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Saturday, April 3, 2010

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Secondhand Fashion Week - Day 6: Spring is Music to My Ears

Today just smelled like Spring! It rained off and on all day, and I saw my first rainbow of the year. I'm so happy that warmer weather is on its way! Another reason I'm so happy today is that I was able to change my earrings for the first time day! Hurray! :)

-What I'm Wearing-

Floral semi-sheer button down - Liz Claiborne - Secondhand - Free

Faded Blue Jeans - St. John's Bay JCPenny - $17

Lilac Tank Top w/ small flowers around the neckline - Christopher & Banks - 98 cents

Black Flats - American Eagle Payless - $10

Music Clef Earrings - Sterling Silver Kohl's - Free (See how I bought them for free here.)

~Ashley

Friday, April 2, 2010

Secondhand Fashion Week - Day 5: "The Cowpoke Polka"

When I woke up today I was in a western mood. So I donned on my western jumper and cowgirl boots. And I'm now played some songs of Roy Rogers and the Sons of the Pioneers on my computer. :-) Good times.

-What I'm Wearing-

Western Print Jumper - OFP Butterick 4513 - Made by me using hand-me-down fabric.

White T-shirt - So Kohl's

Cowgirl Boots - Children's Place
Brown Belt - Maurices

Here is one of my Senior Pictures, taken by Beth, as it shows the color much better then the above pictures. :^)

I have for y'all a short clip to get you in the western mood. Enjoy!

~Ashley

Peter Pan Characters

All In Peter Pan Characters

Peter Pan Characters Of Tinker Bell

Peter Pan Characters

Thursday, April 1, 2010

Ruffle Your Tops - Vanilla Bean

Strawberry Cream

Here is the tutorial for the top I wore yesterday, which I decided to call, Strawberry Cream. Yes, it is named after the Starbucks drink. Yummy. :-) The shirt you will see in this tutorial is one I made for Gabrielle. And as her shirt is a off-white I decided to call hers, Vanilla Bean. :P

Vanilla Bean

~What You Will Need~

Sewing Pins
Scissors
Measuring Tape
Sewing Machine
Old or New Long-sleeved T-shirt

1. Lay out the shirt on a flat surface.

2. Fold in half matching seams.

3. Measure up about 12" on the sleeve. You can cut the sleeves to any length you want, but the fabric you cut off will be the fabric you use for the ruffles. :) So, the higher up you cut the more fabric you will have. But don't cut too high! As the sleeve hole comes down lower then on a short-sleeve T-shirt. :D

4. Cut off sleeves (12" up).

5. Open up your shirt.

6. Take the sleeves you cut off and open up the seams.

7. Lay the opened sleeves on top of each other.

8. Trim the sides to make them straight.

9. At the bottom (where the sleeve is hemmed) measure 1". Cut into strips.

10. Now you should have a whole pile of strips. :)

11. On your sewing machine adjust your stitch to its longest length. For you want to make a bunch of ruffles. You can go to ~Ruffles and Stuff~ for more information on how to make ruffles.

12. Place a strip of fabric in the middle of the sewing foot. Stitch.

13. If needed, scrunch up the ruffles. So they look like this:

14. Take one of the strips and lay it down the middle of the shirt, at the top. Pin. Now you may need to wrestle the little strip down before it stays. LOL.