How To Remove Dried Hot Glue

 This is a problem with me often. Sometimes I hot glue something, then decide to remove it or change it. So today I'd like to share with you how I do that! =]

This is what the glue looks like all dried. I had a bow on there, but I pulled it off. This glue has been there for about 3-5 hours.

 Problem solved! Plug that hot glue gun right back in and use it's heated metal part to melt the glue back into liquid. (If your glue gun is like mine, some glue will leak out of it. Ignore it. It's okay to get more glue on the already dry glue)

Now repeat the last step over and over again until most of the glue is off. The picture above is the part where the glue was pulled off. 

I hope this helped you!

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Tie Snake Toy

Isn't he cute??? I created him for someone else, but I think I'll have to make another one for them because they're so cute!

 Sssss......

Ok. Let's get started!

Supplies:

An old tie (A striped one looks best, feel free to experiment)

Red felt (just a bit for the tongue)

Two black beads

A needle and thread

Half a bag (or less) of rice

a funnel

A hot glue gun and LOTS of extra glue sticks

Scissors (fabric scissors are good)

(Also, before we begin, I'd like to apologize for the lighting/clarity in the photos.

That's what you get when you have one tiny lamp that you can't even get to stretch all the way to your table)

 Okay, start with the tie.

I forgot to take a 'before' picture of the tie, so here it is before with some of the supplies

Cut off the tag.

 Cut the tie about two or three inches longer than you actually want the snake to be

 The tie started falling apart so I glued where the seam was because I don't trust my sewing

 Now place the funnel inside the open end and pour rice inside. Do it slowly with only a little bit at a time to allow the rice to sink to the bottom. (I had to stuff the rice down with a wooden stick)

 Here's the snake all stuffed

 Glue on a 'Y' shaped piece of felt (when I finished, I touched it up with a few more layers to make it sturdier)

 See the tail, all glued? It looks pretty boring.

I just snipped it, and glued the edges

I had to glue all the holes that the tie had because ties are not meant to hold rice ;). The seam in the back was only closed every centimeter or so, so I glued inside each of those.

Now simply stitch on the beads for the eyes and you're done!

xo. Kate

Bow Tie Necklace

I love this necklace! Sorry for the grainy picture, I just couldn't wait until morning for photos!

This idea was adapted from evie-s.com, where she made these, but a single triangle (earrings).

I thought they were so cute, so I decided to twist the idea up and create a modern-looking (at least for teens) necklace!

Supplies:

Two paper clips

Embroidery thread

Glue (I used Elmer's)

A jewelry clasp

Any designs or more thread to decorate (I used silver thread)

Start with one normal paperclip 

 Bend one prong

 Now bend another

 Keep bending!

 There! Done bending!

 Now start wrapping the thread around the wire (Add a little glue before wrapping around)

 Finished and glued!

Ribbon Hairpiece

Here is a purple bow before:

The ribbon hanging from it was kind of awkward, so I simply pulled it out.

Ta Da!!!! I tried putting the bow in my hair, but it was also awkward, so I decided to put the ribbon with a bobby pin in my hair. It was so cute I decided to make one and share it on my blog!

 Supplies:

Thin ribbon that doesn't fray easily

a bobby pin

an inch or two of wire

wire pliers (not in pic)

scissors

hot glue gun or another fast-drying glue (not in pic)

 Make a figure eight out of the ribbon