Round 1: If you put spikes on it...

... it'll sell! Or reposted or repinned, etc...

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It has struck me recently that every fucking piece of clothing is available now with spikes. Spikes add instant coolness that every terribly made blouse or jean short needs. Thank god for spikes, now we can all look like bikers! Even at the office!

Keeping on trend, the soft spikey trend, I bring you a spiked silk bracelet.  In instances like this, I'm not sure if the crap blame falls on the original designer or the DIYer.

Trim those ends girl! Trim before you blog!

I should mention that I am not immune to this spike disorder. I nearly convinced myself I needed a spiked shouldered jean jacket. Because it would be so much cooler then a normal jean jacket. Am I right!?

Melting juDIYth

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Did I miss something? Are these in now?

Honestly it may only be the unfortunate colour choice that is really throwing me off, but these are disgusting. Even the professional version looks like a really bad infection. The texture and sheen only add the the gross factor. They just look so very wet. Not a good look for the waist down if you ask me.

I can only hope someone out there is planning to make a pair a DIY of these next. I know what I'm getting my dad for christmas next year!

Dream Bigger - More Work at Work

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Rolling on this DIY clip train. Or office supply crap crafts train. I bring to you additional work that you can do at work! I cannot wait to spend all my free time in the office decorating my binder clips so that I can see them thrown away or stolen by jealous coworkers. 

Make sure you set aside loads of time for each clip. 

"Step 3: ...You'll need to push your finger down in the dip that the plastic makes for it to secure itself. Just as a reference, I held mine for about 5 minutes and all but one of my clips held fast to the curve."

5 minutes or MORE for a clip that I know will be gone as soon as its shuffled between all the other paper pushers? The only thing I have to assume about her is her tremendous patience and her at home business with an employee count of one. 

But you know, a girl can't be without her matching houndstooth binder clips!

Craftinomicorn has also caught the cute office supply bug. Is the internet really big enough for more then one (or even one...?) binder clip fashion demo?

'DIY rings' *cringe*

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Wait. Wait.

While trying to find one of the original crafts that inspired this blog, I have found an even better DIY blog for all the neanderthals out there still trying to grasp how to use their opposable thumbs. Maybe this post was actually for our cats that are still trying to work that out.

Do you need to read this post? Lets do a quick survey:

1. "Did you know that paperclips easily can be bended into rings?"

a) Yes? Well good to hear that you made your way through elementary school supplies 101. feel free to skip ahead.

b) No?... no worries! He has three steps for you. Because bending a piece of wire is a complex process to negotiate.

Anyway, for all you still evolving, this is how to bend a paperclip into a circle in not one, but three easy steps.

Thank god for the comments section:

"I can’t honestly believe anyone needs a tutorial for this! Anyone who can’t work this out for themselves shouldn’t be calling themselves a “crafter”." - N. Moose
Thanks be to N. Moose!

'A Hearty Shit'

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The first DIY project to make the blog is well deserving. A twist tie - a twist tie heart. Shouldn't a blog post have a little more effort. Shouldn't your Sunday morning craft idea actual require a few intelligent tidbits, or include a little creative idea thought the world should know how to do? Its almost like a blog on how to tie shoelaces, only worse because I've actually seen some interesting reposts about ways that I could tie my shoes.

I really do not need to learn how to twist a twist tie. Thank you for showing the world the one small detail that was literally spelled out in the object's name. I've never understood what to do with these wired strings anyway.

Welcome DIY Shitbloggers

Welcome to crapgawker.
The place where the DIY craze is documented in all its terrible glory.

Although I, myself, partake in the DIY phenomenon  I also can appreciate the garbage that gets posted, pinterested and blogged about. I honestly don't really need to see your smeared attempted nail polish with grade-school paper circles. I'm pretty sure I can figure out how to paint paperclips to 'jazz-up' my note taking. Its really nice that you sewed your boyfriends shirt into a summer dress. I'm sure he doesn't really care that it now looks like a garbage bag.

Its not that I don't want to make everything myself. Or that sometimes I make something that turns into an unfortunate accident. But I don't post it on the internet for the world to see. I don't send it to gawker sites for everyone to learn about my shitty creative abilities. Somethings just need to be dismantled, hidden or put in the darkest corner of your closet to never see the light of day.

This blog is dedicated to DIY misfortunes. The crafts that should never been posted in the first place, let alone shared.