Check out my guest post on punk projects! I’m really happy that Katie invited me to guest post, it makes me feel so honored. This April is all about recycling on her blog so go visit punk projects for some earth-friendly crafts!

Today I’m going to show you how to use some plastic yogurt cups to make your own bracelets!
For these you’ll need yogurt cups and ribbon/fabric scraps (depending in what you have lying around) and hot glue.


Have in mind that you’ll need something that has a diameter enough to fit in your wrist so if you only have those small ones, good time to taste a new yogurt!! I eat way too much yogurt so for me it wasn’t very difficult to gather them, besides I’m always save some cups for when I need to mix paint or things like that.
Instructions
1. Cut the yogurt cup, I used a x-acto knife and then even out the edges with scissors. It’ll be kinda of weird in the beginning but once you get the hang of it it’d be easier. You’ll have this:

2. Put some hot glue in the fabric/ribbon and place it on the bracelet. Then start to wrap it around your bracelet
3. Put some glue in the ends and it’s finished!




Super easy craft right?
Notes:
Make sure before gluing to the bracelet that your ribbon or fabric has enough length to cover your bracelet.
You can use also yarn! For yarn I only tied the ends, no need for hot glue!

This is one of those things that I’ve been wanting to do for a long time. It’s seen everywhere and it’s so simple to make!
These two washers:

Became these necklaces:


Seriously, no need for tutorials. Just sand a washer a little bit and decoupage it (I used a page from a magazine and a napkin). After that you just need a string. It’s so easy and I think I might do more of them with different colors!

So yesterday I received the last grade I was expecting and I failed! Which means that I’m going to stay in Braga a little longer. It’s a little bit of a bummer because it was the only exam that actually went well and the only one I was expecting to pass. But it’s alright because I’ve over a week to study for it, so I’ll be able to rest and study without feeling overwhelmed. Today I just went to the center of Braga just taking a walk and getting lost (the good kind of lost) and admired lots of tourists that are already on vacation, I’m so jealous but what’s fun is that since I worked last year in a souvenir shop I easily detect which are tourists which are not. I like to imagine why are there visiting and where do they come from. Bem ontem recebi a minha última nota que estava à espera e chumbei! O que significa que vou ter de ficar em Braga mais um bocado. É um bocado mau porque era o único exame que tinha corrido bem e o único que tencionava passar. Mas pronto é na boa porque vou ter uma semana para estudar para ele, irei conseguir descansar e estudar sem estar pressionada. Hoje fui para o centro de Braga passear e perder-me (no bom sentido, em que é incrível descobrir novas ruas) e admirei vários turistas que já estavam de férias, estava cheia de inveja mas é divertido que desde do ano passado que trabalhei numa loja de lembranças consigo ver quem é ou não turista. Gosto de imaginar porquê que eles estão a visitar aquilo e donde vêm.
But I’m not here to talk about…when I saw this link I knew I had to make them. This was my first experiment, not very neat… Mas não é disso que quero falar…quando vi este link soube que tinha de as fazer. Esta foi a minha primeira experiência, não muito bonita…

Then I made this, I like this one better, it’s so pretty and I’m wearing it on my wrist right now Honestly I never thought it’d give that amount of work, I spent an entire afternoon (while watching tv shows and making lots of pauses of course) doing it. For me only the tutorial didn’t make it, I’m not very handy in things like that so I just went to youtube and found some amazing videos, so if you’re having trouble with just the tutorial go find some videos explaining! Depois fiz esta, gosto muito mais dela, é bonita e estou a usá-la no meu pulso agora Sinceramente nunca pensei que dessem tanto trabalho, passei uma tarde inteira (a ver séries e a fazer muitas pausas) a fazê-la. Para mim o tutorial não chegou, não tenho muito jeito para estas coisas por isso fui ao youtube e encontrei filmes espectaculares, por isso se tiverem algum problema vão procurar videos!

I think I’ll spend a good amount of the summer doing this! Acho que vou passar uma grande parte do verão a fazer isto!