Dress Refashion (inspired by Shabby Apple)

I love dresses, I am sure I have mentioned that before. I also LOVE shabby apple dresses. They all are modest yet still stylish. Unfortunately I can not spend $80.00 on a dress, without a good reason. But I can use it for inspiration and attempt to make them myself.

What do you think?

This is what I started out with a navy dress and a t shirt. ( I got this navy dress of the clearance rack last year at Target for $3.00!! I wore it a few times during my pregnancy, and I haven't worn it since)

If you are interested in seeing how I made it, then read on:

The front had a empire waist:

I used a seam ripper and ripped the skirt part of the dress off:

The back was all one piece with shirring:

I cut the back of the skirt off under the shirring:

Then I measured my waist and cut some 2inch black elastic:

I stitched the 2 ends together:

Then I lined and pinned the elastic up with the skirt portion of the dress (right sides together):

I stitched the two together, I made sure to pull the elastic while sewing:

Next, I put the t shirt on inside out and out the skirt on, I determined how high I wanted it and marked my shirt:

Then I cut the access off:

Then I inserted the t-shirt into the skirt (right sides together):

I lined up the edges and pinned and stitched the two together:

Next for the flower part, I used the leftover fabric from the tshirt and cut off one of the seams:

Then I folded the material together and cut one inch strips of the fabric:

Then I cut a large circle out of felt:

I started sewing on the strips of fabric from the middle, like so:

Then going to the edge:

And around and around, ruffling the strips. Once I ran out of the strip, I would start another one:

I kept going until I made this:

Now, I could have sewn this to the shirt, But I decided I wanted to make this a pin so I can use it on other outfits, I glued a pin to the back:

All done:

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Very First Giveaway-CLOSED

To thank my wonderful followers

I am doing my very first giveaway!! I am so excited.

Here is what I am giving away:

Drool Bibs which I have hand made. They are soft flannel in the front and terry on the back, they are super absorbent and close with a snap. You pick which set you want. For more pictures you can go to my shop.

Boys:

Girls:

I understand that not all of you have little droolers, Hold tight. I will have more giveaways coming soon. :)

Rules to Enter:

Ready to be that winner? (must be a new/old follower here first to enter!)

Leave a comment telling me which set (girls or boys) you are interested in winning.

Extra entries!

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Please include your email with each entry

Open to US and Canada only

Winner will be chosen randomly

Giveaway will close on June 8th 12am.

I will announce a winner on June 9th 2011.

Good Luck :)

Glitter Shoes

What do you think about my new shoes? I love them! I think that gold glitter shoes are actually very versatile, they match alot of things.

My hubby saw them and said "what are you, nine?" LOL, I don't care what he thinks, I love them anyway. :)

Here is the before pic, These shoes have seen much better days, I got the tips replaced on the heels, But felt that they looked to worn out. I did not want to get rid of them, since they are so comfortable and I paid a bit of money on them:

Here are the supplies I needed:

I used some masking tape and taped off the sole of the shoes:

I took some modge podge and poured it in a plastic cup:

I put plenty of glitter into the modge podge (about 1/4 of the jar):

Mix it up:

Spread a thick layer of modge podge onto the shoe:

Like so:

They will look like this, let dry for about an hour:

I covered the glue while the first coat dried:

Here is how the first coat looks like once mostly dry:

Then I spread one more thick layer of the glitter modge podge onto the shoe:

I let dry completely and peeled off the tape:

Then I washed my brush and used plain modge podge to seal the shoe:

Done:

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COLONIAL CURVE COTTAGE