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!
Jamie
You are too crafty. I might try to make myself an iPod case this weekend. I will let you know how it goes! :)
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ashley.
My sisters and I always call the no-rim eyeglasses “Sarah Palin Glasses” now.
She ruined them for us! :)
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Renee
Looking forward to pics of your new glasses!!
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ally
Adorable!! I’m impressed.
And like everyone else, I vote for photos of the glasses….
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bFlat
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.
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tara
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.
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Andy
And now I know exactly how to make my iPod beautiful :D
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notsojenny
that case is awesome and BRILLIANT! i smell a business opportunity! marketing these to cities all over would be a GREAT idea!
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Alice
that is so cute!! i need an ipod case, but it.. uh.. never occured to me to MAKE one. hmm.
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Sara
Hope you are feeling better!
Looking forward to pics of the glasses and your thrifting finds!
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Elle Bee
You’re so clever, m’dear.
Also, pics of the new glasses (on your pretty face) are a must!
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Mel
I vote for pics of the new glasses, too!
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dmb5_libra
no pics of the glasses??
boo!
have a good one!
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Lily
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!
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Mermanda
Show us the glasses! The Internet demands it!
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michelle woo
Sell, sell, sell! I’m getting my iPhone this weekend (finally!!) and I would love one of those …
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Laurie | Your Ill-fitting Overcoat
Those glasses sound beautiful and I love the new case! I wish I was craft, but alas, I am all thumbs.
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Emily Jane
I’m so excited to be going thrifting with you!!! But remember, hush hush lol :) And the glasses look gorgeous :)
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melanie
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.
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Marie
Love the case! And the jacket! Now you just need to show us the new glasses. :)
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Lindsay
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 :)
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Kate
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.
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Nilsa
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…
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Miss Dallas
I just got new glasses, too. Still kinda self-conscious in them, but I hope to get over that soon!
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Nora
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!
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pinkjellybaby
Pictures please, we must have pictures!!
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Jeanine
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.
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jessica maria
i subscribe to lookbook.nu – it’s so fun to see you on there! :D
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Miss Musing
What a great case! Sorry your lost your bus pass :(
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DocE
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.
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Melissa
That case is so smart! Love the idea.
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Lauren
I love thrifting, but I can never seen to find amazing pieces. Also, I’m loving the idea of your glasses. :)
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