camo pants NO MORE

These were a pair of camo pants from my son. I do not know why I still had them hanging around, since he is so much bigger now. But lucky for me, my little beauty girl really wanted a camo skirt. So, I cut off the pants, and pieced together a ruffle skirt, attached it and......Tada!

Little girl camo skirt.

Dollar Dress

Now here is something that finally worked!
I bought this sheet at a thrift store on a sale day. I payed one dollar. I then preceded to make a dress out of it. It is a pullover with elastic at the waste. It is all cotton, perfect for Arizona! No zippers or buttons! The only thing that I had to spend extra on was the rick rack on the edge. Other than that, I did not spend anything. I used up supplies I had (thread, elastic)








The sleeves were gathered up (because they were too long) which ended up looking pretty cool. I made a few changes. I moved the rick rack from the neck to the hem line. Here is a close up of the sleeves and hem.

Lil Purse Cards

I came across these wonderful papers that had these little shapes already to be punched out. The paper was double sided, punch-out on one side, pok-a-dots on the other! I could hardly wait to use them. I originally got them for My little beauty's birthday party cards, but I could not stand it. I had to use them as happy birthday cards. When she saw what I was doing, she said, "Mom, maybe we could use these for my birthday party invitations." I said, "What a great Idea!" I got enough sheets to make her invites as well as other cards.

Check out what I made from two of these sheets.
The best part was that these designs were pre cut out! That is the hardest part of card making. Now it is an easy craft idea.

Lil' grey sweater-makeover

This little girls sweater was $3.74. My little girl needed a longer sweater than what she had, but finding one was a trick. I saw that there were many people "fixing" sweaters to meet their needs. So I thought it was a great idea and did it too. It is an easy craft idea too. I took the sweater and sewed two zig-zag stitches down the middle, next to each other. I then cut between the stitches. I added a button and small string to hold it closed. Also, I rolled the sleeve cuff up about three inches.

....... New knee length sweater for my little beauty girl! As she was getting out of the car to go to school, I heard one of the teachers comment to her, "Cute sweater". That did my heart good!


-Tara




Here are some shots of my beauty girl in her sweater.

Zibra purse-change up

Before

I was at the dollar store and saw this little purse. It is not of the highest quality, yet for a buck, who could resist. I did not want short handles, so I cut them. I was just going to re-do the strap, but, decided that I needed an outside pocket and some loops for keys and anything else I NEEDED to hang from the bag. It is a great size, light weight and I am not worried about ruining it! If you have a sewing machine and a scrap or two of fabric, you can turn a non-individual into a one of a kind! I was able to make the change in about 45 to 50 mins.

After



-Tara