DIY Leather Scarf Cuff

I first discovered this fabulous yet simple scarf accessory on Etsy by a seller named, ThreeBirdNest. She makes and sells beautiful scarfs and accessories. I found myself completely and positively inthralled with a teal scarf that had a leather cuff around. I loved how a piece of leather can make a scarf that's already bold, BOLDER. It's like, literally, an accessory for and accessory and I loved that. The only downfall was my pesky conscious that prevents me from buying anything that I feel is over-priced. I said to myself, "self, you can make that." AND SO I DID, and this is how…

What you'll need:

- 2 strips of Leather trim. I found mine at Michael's for about $3.99 a trim.

- a button 

- a pair of sharp fabric scissors

- an xacto knife (unphotographed)

- a needle

- thread 

- a thimble (unphotographed) 

MAKE IT:

1) First thing you'll want to do is measure a 3-4 inch long strip of leather that's as wide as your button is. Cut that small strip out of one of the leather trims, making a small snip of the corners to make them rounded (thats optional i suppose, but i like the fact that the edges of the are consistant.)

2) On the other larger strip of leather, sew the button in the middle of one end of the strip.

3) Using the xacto knife cut a slit, as the button hole, on the small baby strip of leather. Cut it as long as you need until the button fits into the slit. 

4) Sew the baby piece on the large strip (sew it on the opposite side to the button) I sewed mine so that the two leathers were attached by an "X stitch", just because I knew it could be visible so I want it to look nice. 

5) THEEEENNNNNN….Attach this to any scarf you'd like! I put mine on chunky infinity, knits, etcetera, etcetera, ETCETERA! 

How to Pray for a Friend.

While I lay here in bed at approximately 4:17 am, I am mentally walking on a plain of what to write. I know what I want to say, but how do I translate it so that others may understand...

Let me start, in short, by saying that a really great friend of mine texted me and asked for a prayer. I prayed of course, but still felt as if there was a slight gap in my prayer.  The Lord knows what I mean to say, what's on my mind but I wanted to discover it for my own.

I went on Pinterest and searched the words "how to pray for friends" and this brought up several things. How to pray for your husband. How to pray for your children and specifically, how to-literally- pray for friends, i.e pray that The Lord bring friends to you. While that wasn't exactly what I was looking for, I re-typed the words to say "how to pray for a friend." This brought up very similar pins that the other search did, along with some picures of inspirational people, friendship quotes and even some humorous photos of animals with their paws together in Prayer. Still, not what I was searching for.

I thought, "Wow. Out of all the things there are on Pinterest,..." There aren't many posts about how to pray for a friend. So in my feeble attempt, I would simply like to share a prayer with you that can be used in all occasions as far as friendships go.

"Heavenly Father, 

I pray to you at this moment, Lord, for my friend.

Thank you,

for this friend whom 

you have crossed my path with. 

You have brought them fourth 

for reasons 

that will change me forever. 

I pray, 

that we be influenced by each other 

in the way you intended us to be.

I pray,

that every decision we make in our friendship 

be in line with your grace.

I pray,

that we act as your puppets

And understand that 

you are the puppeteer.

I pray,

that when their ship of faith

goes astray,

you grab that wheel

And steer them back to shore. 

I may not know

all of their struggles, 

but you do, Lord. 

And in those struggles,

I pray,

 that they find 

comfort, 

joy, 

peace, 

love, 

guidance, 

&

reassurance 

that they will be carried by you and your will, Lord.

Father, I pray for my Friend.

Amen."