DIY Dog Collar (Yes, I have nothing better to do)

My Christmas shopping is done. My house is clean. My laundry is put away.  I am bored. Or crazy. Maybe both. I made a dog collar. For a beagle no less.

Let me back up.  I love LILBLUEBOO. Love. Love. Love. I love her creativity. Her energy. Her spirit. Yes, I realize there are a lot of short sentences. My blog.  Back to the story.  Love LILBLUEBOO. Not too long ago she made this really cool belt. Thanks to my waist line, I have not worn a belt since 2002.  So, instead of a belt, I made a dog collar.

Are you still with me?  Have you ever done a project where everything went wrong? Everything? This was my project. It took me two days, two weeks a part, to finish. Today I finished.  I am not going to write about "how to do this" project. You can read about it here on LILBLUEBOO's blog. Nobody gives directions like she does.

I used Dingo brand bones packaging for Daisy's (beagle) collar. Yes, this is mean. Her nose can still smell the bones from the plastic. She went nuts the entire time I was making this collar. Stuff you need:

You don't need the Heat-n-Bond (or I don't think you do. Crap, maybe I was suppose to use the Heat-n-Bond? Can't remember.)

This is my story.

1. I bought nylon belt webbing instead of cotton. Not sure it made a difference but I went back to the store and bought cotton.

2. I ran out of bobbin thread right in the middle of critical seams, causing mass looped mess.

3. Three needles broke. I hate re-threading needles.

4. Came millimeters away from running out of spool thread. I prayed. It worked.

5. When Lilblueboo says that the plastic bags will shrink. They do. Like a lot.

6. When Lilblueboo says that you can have your iron too hot. You can. It makes a holy mess. Literarily.

7. When Lilblueboo says that plastic likes to roll. It does.

8. If someone can attach a clasp backwards, I can.

OK, enough of my whining. The collar turned out really cute! Yes, I would do this again!

A couple photos of the collar:

XOXO-