Tassel Memory Ornament

I have several tassels from my high school graduation.
I bought an extra one to hang in my car, one to go on my cap, and one to go in a frame. 
but since it's been six years I don't really need the one in my car anymore (or any of the others, really).

So I bought some clear ornaments from Hobby Lobby at their Christmas sale.
(I got the ones with the largest opening).

And here's what I'm doing with that tassel I *thought I needed.*
(I also bought an extra bulb for the tassel from my college graduation this year. Gotta think ahead).

Book Paper Bookshelf

Let's say you come across an old, destroyed book (heaven forbid).
You have two options the way I see it.

1. You can throw it away.
2. You can re-purpose it.

I went for the latter option.
I have an old particle board bookshelf that's been around for goodness knows how many years.
Surprisingly, after being shipped all over the planet with me, it's still holding up.
Unfortunately, it looks terrible.

So after I got a jar of ModPodge for Christmas, I knew exactly what to do with it AND the book.
I forced, I mean... 'asked' my cousin to help me and we spent hours (and I do mean HOURS) covering the bookshelf.

So hours and pages later, we ran out of ModPodge.
Thankfully, I had a cool 3rd grade teacher that taught us important life-lessons like, "how to make your own ModPodge."

It's actually quite easy. 50% water, 50% Elmer's glue. Shake well.
(and secure the cap BEFORE shaking....) Not that I would know anything about what happens when you don't...

So anyways, I was able to whip up some more and keep going. Now, the homemade ModPodge is actually much runnier so it's harder to keep the pages in place, but it dries the same as store bought ModPodge so you'll be fine when it's dry.

After all the pages were on, I sprayed some spray-glitter on it. Get it at any local craft store.
Now it's all shimmery and beautiful.

As far as the drying time goes, I would recommend waiting 24 hours before bringing it into your home. I would wait 48 hours before placing things on top of it.

Otherwise you'll have things stick to the glue. It appears dry to the touch, but it's really not.
I had done this to my drawers with fabric and they were dry so I put stuff in them. WRONG.
My clothes stuck to it. Not badly, but still stuck.

Anyways. Here is the finished result:

DIY Glitter Heels

Hello, love. Fancy meeting you here.
All you're going to need to put a little sparkle in your step are the following: 

shoes (I got mine from a resale shop).
glitter (loads of it).
glue (I used super hardcore glue because that was all we had. You can use anything that's not school glue. That won't work because reasons).

STEP 1 - Cover the area in glue. 
I did it sections at a time on the first shoe because I was not smart. Cover the whole area at the same time. Otherwise you're going to smear the glitter when you add more glue for the second go.

STEP 2 - Dump glitter. 
Make sure you've got something to put under the shoe. One, so you don't get glitter eternally embedded into your carpet, and two, so that you can dump it back in the tube later for reuse. 

STEP 3 - Shake off excess glitter. 
I'm hoping this is obvious... I just had to put a step here so it didn't throw off the pattern I had going.

STEP 4 - Let dry for however long the glue says to let them dry. 
Another "duh" step. 

STEP 5 - Get out and rock those shoes. 
You get the idea.