InstaRunner

Since I've been training for my upcoming marathon I've been doing a lot of running. I mean A LOT of running! To help pass the time during my long runs I've been doing a little bit of Instagraming while I'm out and about. Most of my long runs have been through the fields of Altus.

Here are a few shots from my recent treks:

During some of my early jogs it's just me and these flocks of geese enjoying the sunrise. 

One Check Off My Bucket List...Hopefully!

I know I've been a little light on DIY projects lately- I'm going to make it up to you with a cool project I'm hoping to finish up tonight! One of the reasons for this lack of work is because I'm currently training for my first marathon!

I've run 2 half marathons before and have always wanted to try and run a full. 

Me after my first half, I found out the next day that I was pregnant with Con-Man!!

T-Shirt Headbands

If you've been following my blog for a while you may have figured out I'm passionate about a few things- finding stuff on the side of the road and redoing it, and my son Connor and making stuff for him. But what you may not know is that I'm also passionate about something else- running. I was trying to think of how I could combine my passions- making "stuff" and running.

Most gear for running is specialized, but I got to thinking about the hair bands that I wear. They are pretty plain, but get the job done. How could I jazz them up a bit?

This made me think about all the T-shirts we have in our closet. We have tons! I should give them to Goodwill but if you've been to a Goodwill lately they already have tons of T-shirts of their own. So I decided to recycle some of my old shirts to "fancy" up my running headbands.

I began by cutting strips out of the shirts.

Then folded the seams under and wrapped the strip around the headband. I left some of the band open at the bottom so it would still stretch enough to fit over my head.

I proceeded to sew it closed.

I sewed the ends closed so the fabric will not slide around.

I made some fancified ones as well:

I created one of those cute fabric flowers I've been seeing around. It was easy to make. I just twisted the fabric around on itself.

Then hot glued it on.

For this one I didn't use a T-shirt but used some of the scraps leftover from the pillow I made last week. (Apologies for the pictures- the hubs is out for the month on duty, so unless Con-Man learns how to use a camera this is the best I can do!)

Now I have cute headbands for every occassion all for the cost of elastic headbands; only $3.

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