This week I’ve been under the weather, and while I can be single minded at best some times I really locked in on making myself comfy but productive – because I had a problem that needed fixing. I lose my bus pass. Frequently. There’s something about my jacket pockets that make them literally expel my bus pass into the street, my workplace, the bus on a regular basis. My solution is that I’m constantly clutching my bus pass in my huge gloved hands, concentrating on making sure that I have it – and when I’m not I’m patting myself down trying to find my buss pass. As the bus service can be in this city, I hate losing $75.00 – so if I go looking for my pass and I can’t find it right away, I kinda wig out
You don’t want to sit next to me on the bus, is what I’m saying.
So while I was sick on Wednesday I decided that enough was enough – I was marrying up my two constant companions: my iPhone needed a case, and the fear of losing my transit pass would no longer need a case.
Result:
Materials:
1. Blue felt ($0.99)
2. Gray end of roll fabric ($3.00 for 2 yards)
3. Old button
4. Trading card protector
(soft, flexible plastic for bus pass to slide into)
Time Required: ~30 mins.
This weekend one of my best friends, the beautiful British Emily Jane, and I are going thrifting for work clothes in honour of her very new job. My non-profession related mission is to find a blazer so I can look like this:
…but more awkward. I’m so excited! Especially because last night, moments before they closed I picked up my new glasses! They’re like 1950′s horn rimmed black and white frames, but just the tops – the bottoms are all lense, no frame. All very exciting stuff – and then there’s the Christmas baking this weekend, and my first chunk of time off work since April! I can barely contain myself.
Have a good weekend!
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You are too crafty. I might try to make myself an iPod case this weekend. I will let you know how it goes! :)
My sisters and I always call the no-rim eyeglasses “Sarah Palin Glasses” now.
She ruined them for us! :)
Looking forward to pics of your new glasses!!
Adorable!! I’m impressed.
And like everyone else, I vote for photos of the glasses….
I can’t wait to see pictures of your new glasses, they sound fantastic! Also, great solution to your bus card debacle. You should sell those on your Etsy shop.
Inventions borne of necessity are always the best. I am going to embark on a necessity mission today involving some Sculpey and an oven. It should be interesting, as I have never even touched Sculpey before.
And now I know exactly how to make my iPod beautiful :D
that case is awesome and BRILLIANT! i smell a business opportunity! marketing these to cities all over would be a GREAT idea!
that is so cute!! i need an ipod case, but it.. uh.. never occured to me to MAKE one. hmm.
Hope you are feeling better!
Looking forward to pics of the glasses and your thrifting finds!
You’re so clever, m’dear.
Also, pics of the new glasses (on your pretty face) are a must!
I vote for pics of the new glasses, too!
no pics of the glasses??
boo!
have a good one!
You gonna sell those??? I’d buy it, is what I’m sayin. Until I learn to sew myself, then I’ll just make it. But that’s adorable!
Show us the glasses! The Internet demands it!
Sell, sell, sell! I’m getting my iPhone this weekend (finally!!) and I would love one of those …
Those glasses sound beautiful and I love the new case! I wish I was craft, but alas, I am all thumbs.
I’m so excited to be going thrifting with you!!! But remember, hush hush lol :) And the glasses look gorgeous :)
I used to always misplace my bus pass or leave without it – I wouldn’t lose it per se but it was always in my back pocket of whatever I had been wearing the previous day so I would leave the apartment without it and have to go back and get it. This was back when I lived in Montreal for University and while discmans did exist I was still always using my walkman and so I used to stick my pass inside the walkman (the tape rotation never hurt it). Your solution is awesome.
This post is making me want to go thrifting. I wonder if little Miss would appreciate me braving the -25 temperatures just to walk around a thrift store… probably not.
Love the case! And the jacket! Now you just need to show us the new glasses. :)
Kyla Bea! I’m a new reader and I love your blog! It’s inspiring me to be more crafty. Can’t wait to read more :)
Your new glasses sound so cute! And I know what you mean about the bus pass–when I had one, I was fully obsessive about not losing. Now I use that same obsessiveness for my license and debit card.
I love that you have a vision. Vision to craft something so adorable. Vision that you can see a blazer in a way that I never would. I wish I could fold you up and carry you around in my pocket for times of need. Now, about those pictures of your new glasses…
I just got new glasses, too. Still kinda self-conscious in them, but I hope to get over that soon!
I hope you are feeling better!
So I have to ask, did you inherently learn your craftiness, were you taught it by a family member or did you take classes? I’m always jealous of your creations. If I made myself clothes, they would look like a sack, of this I am sure!
Pictures please, we must have pictures!!
losing a bus pass sucks. it has happened to me before. i LOVE your solution – i may have to get crafty today too. and i’d love to see a photo of your new glasses – they sound fabulous.
i subscribe to lookbook.nu – it’s so fun to see you on there! :D
What a great case! Sorry your lost your bus pass :(
I love your craft idea and as someone who frequently loses everything not tied down, this is a great idea that looks like something I could actually do – very neato. I also love your sense of style based on your pictures.
That case is so smart! Love the idea.
I love thrifting, but I can never seen to find amazing pieces. Also, I’m loving the idea of your glasses. :)