
~Hot glue/double sided tape (or just anything sticky)
~Magnets


Once you have everything the rest is really simple:

Step 1:

Take your pair of jeans and cut around the pocket; make sure you are getting both the pocket and the fabric behind the pocket. Don't just cut off the front or all your stuff will fall out the bottom.

Step 2:

Take two magnets and glue/stick them on each side of your pocket like so

Step 3:

Test them out on your locker and make sure they don't fall when you try to put stuff in them. If they sag or don't stay up try using stronger magnets or just add more to the back and bottom of the pockets. 

This was a little bit self explanatory but that's what makes it easy. I hope you like the new idea, let me know what you think. :)