race tag board display

With a family full of runners, we have more race tags than we can count! 

They represent fun times and great accomplishments, which should be proudly displayed. The problem is that no one ever knows where to put them. 
I found a great DIY project that solved all of our race tag problems! 

What you'll need:

A Wood Board 

2 Metal Clips

Wood Glue

Paint & Brushes (one small and one large)

1. Take your largest race tag with you to find the wood board 

so you don't buy one that's too small. 

2. Paint the board your base color, wait for it to dry, then use a pencil to draw on the letters. This way, everything is centered and spelled correctly 

before you start painting. 

3. It's time to glue on the clips. I've seen some race board displays that have hooks instead of clips; however, every tag is different and all may not fit on just 1 or 2 sets of hooks. 

I leaned this one up on a shelf, but you could hang it up on a wall with Command Strips or purchase a board that already has "wall-hanging" ability.

These make great gifts for any active person. Just find out their favorite colors and paint accordingly! 

jeans to jorts transformation

What's better than a pair of 1990's "Mom Jeans" from the local thrift store? A pair that you can transform into the ever-popular destroyed jean-short(jort)!   

I've wanted to try the DIY "destroyed jean short" for a while now, so when I found the perfect pair of Calvin Kleins, I knew it was time. 

I followed a few different tutorials and combined the best instructions below...

1. Try on your jeans and mark with a pencil how long you want them. (Make sure to cut under the line initially, you can always chop more off.)   

2. Cut one leg, then fold the jeans over and cut the same length off the other leg.    

 3. Try your jeans back on to make sure this is the length you want them to be. I ended up cutting quite a bit more length off. 

 4. Turn the shorts inside out and look closely at how the blue and white lines appear. The blue strands run up and down the shorts, while the white strands run horizontally. 

 5. Decide where you would like your "destroyed" areas, then cut short horizontal lines about 1 cm. apart from eachother. (After you make the small initial cuts, you can lengthen them to make the "destroyed" section larger.)

 6. The ends of the blue strands should slightly stick out of each line you cut. Take a pair of tweezers and pull on one of the blue strands until it comes out. 

(The first few strands are the hardest to get ahold of. It gets easier, promise!)

7. Warning: this will make a mess! Pull the blue strands out of each row until all you have are white horizontal strands between the lines you previously cut. 

8. Turn your shorts right-side-out and make any additional "destroyed" areas you want. 

9. Lastly, wash and dry them with the rest of your laundry. They will come out destroyed...just like you wanted! 

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