First Daily Outfit Post!

I'm in the process of revamping my wardrobe. I mean, I think people's wardrobes are constantly evolving but I am going through a major transformation! I am trying to embody what I sell and love in vintage/upcycled clothing. So I will start putting up daily outfit posts in hope that this will encourage me to do just that! 

 

This is my favorite skirt. It was supposed to go in my store but has a little stain so I decided to keep it and now I wear it like every week! Fun fact: I wore these shoes to my prom!

Cardigan: thrifted

Skirt: upcycled, thrifted skirt that I cut in half

Belt & Earrings: thrifted

Grey Socks: target

Shoes: Payless?

 

American Apparel Headband DIY and More!

I don't know if you guys have seen these but they are awesome!  

 American Apparel Twist Scarf

They have metal inside them and you can twist them around your head! I saw some at American Apparel but wasn't impressed by the colors and prices soo... I made my own!

You'll need:

A large t-shirt (color of choice)

Picture hanging wire

Sewing machine

First, you take your shirt and cut off about 5" from the bottom (or the width you want your headband to be times 2 plus 1" for seam allowance)

 

Cut one of the sides so that it's one long piece. Fold in half (hot dog style) and cut the tips like ^^^ this (shaped like the ends of a bow or whatever you'd like).

Then sew along the edge from one pointy tip to the middle, skip an inch and then sew to the other pointy tip. Turn inside out and push out the points.

Measure out a piece of wire the length of your headband plus about 2" for the loop. Make the loop at the end so you don't stap someone! Then slip it through the hole and pull it through to both ends. Sew hole shut.

Style your super cute headband! On the american apparel website they just kind of twist it and the ends stick out but at the store they twisted it into a little rose looking thing. That's what made me fall in love with them and that's the way I do it! 

To do this you center the headband on the back of your head, bring the ends up till they meet and twist the ends together. To get the rose, you just twist around themselves like a bun and the wire holds them in place!

Here is another extrememly easy version of this minus the wire.

You cut the end off of a shirt.

and kind of scrunch it up (if you just pull the ends, it kind of folds together).

Then wrap it around your head with the excess at the top and tie a knot with the extra. Sorry I don't have a picture of the end product but it looks almost exactly like the one above.

Two cute headbands in under 20 minutes, you can't really beat that!

Homemade goods

As part of my zero-waste project, I made reusable face cloth pads (mostly for removing makeup). I save them after use, throw them in the wash, and they're good to go! This is how I made them: 

I used a blanket that I had from when Eliza was a baby (it's very soft), a round object (the size you want your pads to be, and something to cut it with (I tried two different ones but ended up liking the zig zagged one).

Trace your circle (I did two layers per pad).

Then stitch around the edges (or serge it if you can, I couldn't because they were small).

The one on the left that looks like a lemon, yaaa I tried to serge that one. It obviously didn't turn out very good so I stuck with the zig-zagged one.

This is them, finito!

Also, a while back I made some potholders. I got most of the instructions from here and here.

 They turned out ok but I'm not in love. I was feeling a little uninspired today so I got some shopping in to perk me up! I love the thrill of treasure hunting in a thrift store, it always give me a little boost! 

Birthday Month =

FREE GIFTS!  

 Because my birthday is in April, I'm celebrating the whole month and am giving out a free hair bow with every purchase from my store!  

DIY Platform Bed & Headboard

When we moved, I didn't want to take the ugly metal frame and box that my bed was sitting on. So, being the crazy person that I am, I decided we were going to make one! I drew out plans, took measurements, and calculated costs. I used this tutorial to plan mine. It came out to equal like $100 for the platform bed and headboard. Not bad!

And yes, I had a little help from the fiance..

First, we made a frame (60"x80" for a queen),

then we stuck 3 boards in the middle for braces, 

 and put plywood on top (my dad already had that).

Then we made 13" legs and attached those.

Headboard: I just got two, 2 x 4's the height that I wanted the headboard to be, screwed on three, 1 x 10's that were the width of the bed and put an extra 2 x 4 on the top (not planned but I really like it). Took me like 5 minutes

And here it is!

You can't reallly see the platform part... but it's there! I may paint the headboard eventually, like a turquoise color maybe? But for now, it's going to stay the way it is. I kind of like it el natural.

I actually spent the duration of my high school career learning to build stuff in theatre arts. I did other things like acting and costumes, to directing and but most of my time went to building sets so I know a little bit about building. My dad is a fanatic about building things himself, most of the furniture in my new apartment are hand-me-downs that he built way back when (including my couch!).  So I think that's where I get my diy-ness from. Why buy a bed when I can build exactly the one I want and for half as much? And that's why I built my own bed. So that's a little bit about me! Do any of you ladies build things?  



Thrifty Finds

Some of my latest thrift store finds for the casa. My aim for decorating our apartment is to try not to make it too girly. What I kind of ended up with is retro masculine furniture with femine accessories.

The upper left picture is of a magazine holder and the two floral globe things are lamps, it was love at first sight! And then the chair on the bottom right will be recovered... eventually. I just thought it was cool and retro looking (not to mention, a total steal!).

I guess he's not as popular as I thought but my mom was an artist and I've always really liked him so this was kind of an impulse buy, I didn't even stop and think about it!

I found this awesome rolly cart at a goodwill for about 10 bucks! It is now the home to my diy "greenhouses".

I basically just bought some plastic rubbermaid bins, flipped them upside down and started growing seedlings in there. It works pretty good! The moisture stays in there well so I almost never have to water them and it keeps the pests (a.k.a. Eliza) out.

Here is a prime example, the little munchkin playing the "drums"

Well, it's a good thing plants don't have ears....

Mini Papasan Chair Cover

When Brandon moved in with me, he brought along this little red papasan chair.  

 I like and all but I didn't like the angry red fabric soo I decided to make a slipcover for it.  Here's the two fabrics I decided to use.  

It was pretty simple, I took off the pad part and layed it down on the fabric.

I did the best I could tracing it. The cushion had two sections, the seat part and then a part that went around it (see finished chair). I added an inch where the two fabrics would connect (for seam allowance) and then about 5"-6" around the edge.

I sewed the two parts together and then around the edge I made a casing about a 1/2" wide for elastic. Then I cut a piece of 1/4" elastic a little bit shorter than the circumference of the chair and slipped it in.

Here's the finished product, you can see what I mean about the two parts here.

It just slips over the top and wraps a little around the edge (as you can see in the picture below). 

Way better than the red, don't ya think? Unfortunately Eliza likes it too and uses it as a blanket... but that's ok! Hopefully she'll grow out of it...