True Blue Me & You: Doable Unique DIYs

DIY Roundup of 9 Easy Red White & Blue Tutorials I’ve posted. What’s nice is that you can change the color to whatever flag you want in most of the tutorials.

1. Red White & Blue Cupcakes Topped with White Chocolate Dipped Strawberries from Bird on a Cake here.
2. Flag Nail Art fromThe Beauty Department here.
3. Bandanna Back Denim Shirt Tutorial from Trash to Couture here. 
4. Red White and Blue Bead Wrap Bracelet by Happy Hour Projects here.
5. DIY Handprint and Footprint Flag Tutorial from Serendiptiy here. 
6. Slashed Flag Tee Shirt Tutorial from Happy Hour Projects here.
7. Layered Colored Drinks Recipe and Tutorial from In Katrina’s Kitchen here. 
8. Flag Shorts Using Fabric Markers by Southern Belle Soul here.
9. Beyond Easy Strawberry Blueberry Cake Recipe from Allrecipes here.
10. Not Shown: Colorful Dyed Flag Shorts from The Metric Child here.
11. Not Shown: Black & White bleach pen flag shorts from Clones N Clowns here.

Mini Roundup of the Best Kumihimo Braided Tutorials I’ve posted. Another good camp craft or summer DIY. Also check out pages of friendship bracelets, including a site with hundreds of friendship bracelet patterns here: truebluemeandyou.tumblr.com/tagged/friendship

1. 8 to 28 Strand Kumihimo Spiral Braids Using a Cardboard Weaving Wheel Tutorial from  How Did You Make This? here.
2. Rafia Spiral Woven Cord Kumihimo Wrapped Bracelet Tutorial from el cuaderno de ideas here.
3. Kumihimo Spiked Braided Wrapped Necklace Tutorial from el cuaderno de ideas here.
4. Kumihimo Braided Hardware Bracelet Tutorial from Fall For DIY here.

DIY Roundup 9 Wire Jewelry Tutorials I’ve posted. Part 1. I post a lot of wire wrapped jewelry because wire is really cheap and easy to manipulate and the perfect summer craft.

1. Roundup of Nine DIY Ear Cuffs I’ve posted here.
2. Wire Heart Ring Tutorial by I Spy DIY here.
3. Dainty Wire Wrapped Ring Tutorial from Wobisobi here.
4. Black Bead Wire Wrapped Ring Tutorial from Around Wire here.
5. Wire Heart RIng Tutorial from Maize Hutton here.
6. Wire Ear Cuffs from Basic to Advanced from Shealynn’s Faerie Shoppe here.
7. Wire Hair Rings Tutorial from Keep Calm and DIY here.
8. Beginner Wire Wrapped Ring Tutorial from Lytha Studios here.
9. Wire Wrapped Button Ring Tutorial from Jewelry Making Journal here.

Roundup of 9 DIY sunglasses I’ve posted. All of these are so easy except #1.

1. Granny Couture Cross Stitch Sunglasses from Honestly…WTF here.
2. Chanel Knockoff Pearl Sunglasses from Sprinkles in Springs here. This DIY uses scrapbooking supplies.
3. Studded Sunglasses Tutorial from A Splendid Assemblage here.The studs are cut from a roll.
4. Valentino Inspired Lace Aviator Sunglasses Tutorial from Studs and Pearls here. Made with nailart lace decals.
   
5. Skull Sunglasses Tutorial from By Hand London here.
6. Knockoff Grey Ant Sawed Off Sunglasses Tutorial from Love Aesthetics here.
7. Dolce & Gabbana Inspired Embellished Sunglasses from A Matter of Style here.
8. Mini Roundup 4 Sunglasses Tutorials from Jennifer Lopez’s glitter cat’s eye glasses to Sharpie polka dots here.
9. Crazy Thumb Tack Sunglasses from Dat Zit Wel Snor here.

DIY Roundup of 40 Graduation Gift Ideas from How Does She? here. This post is for indirectkisses who asked for graduation gift ideas here. There are really good and some inexpensive ideas in this roundup:

• 10 Money and Gift Card Related Ideas
• 11 Practical Gifts
• 6 Gift Basket Ideas whether the graduate is going to college or not
• 8 Sentimental Gifts including  “The Places You’ll Go” by Dr. Suess: ”Congratulations! Today is your day. You’re off to great places! You’re off and away!”
• 5 Splurge Gifts 

Roundup of Popular DIY Bleach Dye DIYs I’ve posted. For more dye DIYs go here: truebluemeandyou.tumblr.com/tagged/dye and for more bleaching DIYs go here: truebluemeandyou.tumblr.com/tagged/bleach

1. Bleached Eiffel Tower Stencil Tee Shirt Tutorial from guapizimo here. 
2. Roundup 18 Bleach and Dye Fashion Tutorials I posted last year here.
3. ASOS Knockoff Beached Heart Tee Shirt from Look What I Made! here.
4. Knockoff Mary Meyer Bleach splattered Dress Tutorial from julie ann art here. 
5. How to Draw on Fabrics with Bleach Gel After Dyeing Tutorial from The Crafty Chica here.
6. Galaxy Shirt Using Just Bleach Tutorial from Wise Rabbit Says here.
7. Bleach Quote Tee Shirt Tutorial from A Beautiful Mess here.
8. Stenciled Bleach Dye “Oh Deer” Tank Tutorial from PS: Heart here.  
9. Easy Bleach Dye Animal Print Jeans Tutorial from Fashionrolla here.