Saturday Project

Out of the kindness of my heart...ok, out of sheer excitement, I bring you CUFF SHORTS! You know, like the cuff pants we made, only now they are shorts? mmmm, so wonderful :)

So here is what they look like:

{shoes and cami: F21, shorts: made them, shirt: thrifted, wallet: gift}

So, basically, you just follow the cuff pant tutorial HERE. The only difference is, it is best to do this with a linen pant, or one that looks similar, and it is best if it falls right about 1 inch above the knee to 2 inches. 

You might need to take in the pant a little bit at the top because linen pants are usually made to be baggy, and if you need to, you just take a couple of inches off by sewing along the inside seam. 

And then for a fun measure, I am going to dye mine red when I get home from vacation :)

Also, you may have noticed this little wallet I was posing with. That's because my awesome sister didn't want it, and so now it is mine all mine! She saw the floral print and thought of me :) I just love sisters

Thrifty Thursday

Oops! Put this on late! So I will have it open tomorrow too :) Sorry guys! Vacation is really messing with me! 

So you guys voted, and it was tied, so I picked my favorite of the two. I had to pick the fierce skirt because I wish I could look this great in Zebra print :)

Before you add your pictures, make sure you add the thrifty Chica button to your SIDE SCROLL so it doesn't get deleted!

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Now let's see those treasures!!!

Slacker

Since being on vacation means a limited amount of clothing options, it seems I have run out of my creative options, and so instead of making you see just a mediocre outfit, I think I will just post one of my FAVORITES posts today :)


First:




The first modest romper that I would actually wear! I have to say I was very excited when I found this and have been thinking of all the wonderful ideas I could do with it, and here is one:

Man 

Platforms at Piperlime
Belts by Diesel

Man, I just love shopstyle :) When I run out of clothes, I just pretend with these ones :)

Refashions and Floral Treats

I knew there were some lovely vintage treats downstairs in the dress up box, including some of my mom's old clothes, so I took a little trip down there and found this amazing dress. The waist line was a little low for the look of the dress, so I modernized it by taking up the waist line in the middle and then a little less on the sides to give it an a-line cut, kind of like the cropped shirts that have started...bear with me..."cropping" up. hardy har har.

{dress: vintage, shoes: F21}

I loved the flowy fabric, and the lace detail around the neck line, and just knew I had to make it work, and so yesterday morning I started sewing it at 7 am before we had to leave at 7:30 to practice a song for sacrament, and my sister came down "I thought I heard the sewing machine, but I thought, who the heck would be sewing this early in the morning."....um, me? Yeah, it was me. And finished it with just enough time to practice the song, get dressed and head to church. That is some speed sewing if you ask me. 

And last but not least, my new FLORAL shoes!! My mom just about barfed when she saw them, which is a good sign that they are AWESOME. :) We have very different tastes, although, the dress I refashioned was once hers so maybe we are just a few decades apart :)

More Forever 21...

Catching Fire

So, I had to pose today with my book, because I have pretty much been reading non-stop for the last 2 days trying to finish it before I leave Utah. Have you guys read the Hunger Games series? Don't give anything away, but can I just say they are awesome? I started reading the 1st one a long time ago, but didn't have money to get the 2nd and 3rd. Lucky for me my sister did, and so that is why I am in a race to finish them before I leave. 

{shirt: forever young, pants: thrifted, glasses: F21, shoes: Hancock's}

The next fun thing? Is that I got this shirt for only 6 dollars because there was a small rip in the back. SUCKERS! Totally sewed it up in no time at all :) 

Alright, I am off to jump on the tramp with the little man. He keeps saying "I say pease" aka "I said please!" because he has been at the door saying please and I didn't go out with him, so then he was letting me know he already said it, and it basically melts

 my heart. 

Have a wonderful Friday, all!!

Thrifty Thursday {Share your Treasure!}

Yay, Thrifty Thursday! Plus, now you can vote on your favorite thrifted item to be showcased on next week's Thrifty Thursday :)


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What to do with skirt that's too big....

I have this wonderful skirt that I thrifted right after I had Link, without thinking about the fact that I would hopefully be losing that baby belly. So then, my perfect fitting skirt, was no longer so perfect after I lost that weight. I could still wear it at my hips, but I love it's shape when I wear it higher up, so what did I do?....

I pulled the two sides together in the back and sewed them like that. Now it is small enough to wear at my waist, and looks even cuter than it did before in the back. It was such an easy fix that I literally did it on my way out the door. So now you have one more easy fix without just sewing up both sides to make it smaller. 

Happy altering!