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Howloween BLING Dog Collar

OMG!  This is Lilly's favorite collar. And look how cute she is in her little basket, ready for Trick or Treats!  BTW, she LUVS the Pumpkin Howlers I JUST MADE!!  Here's the recipe!! OMG!!!

And BELOW are the directions to make Lilly's collar.

Here's what YOU will need:

• Piece of elastic - 1/4 - 1/2 inch wide (but use what you've got around your house
   

• Ribbon - Halloween color and about 1/2 inch wide
   

• 2 other different Halloween colored ribbons (I buy the spools of ribbon when they are on sale for $1.99 or so) and they don't have to be that wide - maybe even only 1/8 to 1/2-inch wide.
   

• 3 different colors of netting in Halloween colors - 1/2 yard of each color
   

Here's How YOU Can Do it:

Find a piece of elastic and cut it so it fits around your doggie's neck, but make sure it's about 1 1/2  inches longer, because you will be tying netting around it. 

My mom overlapped the edges of the elastic and sewed them together so they would be stronger than just tying them in a knot. You know, like shoe laces - they ALWAYS come undone.
 

Then take your 1/2-inch ribbon and just wrap it all around the elastic.  It doesn't have to look perfect, because you'll be tying netting over the ribbon so it doesn't show THAT much.  Sew the starting point and ending point of the ribbon so it's secure in place and won't unwrap.  My mom sews it with the sewing machine (she's better than I am).

Here's what the elastic looks like when it's all wrapped.  And REMEMBER - it doesn't have to be PERFECT!

Then I take netting and cut it so it's 2 inches wide and 12 inches long. I cut a TON - almost 100 so the collar is nice and full.  And I find the middle of the netting strip (which is 6 inches) and I tie each piece of netting around the elastic.
 

I tie the netting strips in a knot 2 times so it's SUPER strong. 
 

Here's what the netting looks like -  I chose orange, purple and black.
 

• I  trim the pieces of netting after the pieces of netting are tied because it's just easier to tie the netting if it's in 12-inch strips.  You can decide how long you want the collar to be.  I trimmed Lilly's collar to around 6-inches.
   

• AND THIS IS WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE WHEN IT'S DONE!!!! OMG!!! WTC!!!

• This is Lilly's collar!!!!!!

BTW - I have the cutest ever pictures of Daisy in my first Diary.  She's in her Blingy Collar that has daisies on it!!!  OMG!!!!

And now you are DONE! 

Now it’s up to you to create your VERY OWN original!!!

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