Mockingbird,

Chase Coy, you handsome man you.

Wire,

I saw this diy on pinterest, and it got me thinking; craft wire? Pliers? Dollar store?

THE POSSIBILITIES ARE ENDLESS!

This is the creation;

and these are the materials I used;

Floral wire (dollar store)

Ribbon (dollar store)

Pliers (mine, not dollar store)

Paper & Pencil (also mine, but if you want to dollar store it..by all means)

Charms & Jump Rings ~ 100% optional

I drew a rough draft of what I wanted, so it was fairly easy to follow along with the twists and curves.

The wire was also pretty soft, some of it I didn't even need the pliers!

Then I latched on a jump ring along with a charm, pulled the ribbon through and tied a bow,

then called it good(:

You can really make anything out of this, a BFF necklace just like this one, (but I would suggest thinner wire for that one) make a cursive initial for a friend, spell out a full name. 

Like I said, possibilities? Endless.

~DIXIE

Colourful Bobby Pins,

I saw these allll over pinterest, so I decided to give it a shot(:

They turned out pretty darn cute too! I even made some for my little sisters; they LOVED them.

Materials;
Fingernail polish
Bobby pins
Something to slide them onto, makes them thousands times easier to paint.
(I used the back cover of an old notebook and put some paper under them)

PAINT 'EM UP.
Then you're good(:

~dixie

Bobbypin Box O' Wonders

This little box, has saved my life. Okay, not literally, but seriously. I go through bobbypins like water. WATER I SAY.

So I saved a cute little box to store them all, but then on pinterest I saw this, and I was inspired.

Materials;
Container of any kind, one that will take glue well.
Glue (I didn't have any hot glue gun..sticks...so I just used Elmers Liquid glue & it's stuck just fine)
Magnet-- magnet strips

Or you can just do what I did;
Kidnap the plumbing advertisement magnet on the fridge. Works like a charm. Thin enough & still magnetic enough(:

Glue those suckers on!
Then you're basically good.

I especially like that I can keep all my random barrettes inside the box.

Best Of Luck
~dixxayy

Five Strand Braid Headband,

Hey stranger, I want you to catch me like a cold.

Sorry, my latest obsession? Panic! At the Disco. & that line ^ the one up there, is most definitely one of my favorites. Not gonna lie.

ANYWAYS,
A while back I learned how to make these superbly awesome headbands! I wear them all the time, and they really weren't even that hard to make(:

Here is the tutorial, & much better pictures. I just wanted to share the love(:

Please excuse my not-so-high-quality pictures, my camera does it's best.

Best of luck,
~dixie

Friendship Headphones,

My oh my, this definitely took some time...but was awarding in the end(:

it's just the basic knot, where you make a four then pull the tail through,
for hours & hours & hours & HOURS.

So feel free to pop in movie, because you ain't goin' no where any time soon!

But like I said, rewarding(;

Best of luck,
~~diiixie

P.S.
Headphones
Embroidery Floss
Some sort of glue to finish it off (I used fingernail polish, because we have a now apparent lack of tacky glue in this house...)
TIME.

Mustache Mug,

Yes, I've given into the mustache fad.
I just couldn't resist!

So therefore, here it is...
My confession;

Super duper simple,
mug at the dollar store (cha-ching!), and a sharpie.

SIMPLE, EASY PEASY LEMON-SQUEEZY.

Snatched some paper, penciled a mustache, chose the better looking half and folded it for an attempt at symmetric coolness, cut it, taped it, traced it & filled it. I'm pretty pleased with my result too(:

But if you're super talented & popular you could probably draw it right on the cup.

Peace out.

~dixie

Thrifty Books

Books are my escape, because the best part of them is being able to live in a different world when sometimes your own can be too much to handle.

And if you know me well, then you know that my world is... definitely something else!

So why spend fifteen dollars on one single, brand new book, when you can get multiple books, that have been loved (I say loved instead of used, because if it's well used that means it was probably well loved) AND you get a much better price(:

And I'm all about better prices!

Today I picked up seven books, for $9.50, they are all in really good condition too and some even look like they've never even been cracked! 

I love books & I love cheap books(:

P.S. I will confess to buying a Stephenie Meyer book...

Tea Cup Pin Cushion,

So basically, I saw this tutorial & I couldn't wait to try it out for myself! 


Materials;
Tea Cup
Batting/Stuffing of some sort
Cute fabric (or ugly, if that's what floats your boat)
Scissors
Rubber band


I got the tea cup from the D.I. (50 cents! Booyah!), the batting I kidnapped from my grandma's stash & the fabric was an old t-shirt that didn't fit anymore & I'm sure you don't really care where the scissors & rubber band came from(x


But here's how it turned out! :D I was pretty darn pleased with myself. 

Check out the tutorial & do it yourself, it's super cute & super easy(:


~dixie

Introduction,

Hello, so I guess that an intro would be in order. Right? Well, I'm Dixie. However since there's no need to be all proper (and I'm not too fond of uppercase D's) you can just call me dixie(:
   
     So I'm seventeen years, three months & fifteen days old,
     I'm a Junior in High School (A.K.A. The Legal Human Cage),
     I overdose on Chocolate frequently,
     I never ate paste as a child,
     My obsessions change on a daily basis,
     And depending on the day, I'm slightly more myself.

Well, I suppose that's all you need to know for now. Right? Well, feel free to...do whatever it is that fellow bloggers do...

~d-d-d-dixie

p.s. I don't have a stutter, I just wanted to add a few d's for personality(;