A little ruffle skirt dress

This little dress is made from 2 shirts I got on clearance at Old navy for a dollar a piece. The pattern is my own. I used this transfer paper technique.

Old shutters to a living room partition-a tutorial

Before...some really ugly and dirty shutters I bought on Criag's list for cheap


After...a lovely partition (by the way...have you priced out partitions? One like this would cost a couple hundred bucks easy. This one cost me around $30)



This is Ashley's faux aging technique, here's what you need:
-Plain white paint
-Dark walnut wood stain (a little bit goes a long way)
-Polyurethane glaze
-Sand paper
-Hinges
-Sponge
-Paintbrush

Step 1:
Paint the surface plain white. A flat type of paint is best, but I used a semi gloss for this project and it worked just fine. I would stay away from high gloss for best results. Let the paint dry completely.
Step 2:
Sand all the edges and any other spots that you want to look aged (the spots you sand will show up very dark brown when you are all done). Note: make sure you sand all the way down to the wood or it won't work)


Here's a close up of the sanding:


Step 3:
Using a damp sponge wipe the dark walnut stain on all surfaces. The areas that you sanded all the way to the wood will stain very dark brown and everything else will be an earthy brown color. Allow the stain to dry. Note: even when the stain is "dry" it will still have a tacky feeling, that is alright.

Step 4:
Paint a polyurethane glaze over the entire surface. This will seal in the tackiness of the stain and make everything more durable. Again I suggest a flat glaze as opposed to a gloss but either one would work fine. Let it dry.

Step 5:
Connect everything with hinges, stand it up and you are done!

Skater Girl Dress

Before: this shirt was on clearance for $2 at Old Navy
After: a little DC dress (daddy's favorite brand). I used this tutorial for the dress with this technique for the logo.

Repurposed Books

Before: Plain ol' books



After: Cute but oh so affordable decorative books




I just used modpodge and some cute scrapbooking paper to re-cover these books. I covered the spines first, followed by the covers. Then I found two matching belts at Goodwill and wrapped them around. The cute handle thing was 50% off at Hobby Lobby. All in all this project cost about $5.

Going green: upcycled t-shirt to a recycling dress

You know why I love Old Navy? They have the brightest colors in the biggest sizes and they clearance things for VERY cheap. I got each of these shirts for $1.00 a piece.
I used fabric from the light green, dark green and white shirts to make this little number:

I used this screen printing technique to make the plaid for the skirt, and this transfer paper technique for the logo.

We love you planet Earth. :)

Mod podge shoes

Yup, homemade shoes. I am either really cheap, really crazy or really bored. Maybe a little of all 3. The best part is after it was all said and done I only spent about $2.25 per shoe! And you thought my hubby was going to be mad at me for buying 5 new pairs of shoes, ha! Not at that price! I found the shoes on clearance at Wal-Mart for $1.00 per pair and I used some cute fabric and outdoor mod podge. It turned out to be a pretty simple project and they are surprisingly comfy and durable. I followed this awesome tutorial you can find here.

Upcycled T-shirt to little dress

I had this really cute t-shirt that just didn't fit me right, so I decided to "upcycle" it and make a little dress. Sorry, I forgot to get a before picture of the t-shirt.

You have to understand, I am one of those people that keeps clothes for WAY too long so it was pretty big of me to give this one up. My husband tried to implement a rule that I have to get rid of it if i don't wear it for a whole year, but I just can't follow it. But hey, this one looks cuter on her anyways.

I used this 90 min shirt tutorial but adapted it into a dress.

The Pack-Man Dress

I found this T-shirt on clearance at Old Navy for $1.00. And turned it into this:
I started with this 90 min. shirt technique (changing it to a dress, obviously) and used this transfer paper technique and this gathered pockets technique.

I thought it was funny that she wouldn't put down the video game controller for a picture.

So sad that she will probably never even know who Pac-Man is!

Onesie to Rock n' Roll Dress

I found this cute onesie for a little boy at Target and wanted to make it a little more girly. . .

. . .here's how it turned out. Pretty Rock n' Roll eh?