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Q&A Monday: Shoulder Pads!
Q: You do a LOT of refashions where you remove shoulder pads. What do you do with them when you’re done? Do you just throw them away?
Sing the praises of pads! 🙂
A: Oh heck no! Shoulder Pads are awesome (just not on your shoulders)!
Here are a few things you can make out of ’em!
Puppy Poo Bag Holder
When I take Douglas for his walks, I want to be a good neighbor and clean up after the little guy. I could either buy a puppy poo bag dispenser/bag set for $5…
Herm.
Orrrrrrr…I can make my own with old shoulder pads and Douglas’ old collar that’s too small for him now!
Of course Douglas is wearing clothes! 😉
I can roll up about 5 old grocery bags in the pouch, and the collar can be attached to my wrist, belt loop, purse, or his leash. Perfect!
Sunglasses Case
I have about a dozen pairs of sunglasses. Most of them are of the super-cheap variety, but I still want to take good care of them. The best way to keep them scratch-free when I toss them in my bag is to keep them in a cozy case!
Safe & Secure!
Cat Toys
Kittehs love shoulder pads, too…especially when they’re stuffed with catnip and sewn into cute little mice! Awhile back, I made a batch of these and gave them to local shelter cats. They loved ’em!
Kittycat Crack!
Pan Handle Cover
Pan handle covers can run anywhere from $2 to $13. But why bother running out to buy one, when you can just make your own from unwanted shoulder pads?
When you don’t want to feel the (3rd degree) burn!
A Cool Koozie
Shoulder pads make great koozies! Keep your tasty brew nice & cold while matching your newly refashioned frock!
Mmmmnnn…beer!
Jewelry Pouch
You can use a couple of shoulder pads, an old button, and a stretched-out hair tie to make a small pouch to keep your favorite pieces of jewelry protected!
These belonged to my Great-Grandmother, so I definitely want to keep them safe!
A perfectly padded pouch!
What have you made out of old shoulder pads?
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Day 201: DIY Shoulder Pad Dryer Sheets
Do you remember Day 160, when I made my own laundry detergent? It’s working great! Fella and I are completely happy with how clean and fresh our clothes are getting! 🙂 What follows is an extension of my newly found DIY laundry products obsession.
A few months ago, a good pal of mine moved away. She didn’t want to deal with moving her cleaning supplies, so she kindly gave them all to me. There was just one thing that I really didn’t have a use for : a big jug of fabric softener. I only use dryer sheets, and Fella doesn’t use the stuff at all. It actually weakens the fibers in your clothing, but I hate static and I LOVE that fresh from the dryer smell! 🙂
Still on a DIY High from making my own laundry soap, I found this site that tells you how to make your own re-useable dryer sheets! They suggest using flannel scraps or any other really thick fabric. Other sites suggest using sponges. You can probably guess what I used. 😉
Shoulder Pads! Of course! 🙂
To make the solution for your dryer sheets, you’ll want to mix 4 T Fabric Softener with 10 T Water. It’ll look like this:
Cloudy!
Next, toss those (clean) shoulder pads into the solution.
If you’re not a part of the solution, you’re a part of the problem!
Soak it up!
You’ll want to keep them in a water-tight container. I just used an old sour cream tub. It ain’t fancy, but it works! Northern Cheap$kate used an old baby wipes container, but I can’t justify having a child just so I can have a nifty re-useable container. 😉
Each pad is good for two uses. After that, just toss it in with a load of laundry and it can go back into the tub!
Fancy Packaging! 🙂
That’s it! Now I have reusable pads from supplies that otherwise wouldn’t have been of any use to me at all!
Of course, the cost of making my dryer sheets was $0, because I never had to pay for the bottle of fabric softener. If you actually bought the liquid fabric softener, your cost per load would come to 1 cent, vs. the 11 cents you were paying per load! Plus, you’re keeping all those little dryer sheets out of the landfill! 🙂
Cheers!
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You Too Can Rock a Formal Mumsy Jacket!
What do you wear on a day that’s juuuust cool enough for a light jacket?
…a light jacket! Duh!
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Earning My 80’s Stripes
Little did I realize my go-to hairstyle for when I’m working at home would match the era of this frock so perfectly.
So…tight! Can’t…breathe!
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Go Panthers (I guess) Dress
I know. I’m behind.
I am so so so so so very behind in my daily blog posts. :/
I’m sorry. I swear I’m not a bad person. I’ve been stuck in a week of being incredibly bzzzzzzzy, then having to deal with something unpleasant *seethes inwardly* , then having to deal with being sick. :/ Not fun.
But I’m here now and I’m on a mission to get all caught up. All 366 posts of this ReFashionista Challenge MUST be accounted for!
The show must go on!
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