Behind the Glue and Fabric Scraps:

I grew up in a family that went through some pretty bad cycles of poverty while I was growing up. We usually had little to no money to spend on looks, and my grandma usually took me shopping. I am a quite creative person, and I remember somewhere between middle and high school getting fed up with not being able to express myself with my wardrobe.

As the daughter of an ever resourceful scavenger, I started collecting things. I often would find stuff on street corners, at garage sales, and once even in a classroom garbage can. I would take my finds home and turn them into the bedroom decorations, band shirts, studded bracelets, and arm socks I couldn’t afford to buy at the mall. Now I am excited to be able to share with you the projects and tips that I have developed over the years in a desperate attempt to express myself.

Eyeball String Lights

Materials

String lights (dollar store)

X-acto Knife (craft store), or a box cutter

Ping pong balls with eyeball design (dollar store)

or take some ping pong balls and paint them like eyes

Directions

Count how many bulbs are on your string lights, and make sure you have one ping pong ball for each light

2. Mark the back of the ping pong balls where the light will go in

3. Take your x-acto knife and carefully cut an x shape into the backs of the ping pong balls ( I found It worked best to puncture the ball first then cut it open and I actually cut off the corners inside because my the ping pong balls weren’t very flexible)