Skinny Jeans

I didn't jump on the skinny jeans band wagon until early this year (when two of my sisters showed me the light) and now I adore them. I only had 1 pair and realized I needed wanted another... and most of the skinny jeans I found in the stores (that were cheap enough that I would consider buying them) are too... well... skinny. I don't like the look of painted on skinny jeans (or the kind that create a muffin top or draws too much unwanted attention to my birthing hips). To solve my predicament,  I went to the thrift store and found a pair of jeans that fit perfectly up top, took them home, washed 'em, and turned them into skinny jeans.

Before. 

During (I used my other pair as a guide). 

After.

 

I love the way they turned out. Skinny but not too skinny. And if I decide later that I want to make them even skinnier, I can! Win-win-win.  (Oh, and I'll try and wear makeup next time I show my face around here... but no promises.)

Hair Pretties

Lookie what I made!? Aren't they pretty?

For the first rosette I used a purple (I promise it looks purple in real life) satiny fabric and a sparkly tulle. I just wrapped them together and hot glued to my hearts content. I also covered a black button with the tulle (a couple of times because I didn't want the button to show through) and glued it on. I also added a sparkly tulle tail. So cute. Then I glued some felt and a hair clip on the back.

I heart it.

For the white rosette, I used a soft cotton and added 3 lace folds to the underside (my 8-year old sister-in-law thought it looked like toilet paper without it) and added a button on top.

So simple and pretty! Yay for cute hair accessories (too bad they aren't for me...)!

Better Late Than Never

I am so so behind on making birthday presents this year. Last year I was awesome and so on top of things... and this year (so far) is the exact opposite. Oh well...

Anyway, I just barely finished my sister's birthday gift (her birthday was in February... yeah... I'm officially the recipient of the bad sister award) and I love it! She wanted me to refashion a shirt and I kept on putting it off because I didn't know what I wanted to do with it. I needed to be inspired and that inspiration finally happened a few weeks ago.

The shirt started as just a regular sweater. I cut up the middle and added some hem tape and lace (I sewed the lace and the tape on at the same time). It needed a little closure of some sort so I hot glued a button on to a broach back and pinned it on.

In case she wanted to switch things up, I also made a white one. I only took a picture of the back but you get the idea...

Also, if this shirt is familiar to you, it may be because I refashioned one back in December for another sister.