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Start with a large, oblong scarf and wrap it around your waist. I picked up mine from Scarlett Begonia in Nashville (but I found a fabulous one you can purchase in the June Style Vault, Style Notes section).

Next, tie the top 2 corners in a knot, right at your belly.

Finally, twist the whole sarong slightly to one side so you get that flattering diagonal shape on your waistline. It's a good thing.

Can't part with the old, soft and comfy, yet ugly, t-shirts we told you to never wear again? Grab a pair of fabric scissors and a compact.

Use a pen to trace scallops on the edge of the hem, all the way around your t-shirt.

Once you have your template, start cutting. Don't forget to cut a v-neck if it started out as a crewneck t-shirt.

And voila, you have a cute scalloped edge t-shirt! It's a good thing.

Grab any of your winter hats with or without a hatband, and measure how wide a band you want.

Have you seen all those cute beaded headbands teens wear daisy-chain style on their foreheads? Well, get you some and we're going to re-purpose them. For a grown-up, authentic Navajo theme, I hunted down some great headbands you can use for this project. Find the link in the Style Notes section of the June Style Vault. For members only.

Are you ready for this? Hunker down and place the beaded headband over the existing hatband. I used 2 because I needed to cover a wider hatband, and I just like the layered, mis-matched look. And you're done. Project complete.

And here's possibly the simplest craft project you've ever done: a beaded hatband. It's a good thing.

Never found the mate to your favorite pair of earrings? In the meantime until it turns up, here's how you can still enjoy the remaining earring. That's what I'm doing with my lone horn teardrop earring. Whoever finds the mate can do the same!

Start by grabbing some cord. You can use leather, suede, even household twine.

I had some suede cord leftover from another project and I liked the color with my horn earring. There was already a hole for the earring hook, so I removed the hook, and ran the cord through the hole, and tied a knot to give it a finished look. Then my friend Emily (of Waters Edge Jewelry, who many of you met in May and bought her gorgeous pearl and druzy on cord necklaces featured in the Style Vault) made it adjustable for me with some fancy knot tying around my neck. Tying it off in a knot and bow works just as well.

Voila. Earring becomes a necklace. It's a good thing.

Do you have a pair of jeans you've washed one too many times that is now just too short to wear with your fave heels or boots? Or you're just drooling over the frayed hem jean trend I told you would be huge this spring and summer? Make your own, dolls.

Grab a seam ripper, some fabric scissors. and literally cut off the finished hem across the bottom to your desired length.  Two things: (1) leave the hem a bit longer than where you want it to end up because you're going to fray it in the next step, and (2) the hem doesn't have to be perfectly even, in fact it's better if it's not.

After cutting off the finished hem, use the seam ripper to pull a few fibers from the raw bottom. Or rub the hem together between your fingers to jumpstart the fraying process. Then leave it alone if you like a more crisp, clean frayed look (it will continue to fray over time) or run them in the dryer for about 15-20 minutes to get this messier frayed look I have. Frayed hem jeans? It's a good thing.