A Sentimental Upcycle

Isn't this little girl so beautiful!? She looks just like an angel. My friend, Heidi saved her own baptism dress, and had the brilliant idea to make it into a blessing dress for her sweet daughter. It had a few small yellowed spots, and so it wasn't going to be worn again by an 8 year old.

The lace and fabric were perfect for a blessing dress, and I loved the way it turned out.

This was before I added the pearl buttons, which I think added SO much to the dress.

Thanks Heidi for letting me be a part of your special day.

(Heidi made her adorable headband, the perfect touch, and so pretty)

Mini Button up and legging refashion

I have wanted to get a little button up oxford type shirt for Miss A, but since it is a want and not a need, I couldn't justify spending the 30.00 on one at crewcuts. Also, American apparel has the cutest floral leggings, and I have been wanting to make some so I headed to the thrift store! I found a boys size 6 Polo button down, and and AWESOME 80's style floral knit dress with plenty of fabric to use! Love the way the leggings turned out, and using THIS tutorial, with a few modifications I made the size 6 a size 3.

How do you like Addie's new glasses? She result of bad genetics when it comes to eyes... but she has loved having glasses and she picked these ones out herself. Stylin!

Nice Fishy face Babe!

'tis the season...

for FOOTBALL!!!!

Saying that we are football fans, would be an Understatement. We are Fanatics!
Now, first of all I must say that I am a BYU Cougar fan, but by marriage I am a Boise State Bronco fan. To my husbands joy, our kids love the Bronco's.

If you shout BOISE, my girls will yell, STATE!

Since Cheerleader costumes cost so much, and they aren't very comfy, I made my own.

Made of upcycled T-shirts, and my own twist on the Sienna dress, you get a comfy Bronco's cheerleader costume!

Miss A's dress is the front of my old T-Shirt...

For Miss E, I had to applique the B on, since I only had one Boise State T-Shirt to use between both dresses.

I had to do pleats on the bottom, to give it a cheer skirt feel.

Go Bronco's!

Good Luck Bronco's in the Game against Virginia Tech tomorrow!

Sometimes its good, sometimes its NOT

So I have had a quite a few sewing disasters in my days of sewing, and bow disasters in my days of bow-making.... I know SHOCKING! (Can you taste the sarcasm?)

Well here is a disaster, that I was able to fix.

It started with this XL T-Shirt I got at a clothing outlet called 7 Circles, it cost me a 1.50 and it was new!

I turned it into this....

And then this. This is the disaster I was talking about. It looked like a Fiesta Flamenco shirt. You should have seen the look on my hubby's face when I tried it on. It was supposed to be the mommy version of THIS. I shudder just looking at it. Pretty bad. So I unpicked those awful sleeves, and it became...

THIS! Loverly. Simply Loverly.

Don't you agree it is an improvement?

Who's That Lady!?

My girls have a few character shirts, which I am not really a fan of, unless we are at Disneyland or going to Bed, but they LOVE them. So to make me more of a fan, I turned them into a dress. Yes I have made a quite a few of these, but hey, the cuteness factor never gets old!

HEEEEYYY!

I did try something new on the sleeves with Addie's dress. It makes for a nice fit.

And Eliza is one messy child, so please ignore the yogurt on the front of her Tinkerbell dress!

I am not sure if you noticed their fancy princess wands... I made those too! Actually they got them for Christmas, but I wanted to do a tutorial on how to make them so I waited to share them, but then I realized discovered someone beat me to the punch, (thank goodness, I might have never posted these!) Go HERE if you want to make your own!
Salagadoola mechicka boola bibbidi-bobbidi-boo

I already had most of the ribbon, but the pearls and the ric rack I got at Wal mart of all places! One of these would make a great little birthday gift, and inexpensive too!

It'll do magic, believe it or not! Bibbity Bobbity Boo!

I really like Ruffles

Confession: I have had this shirt for 2 years.
Truth: I have worn it twice.
Time for something new right?

I made it 2 weeks ago, and I have worn it twice. And a lady at Costco asked me where I got it!
My response, "I made it!" (Woot!)

More of that secret fabric from the secret warehouse... Hee hee hee.

Embellish me?

In the grand spirit of refashioning and needing something to wear to the ECLIPSE premiere, I whipped up these little numbers!

Nothing like a little vintage lace to add to a sweater. Thank you Great Grandma Nana. I LOVE this lace. Isn't it pretty?
And here I go with those bows again! Isn't that color pretty? You will be seeing a lot more of it. I am not allowed to speak of the source of the fabric since I got it at a warehouse that can't be named for 1.00 a yard. Yes, and there is more where that came from...

This was what it looked like before... cute, but not AS cute. I trimmed up the neck before adding those fluttery bows.

A little closer up...

And here I am with my Sis at the Eclipse premiere. Yes I am a member of Team Jacob, and I won't admit how many times I have read those books... ahem.

Coca-Cola

To me, Coke is the sweet nectar of Life, I LOVE it. It has sustained me through illness, and pregnancy, midnight movies, and buffalo wings. And I guess that is the reason I have a collection of old Coca-Cola T shirts. Too bad they never get worn... So, why not make them into some lovely Sienna Dress's for my girlie's! Cheers!!

Thanks again Ashley for creating such an awesome and EASY pattern.

And thank you Wal-Mart for having a Sale rack full of 1.00 T shirts.

Bottoms up!

(No children were caffeinated during the photo shoot.)

Waterfalls of Ruffles

Addie was in need of a few summer dresses. And I was in need of a good sewing fix. I had an idea for a dress that would require a little girls T-Shirt, and so I rummaged through the girls old clothes and I found this lovely little shirt. It happened to match some knit fabric I got at walmart for $1.00/yard.

The shirt is from H&M and it is a size 18-24 month, and I LOVE it, but it is REALLY wide, and obviously looking at the size, too short, so it made a perfect candidate for this dress!

I made the skirt first, and sewed on 3 layers of ruffles, then I attached it to the shirt. I LOVE how it turned out.

And lucky for me, so does Addie! I mean, look how it twirls... And so comfy!