Refashionista!

So, you are probably getting sick of my refashionista posts by now. But... I don't have anything else to post about. I guess I have writers block. ;) So, anywho...here is a little something I did to a sweater of mine. I found a few cute little buttons and sewed them on in a cute little design. Then I sewed a few little stitches around it for looks. Ta da! Thats all...and it made such a difference! I'll actually wear it now!

The end. :)

Refashionista!

Tank refashion!!! So, I went to Goodwill to find some cheap summer clothes that I could spruce up. I found this plain orange tank. (orange isn't usually my color, but I thought I could do something with it) This is how I decorated it. What I did was look through my mom's sewing supplies for some buttons. And boy did she have buttons! All kinds! I went with a safari color scheme theme (he he...it rhymes) for the buttons. I then had my younger sister teach me how to sew them on. (yea...I'm pathetic...I know.) After they were all sewed on, I took some brown thread and just added a few stitches here and there for decoration. This was just one of many ideas for buttony (I'm pretty sure I just made up a new word..) tanks that was swimming around in my head. There were so many color schemes I could have gone with! So, experiment...and have fun. As soon as the summer slows down...I wouldn't mind doing another!

Refashionista!

I am going to go on a mission trip to TN late in June. We will be painting and fixing up a house and sweating like pigs. So, I needed some shirts that I didn't mind getting gross and...painty. But I didn't want to wear a boring ugly tee....I wanted to still look unique. So while watching a movie I refashioned this old (fairly large) tee that my mom had. I don't know if you can see very well, but I cut the neckline to where it had a little V to it. Just for something different. Then I cut the baggy sleeves into strips and tied them together in knots. (I hope I'm explaining this ok...not too good at words today.)

In the end...I thought it looked rather peasanty. And alot better than it did before. So, if you have any tees that are too big or you're too embarrased to wear....try something like this. Or...do your own thing. Experiment like a mad man! MUUAAHHAAHHAA!!! Ok.... that was strange.

Refashionista~Jeans

A couple weeks ago, I spent the night at a friend's house and spend several hours refashioning articles of clothing that needed spicing up. This here is a pair of shorts I cut and decorated. I took a old pair of jeans that were 1.Too short and.... 2.Had two ugly holes in the knees. ick. So, I cut them where the holes ended and cuffed them. Then the fun part....decorating! I cut patches out of cute material and ironed them on my jeans. (You have to buy a special stuff you stick to the patches before you iron it on....but the name escapes me. When I remember it, I'll tack it on the end of this post. Sorry...) Then I took thread and stitched around the patches...mostly just for looks. After all that, I took some really pretty lace and stitched it around the cuffs. That part didnt work as good as I would have liked...there is probably a better way out there...but that was what popped into my head first. Plus...this was my first time refashioning anything! So, my advice is...experiment and have fun. OH...and if you want to watch a movie while you do it, watch a movie that you've seen a ton of times because.... I didnt and...I dont remember a thing about the movie. he he he.