Summer White Tank Top

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button, buttons, clothes, clothing, handmade, homemade, postaday2011, ruche, ruched, ruching, shirt, t shirt, tank top

I had this awful white shirt a horrible shape. I wanted to refashion it, but wasn’t sure what I wanted to do with it. I cut  the shirt straight across, just below the armpit. I used the bottom hem as my new top hem. Next, I took in the sides and made and attached two straps. Then I ruched a few inches of the top in the center. The shape was loose and cool, perfect for the hot summer days. I don’t normally wear with and it looked too plain to me. That’s where I ran into trouble. I tried adding blue and green braided trim, then some blue and green fabric flowers, then ruffles… I wasn’t happy with the results. Finally,  I remembered that I had some cute buttons and decided to stitch them across the top of the tank. It was cute and I actually liked the result. Something was still missing and I decided that it needed asymmetry; I added buttons to the outside of  the left strap and at the bottom right corner. My new summer tank top was finally ready to wear.

Sumer White Tank Top

Shapeless Shirt

Of course we had a week full of 90 and upper 80 degree weather, and yesterday when I decided to refashion this, the high was 70°F. Go figure…

Christmas Cheer T-shirt Refashion

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beading, Christmas, clothing, embellished shirt, shirt, t shirt

I have this cute flutter sleeve t-shirt that I’d like to wear on Christmas. The problem is it’s a very plain shirt, white and colorless. I never wear white, so this pale shirt was in need of a little pop of color. First I looked through my craft materials, I looked at ribbons first then opted for some shimmery beads. I embellished the neck, making an asymmetrical pattern to my left hand side. I haven’t decided if I’m going to do anything to the lower right hand corner, I need sometime to stew it over.

Before - Plain T-shirt

After - Cheerful & Festive

Now I just need to figure out which cardigan to pair it with…

What do you think?

Merry Christmas everyone!

B Green (Loft) Baby

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black dress, clothing, dress, frugal, Frugality, GAP, Preloved, thrift, thrifty

The other weekend, I was lucky enough to get a chance to stop by the coveted B Green Loft in Bloomsburg, PA. It’ll be their two-year anniversary this week on Earth Day. It was my first trip to the store when the owner wasn’t working, I actually saw a few new faces working that day. My pilgrimage wasn’t as big of a success this time, I only found two garments (but am completely in love with the one). I found a tan GAP cardigan, which was much-needed (still looking for the perfect chocolate-colored one). Belle even loves it! I tried on a few pairs of tan pants (I checked the tag, also GAP), which just weren’t the right fit.

Tan Cardi

Then I found a beautiful black dress with tiny white polka dots, flutter sleeves and a sash tie. It is super comfy and the empire waist is elastic. The tag said GAP (again, haha). I’ll wear either a black or white camisole under it for work, since it is a bit low-cut. Either way I LOVE the dress! I have the perfect black (polka dot) peep toe shoes to compliment it.  I am a dress girl, always have been. Can’t wait to strut my new (to me) dress.

Little Black Dress

I didn’t need a bag so I could donate my 10¢ token to BTE (as always)!