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Self-Made Man: DIY Pocket Squares, Skinny Ties, and Cufflinks

Welcome to Make It By Monday, GOOD's weekly DIY feature in which we curate, demystify, and add our own tips for craft projects from around the web (and our apartments). This week: DIY accessories to make your man—or just to make, if you are a man.

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I'm the dominant crafter in my house, but my fiancé's no slouch, either. When life handed him a shirt with too many holes for my skills to repair, he upcycled it into this colorful and summer-ready pocket square. Using another pock

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Leather Watchstrap. Forget accessories just for men: This leather watchstrap from Wood&Faulk is a piece I need to make for my

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Upcycled skinny ties. These upcycled skinny ties from Design Mom are actually more of a downsize: Just take any

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Cottin webbing belt. To make your own cotton webbing belt like this awesome version from Etsy seller Grey36Leather,&nbs

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Billfold from paperbacks. How a person is able to fit everything he needs into one 3-by-4-inch space is beyond me. (Unless someone is making billfolds with some Mary Poppin's bag technology, I'm not buying it). But or tho

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Repurposed rivet cufflinks. This tutorial from instructables has a cufflink for every interest, be it high-end cars (a

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