Entry #2

This is what I made for my second entry in the Ruffle your Stuff contest. The pants are made from a pair of men’s jeans, so they will be very sturdy! The ruffles are made from some bias tape that I bought at Goodwill. I wasn’t really looking forward to cutting long strips of fabric and ruffling them… sometimes I don’t do well with straight edges!:):) So, the bias tape was a perfect solution, and it was the color wanted!

I had to bribe my niece so I could take pictures of her while she was wearing them…. She was barely cooperative as you can see!!:)

  She was kind of cooperating…..

 

 

Then her brother wanted in on the action……

 

And then she wanted me to take a picture of her nails…..

And then she was gone…………………

   

And I was then left with taking pictures of just the pants!:)

Entry #1

Here is my first entry for the Ruffles and Stuff contest! Sorry it took so long! Didn’t get as much done on Spring Break as I thought I would… do we ever?:)

I made two different ones; I only had a little of the polka dot fabrics. I had just enough to make a ruffle!:) I think these are really cute; if I was  a little girl I'd wear them!:) Well, maybe if they were purple instead of pink…:)

And, yes, I did use a stuffed dog for a model:)

Challenge

Ruffles and Stuff is a blog I love to go to for inspiration. Disney has some great DIY tutorials and I love the jewelry in her shop! She is having a contest called Ruffle your Stuff (and win!) I am going to be entering. I already have some ideas and can’t wait to get started! Your allowed five entries but I don’t know how many I will have time for… We shall see! And the best part (for others) is that it doesn’t have to be sewing only! You could even paint a picture of ruffles if you wanted! So go check it out! The prizes are totally worth it!:)

Photo from Photobucket.

Bright Sky

This is a refashion from one of my brother's shirts that he had outgrown. I took off the collar, put elastic in the waist and added lace to the sleeves. This probably one of my favorite refashions! Mainly because it was so easy!:)








This is for sale in my Etsy shop! Also,you can now shop here; trying to clean out my closet! I will be posting new things soon.

Depressing Literature

I built a snowman yesterday!:) His name is Maurice.






This is what I wore to school yesterday. I went shopping over the weekend and bought the top at Charlotte Russe and the ring at Forever 21. The shoes I bought at Maurices for seven dollars!! I have to buy some insoles for them, because the arch isn't so great, but I think they're quite the steal!

Suggestions

No project pictures today! But, I promise there will be one soon!:) I have a question to ask of all the fashionable bloggers out there: what fashion magazines would you recommend?? I am looking to subscribe to one or two, but don't know which ones; Elle, Glamour, Vogue, Teen Vogue, etc. (I already subscribe to Lucky). I'm also a cheapskate, so a one-year 40 dollar subscription is a bit much!:) Any suggestions???


I don't know where I found this, so if you know, let me know!:)

This one is from Pepper and Chips blog.

Ivory Lattice

Here is the clutch I was talking about. It turned out better than I thought it would. I always seem to have trouble with squares and rectangles not being square or rectangular!:) This is for sale in my shop.



And a picture of my niece. When i was taking photos of the clutch she wanted her picture taken too!:)