Hello my darlings!  Ahh, it's Monday again.  Well, here are a few DIYs that I've found to distract you from your Monday blues.  I think they're great and I'm definitely going to try making these leg warmers.  How perfect for Fall!

DIY Leg Warmers // From Lex

Lately, I've seen a lot of "ABC's of Me" where bloggers describe themselves via the alphabet.  One letter at a time; their words carefully chosen.  I find this difficult.  I attempted the idea, but I became stuck on the letter "C" and realized I didn't want to post an alphabet of Katelyn qualities. 

Instead, I wanted to describe my life at this point with song lyrics.  I've taken lyrics from a variety of songs that relate to me in one way or the other, and put them together in a ABC-poem, if you will...  Plus, I fully believe in using songs to say things.  Enjoy!

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Lyrical ABC's

And I'm farther from you everyday,

Blue lips, blue veins.

Cause I'm broken when I'm open,

Dark boom honey, I follow you,

Everything has changed.

Father, father help us,

Gracious goes the ghost of you,

Hiding my heart away,

I feel it all, I feel it all.

Just a bridge that I gotta burn,

Knew the rules, but the rules did not know me,

Like coming off the pills you take to stay happy,

More than this...

Not unfaithful, but sometimes I stray.

On separate trains,

Punctuated by philosophy,

Quit.

Run away.

Spend all your time waiting for that second chance.

There are secrets I will always keep,

Under pressure - that burns a building down,

Victory is mine. 

Who can say where we're blowing,

X - amount of words,

You're chasin' the ghost of a good thing,

Zombie. How low, how low, how low will you push me.

I love making new things out of something old!  I came across this skirt on Pinterest and thought it looked a lot like a Men's dress shirt.  I decided to see if I could make it myself!  It was actually really easy and P.S. thrift stores always have an abundant supply of dress shirts, so try it for yourself!

{1}   Men's dress shirt

{2}   Ruler

{3}   Scissors

{4}   Sewing Machine & thread

{5}   Needle and pins

{1}   Lay your dress shirt out flat and cut across the chest, just under the arms.  Remove the collar, cutting at the seam.  Once removed, cut the collar in two equal parts for each side of the waist.

{2}   Sew four pleats into the shirt; two in the front and two in the back.  Use a ruler to make sure you are placing them evenly.  I used a mannequin and pinned the pleats where I needed them.  Once you have the pleats pinned, press with and iron, and then use a sewing machine to sew all four in place.

{3}   Use a ruler to determine the right place for the two half collar pieces - place them wherever you want but make sure they are evenly spaced from the middle button.  Pin in the right place and sew with a sewing machine.  Cut the excess off from the back when done.

{4}   Use a needle and thread to connect the back of the collar pieces to the skirt; just the bottom edge so a belt can go through. 

{5}   Take a piece of fabric from the unused sleeve to make a belt loop.  Use a ruler to make sure you place it in the middle and sew by hand; add a button.  If needed, add a button to the front to secure the top of the skirt. 

{6}   Do a final ironing, throw on a belt, and you're ready to go! 

DIY Fabric Flowers ~ They are adorable and perfect for so many things!  Attach them to pillows, curtains, headbands, skirts, jackets, headboards, or pretty much anything!  Try making different colors, different sizes, and adding different size buttons.  And as always, have fun!

1}   Cut circles to the desired size (maybe several different sizes!).

2}   Keep one circle flat as the base.  Fold four circles in half, then half again.  Attach the four to the base circle.  Use a sewing machine or thread and needle to attach folded circles to the middle of the base.

3}   Add another layer (or another) to the fabric flowers until they are your desired fluffiness!  (I made the second layer a slightly smaller circle than the first layer)

4}   Top with a button or a bead in the middle to finish it off!  And Ta-Dah! You have beautiful handmade fabric flowers -- Decorate away!

Pay attention!  ...these three beautiful websites will change your world.  Find inspiration for new projects, recipes you'll love, DIY tutorials, videos, and blogs you wouldn't have otherwise discovered!  Check them out -- let them change your world too!

It's the best thing ever for a blog lover!  Bloglovin´ was created so you wouldn’t have to visit multiple websites checking to see if your favorite blogs have new posts. 

It's simple and categorizes everything for you in one place!  You can search though blogs of every category/interest possible and discover new blogs to follow!  Follow Ninth & Bird and others on bloglovin.com, and then you’ll get notified every time one of your favorite blogs has written a new blog post!

n. pinterest [pin.ter.est] pin, pinning, pinned.  A virtual pin board!  Did I mention addicting?! Yes, you can pin everything you come across online that you want to remember, share, or re-visit later.

Create boards for whatever your interests are: recipes, photography, DIY projects, etc... the world is your pinning oyster!  Find friends and follow what they are pinning - oh, and make friends!  Ninth & Bird is on pinterest and pinning away daily!  Join the fun, but beware - it's very addicting! 

Craftgawker.com is my latest discovery!  It's a photo gallery that allows you to visually search though other artists and discover handmade crafts that will inspire you! 

Photography and projects are submitted by crafty bloggers all over the the world!  From there, Craftgawker editors review submissions daily and choose the highest quality, coolest images to showcase.  It's pretty addicting as well ~ especially their other sites, foodgawker.com, weddinggawker.com, and dwellinggawker.com! (what a fantastic website family!)  I hope you enjoy them!