Let me just give you a glimpse into my brain. Last Saturday I was laying down attempting to take a nap and my brain just wouldn't turn off. A million different thoughts were running rampant and then my vision focused on one single thought... a DIY. All the other thoughts were gone and I began to piece together this craft project. As soon as I realized I had all the materials needed in my apartment, I was vertical and knew, no nap would be achieved.
Supplies:
Stiff Felt
Scissors
Metallic Duct Tape
Nail
Hole Punch
Jump Ring
Hot Glue Gun
Ribbon
Stiff Felt
Scissors
Metallic Duct Tape
Nail
Hole Punch
Jump Ring
Hot Glue Gun
Ribbon
To begin, I took a stiff piece of felt I had lying around (don't use the flimsy felt). I don't do template, I usually just draw things by hand. So I laid the felt under the collar of one of my shirts and I used chalk to draw how I wanted it to look. Then, I cut around my chalk lines and then copied the shape so I would have two identical pieces. Next I took some metallic duct tape that I found at the dollar store months ago. It just feels like sticky aluminum foil. I wrapped each piece of felt in the tape. Then, to make it look like metal instead of tin foil I decided to give it a hammered look. I took a flat head nail and slowly made intentions all over each piece. This isn't hard and you don't have to use much force, but it is a bit monotonous. Also, make sure your two pieces are mirror images of each other. I accidentally did the whole process on the wrong side of one of my pieces... whoops.
Next, I took a leather hole puncher and made a tiny little hole on the inside corner of each collar piece. If you don't have a hole puncher, just use a hammer and a nail to make the hole. Then, I took a jump ring and attached both pieces together.
To finish off the look, I used my hot glue gun to attach a strand of ribbon to each side of the collar. Violá! You have a super cool textured metal collar! What do you think? I am kind of impressed with myself, and I love the fact that you can't tell it's just glorified tin foil!
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