I had several people ask to do an update on my yellow painted sandals. So here is the update on them. Here is the before picture, when I first made them: And here is the after: They are definitely dirty and a few of the polka dots have fallen off. Can you tell where the…
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Ruffle dress
My little girl is starting to grow too fast. She is a little thing, but she has long limbs (like me). This shirt is getting too small. The shirt fits around her but the arms are too short and it’s a little short. Her cute little belly hangs out when I put it on her. It’s…
Tutorial Tuesday: T-Shirt Scarf
Lately I have been trying really hard to bump up my fashion a little bit. I’m not very stylish and slowly I’m going to add an accessory here and there. I saw this cute scarf and it looked easy and I had everything I needed for it right then! This is how I made it:…
Silhouette Promotion
It’s time for another Silhouette Promotion!! Did you recently get your tax return? Now is the time to use that extra money and get my favorite crafting tool! This month you can get the CAMEO and the new Designer edition software (a $50 value) for $269.99! Use code SIMPLE at checkout! That is an awesome…
Tutorial Tuesday: Ruffle skirt and reversible wrap
Does anyone else have a TON of clothes? I find that I collect clothes rather than wear them. I keep shirts that I wear only once every 5 months or so. Lately, I have wanted to get rid of some of them but at the same time I don’t want to. It’s a problem, I’m…
Tutorial Tuesday: T-shirt dress
Happy Valentine’s Day!!! I hope that you are feeling loved today and I hope that everyone has a super hot date tonight, I do! 🙂 Now that Valentine’s Day is over and Easter is a month away, I can start working on somethings that I have wanted to do for awhile now. Like this dress,…
Tutorial Tuesday: THREE shirt
This past week my youngest son turned 3! I of course had to make him a special birthday shirt, so when I saw this simple idea, I knew that I wanted to make it for him. This is how I made it: 1) I took two different shirts. One I got at Walmart for $1…
Whatever Wednesday: Christmas shirt refashion
I asked what people wanted to see more this year and several said refashions. So here is refashion that I did! This is how I made it: 1) I got this Christmas shirt for $2 on clearance 2) I cut out the design and hemmed the neck to a scoop/v neck 3) I then…
Tutorial Tuesday: Circle Flower Shirt
Yup you guessed it, another turtleneck refashion :). This one is super simple and my husband didn’t even know that I made it. He just thought that I bought it from the store (even after I told him that I was up in the middle of the night making shirts :D). This is how I…
Whatever Wednesday: Layered Ruffle Skirt
One day I was garage sale-ing and I found this satin robe for $.50. I knew exactly what I wanted to do with it, make a cute skirt for my little girl. And so I did just that! This is how I made it 1) I took the robe and cut it into several different…
Shopping in my closet
I have a ton of clothes. One day I counted (this was a couple years ago too) and I had 110 shirts. I like to get new clothes too. There is just something about wearing something for the first time. Since the move, I’ve realized that I had too many clothes. I don’t have enough…
Tutorial Tuesday: Matching Shirts
Yup, another turtleneck refashion. I hope that you’re not sick of them because I have had fun with them! Never again will I look at a turtleneck with disgust. Instead I will see the potential in it! With this one, I made a shirt for me and my daughter! This is how I made it:…
Whatever Wednesday: Shirt Redo
Remember those turtlenecks I bought way back in February? Well here is another one that I did. I made it very simple. Just cut off the neck and sleeves. I made it a v-neck and gathered the sleeves. Seriously only took about 10 minutes!
Tutorial Tuesday: Ruffle Shirt
I just loved this tutorial from Tea Rose Home and thought that it would fun to make a similar shirt to hers. I scored these two shirts for $1.50 a piece!! I was so excited to find them. I just made one into a short sleeve shirt and then other one I made into this…
Whatever Wednesday: Quick Shirt Refashion
Here’s a super cute and easy refashion that I did in about 10 minutes. I have long arms and a lot of times long sleeves shirts don’t always go to my wrists, so I didn’t feel bad at all for cutting off the sleeves on this shirt 🙂 All I did was cut off the…
Tutorial Tuesday: Pants Refashion
I found these pants at a garage sale for a $1. I picked them up because they are super soft. I took the pants and made something for myself and for my baby. First I cut off the legs and made a pair of shorts for me. Super simple, took about 5 minutes. And I…
Whatever Wednesday: $1 Swimsuit
Have you seen the swimsuits at the Dollar Tree? I got one for my little girl and thought it was a little boring, so I decided to put a couple of ruffles on it from some scrap fabric I had left over from my long black skirt. So here is the before: And here is…
Whatever Wednesday: Long Black Skirt Refashion
So I have had this long and stretchy black skirt for a long time, since 8th grade. I loved this skirt, I wore it all the time and I wore it with everything. Well when I moved to Kansas where winters really aren’t that bad and I discovered boots, I have stopped wearing long skirts….
Whatever Wednesday: A-Line Skirt
Have you noticed that I like skirts? Well I do, they are easy to make and it’s fun to have something new. I’ve decided that I’m going to wear more skirts this spring and summer. I wore this one to park….. there’s not many places I go, I could have worn it to the grocery…
Whatever Wednesday: Ruffle Shirt
There is only a couple of days left to get 40% off in my etsy shop. Just enter code 40OFF Are you sick of the turtle neck redos yet? Well I bought 6 of them… so I might not be done :). I love how this one turned out. No one would have ever known…