With everything else, let's just do an outfit today

I know it is usually Thrifty Thursday, and for those who post something every week, you should know you totally make my day! I start getting giddy when people post, and hubby just looks at me like, "crazy says what?". So to all you who post, let's be friends forever, and I will have a link-up next week, I promise :)

So here's an outfit post instead :) I usually don't wear black in spring time, but {when I look this good! :)} I decided it was appropriate for a night out on the town with hubby. We went and saw Pirates which was great. I just love these cuff pants. There an easy fix to any outfit to help me feel more fashionable that day.

{shirt: Walmart, jacket: JC Penney, pants: altered thrifted}

Gosh I love to snuggle this man :)

When he gives kisses he say "mmmm bah!" {"bah" is when his cute little pucker meets mine}

So life back to normal after crazy tornado. Man this town is nuts. It's like nothing even happened. I guess that's how they can tell that I'm not from around tornado ville, because of my serious meltdown during said tornado :)

Matt's Surprise

Well, I surprised Matt for the 3rd year in a row with a "5-year-olds" party. The theme was "you think you are old, but you don't act like it!" lol. Everyone that came was GREAT and had awesome gag gifts. Everyone there made it an awesome party, and my bestie Shawna helped me plan and execute it the Thursday before his party Friday. It was a super fun time. 

This is what I wore for his birthday (of course, the hair is in a ponytail):

{Cropped pants: altered thrifted, shirt: Aeropostale, undertank: Gen-X, Shoes: Ross}

I forgot just how much I liked these cropped pants. I think I need to make some for spring too. Maybe a light beige color, or maybe a light blue. Who knows! I'm sure you will see the finished product though :) And here is a link to the cropped pants tutorial from a couple of months ago. 

More Nina...

For Anyone Wanting to Wear Cuff Pants for Valentine's

Remember these flares I altered into cuff pants just the other day? Well, they are the perfect "date" pant so I thought I would give you the tutorial today in case you wanted to make them for a special Valentine's dinner :)

So here is a picture of the pants originally. I loved the pattern, but wanted to change the look. 

So, the first step is to find a pair of flares to alter. You want them to fit you a little big so that they are baggy at the top, not by a lot, maybe just 1 or 2 sizes bigger. Then decide where you want the bottom of the pants to be, keeping in mind that we are going to add a cuff, so I cut mine so that I cut mine about 5 inches above my ankle so that the bottom of the cuff would end right at the top of my feet. 

So you cut accordingly, and now you have two scraps to make cuffs out of. Now you will want to decide how long to make the cuff (I did mine about 3-4 inches long), and how wide. I wanted my cuff to be tight, but since it isn't a stretch fabric I had to make sure that I was able to get my foot in after I sewed it. So measure the fabric around your ankle, leaving some room (maybe an extra 2 inches), and see if you can get your foot through the hole before you sew the cuff. Then add a little extra to the width to allow for the seam. 

So now you have your too cuff pieces. Take one, and line up the raw edges, with the right-side of the fabric facing together. Sew up the raw edge. 

You should have a cuff that looks similar to this. Now you just sew the cuff onto the end of the pants where you cut it off. Obviously the pants are going to be wider than the cuff (at least you want them to be to give the "cuff" look), so you just pleat the pants and pin to the cuff as you go. Then sew them together and voila! You have cuff pants. 

Please let me know if you have any questions, or things that you would like me to explain further. I know that I am really bad at explaining things sometimes, so feel free to ask, and don't feel silly if it didn't make sense at first!

Here are some to give you an idea of how you want them to look:

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Cuff Pants, I LOVE Them!

So, here's the scoop, I have been wanting some cuff pants since Melissa wore them hosting "Bachelor Pad". They were crazy and different and I felt like I needed them. Well, I am still poor, so I thought my best bet of having them would be to alter some pants of my own into cuff pants. The problem? I have pretty much altered the crap out of all of my pants, and didn't have the heart to give them surgery one more time, so Link and I went to Goodwill yesterday and while I was there I found these fabulous pants (black with floral design) that were just a little big for me, and flares. I would NEVER have worn them as flares, but the minute I saw these fancy pants I knew I had to make them into cuff pants. So, that is what I did! What do you think?

{This is the pattern upclose and personal}

I used these as my inspiration:

How do you feel about cuff pants? I am really excited about how these turned out and I was surprised how much longer they made my legs look. Pleasantly surprised of course :) Tutorial will follow shortly.