Some things are beautiful just as they are

Yes ladies, some things just don't need to be messed with, like this beautiful skirt. I almost went with the word of the lady who said it was "too small" and then I thought "well, she's got big hips, I wonder if..." So I tried it on as it was and I loved it. Cutting the skirt would make it loose all it's enchantment. It's a risky business wearing a long skirt (and white) for me, I didn't know if I could pull it off but I feel awesome in it. I also did the turban wrap around my hair because I don't want any hairs on my face on this hot day. The skirt is very airy through the holes of the lace and it's cotton and so is the top, perfect summer outfit.

Outfit Details:

Top & Skirt: thrifted

Sandals: DSW

Worth every cent and more

Today I'm heading off to "work" in my classroom. I'm a very organized person and I like everything neat and clean. I'm the type of obnoxious(?) friend that will start picking up and folding your clothes from the floor. Any clean freaks like me out there? =D

Beautiful shaped button =D

That basket next to me is full of my vintage slips, I have winter and summer slips all together.

Outfit Deatils:

Linen shirt, skirt, and belt: thrifted

Skirt shortened by me.

Sandals: DSW

Vintage purse will be on etsy shop soon!

Vintage pin: estate sale

Romantic with a bit of edge

It's been raining a lot in the past few days, on Saturday after the movies (Despicable Me is awesome) it started pouring out rain! By the time I got to the car my shoes were soaked wet and so were all my clothes.

Love my boots bought them last year and wore them all through the autumn.

Outfit Details:

Dress: thrifted

Jacket: thrifted and studs added by me.

Boots: DSW

Sunday Best: French inspired

Courteous = characterized by gracious consideration towards others. Let's not forget to be courteous everyday in the rush of life( sometimes I do!), thank you and please are still wonderful words to learn and to teach our children. Thank you all beautiful ladies for your kind comments, I always look forward to reading them. God bless you all!

Outfit Details:

Skirt: thrifted / crochet trim added by me

Linnen shirt: Ann Klein / thrifted

Belt: Yves Saint Laurent / thrifted

Vintage pin: thrifted

Shoes: Kohls

DIY: Vintage sweater clip

Okay ladies as promised here is the tutorial I wanted to share with you! I've been hunting for sweater clips at estate sales and thrift stores for a long time with no luck...and then my lightbulb went on! I decided to make my own and you can do it too!

Here's what you need:
clip earrings
pearl necklace
glue gun
plyers
a bit of ribbon or other fabric

Here are the materials I used except the plyers which I forgot to get in the picture.

Calculate the length you want for the pearl chain.

Pull apart pearl necklace with plyers.

You end up with two separate chains of unequal length (to have a drapey effect).

Open the clip earring and put a bit of hot glue.

Press the end of the pearl chains to the glue and cover with a bit of fabric (preferably the same color as your clip earring but I didn't have any gold ribbon). Be careful not to burn yourself!

Do the same thing with the other clip earring.

Glue chain ends and cover.

Voila! You have a "new" vintage sweater clip!

Don't feel limited to clip on earrings, you can use regular earrings, buttons, etc. You can also use regular chains instead of pearls your options are unlimited! I actually used these clip on earrings because they close pretty tight and can hold two ends without sliding down, but you can also use the alligator clips which they sell at craft stores.

Hope you liked this little tutorial!

Add length to a short skirt

Beautiful ladies this is not the tutorial I had planned, but it is what I did tonight (I'm planning on wearing this awesome skirt tomorrow). I will do the other tutorial by tomorrow or Saturday because I will need it for Sunday's outfit.
I thrifted this skirt today and it just stole my heart...yeap, and then I remembered I have one similar to this already, only this is a full skirt and what I have is an A-line skirt.

 I had this wonderful crochet trim from this skirt I thrifted last week remember?

Well to make my skirt a bit different and add a touch of romantic I added the crochet trim. You can do this with dresses and skirts, even if you don't need a longer skirt it looks very nice, almost like if you were wearing a vintage slip underneath you can use regular lace.

So here is my crochet trim...(the colors are a bit off because I did this at night).

Pin trim to the inside of the skirt...

Sew and voila! A beautiful new look!

How to refashion an old skirt to a paper bag waist skirt.

Okay ladies, I decided to do a tutorial for those who are like me, sewing beginners, savvy seamstress please bare with me and my lack of sewing tools and lack of sewing terms. I only use what I have in hand which is not much, so here it goes, I hope you get the idea of how to do it at least.

This is an old thrifted skirt that is too small on the waist and loo long.

I cut off the waist and removed the pockets.

I laid it down on a plain surface and measured my preferred length, this requires a little math.

I did the following calculation:

22.5 in. length + 1 in. for belt + 1 in. for paper waist effect + 2 in. for facing + 1/2 in for seam = 27 inches long (this length is for me but yours might be different).

I measured and marked the length (27 in) with a chalk.

Since the skirt is a little rounded at the bottom I used a rounded ruler to connect all the dots, I don't do a straight line because then the skirt would come out too bulky on the front and uneven on the sides.

I connected the dots using the end of the rounded ruler to match the measured length.

I cut out the fabric following the line measured.

I made new holes to insert the pockets. I will not show you how I did it because to tell you the truth it was the first time I sewed pockets and well..let's just say I'm happy I did it, I just have no idea how! If you don't want to mess with pockets just sew them close.

I measured and the length of the skirt (22.5 in.) and added 1 in for elastic and 1 in. for paper waist effect (24.5 in. total), turn over the rest of the fabric (2.5 in.) and pressed.

I measured the seam, I always do a 1/2 in seam. Pressed and pinnned everything into place.

Once everything was pinned I sewed.

I left a hole so I could insert the elastic later on.

My elastic is 1 in. so I measured a bit over 1 in. so it can go in freely. I marked and sewed.

Once everything was sewn I used my ruler kind of like a needle (I pinned my elastic to it) and in went the elastic through the whole.

Once the elastic was in I pinned the two ends of the elastic and sewed them together.

I closed the little hole with some hand stiching. Voila! A new skirt!

Please forgive me if this tutorial is more confusing than helping, it's my first one, I hope it gives you an idea of what to do. =D

Wherever kindergarten teachers walk flowers bloom

I love that quote by Erin Gruwell, she was the guest speaker at our district a few years ago. Since my house's wood floor is not blooming my skirt will have to do. Today I'm heading over to the school and getting my classroom ready for the school year, a bit early? Yes! Eager? Not really, but I want to do it in advance, that way I can have a break in between! Genious huh? When I go back to work (I teach kinder) I won't have to be running around to get the classroom ready! I'll sit in my chair, sip on some ice cold water (I don't like coffee) while I watch stressed out teachers running back and forth trying to have it all set up in one day.

Outfit Details: 100% thrifted

Linen shirt: Donna B $4

Skirt: vintage and altered by me $2

Vintage belt: estate sale $1

Keds Original: $2

Sunday Best: Chocolate & Red

Hi beautiful ladies! I hope everyone had a wonderful Sunday. Guess what? I'm going to be a Sunday school teacher! I'm very happy and grateful to God for this oportunity. Today I was going to observe a class to kind of get the feeling of what they do (I am a teacher but I haven't taught Sunday school before). When I got there the Sunday school teacher was very happy to see me because she was feeling very ill and she was going to leave! What? Okay...I thought I was there to observe but at the end I had to teach the class and I must say we did pretty well. The Lord never gives us more than we can handle. I was very touched to see children at such young age profess their love for God. It was all very good.

Today's outfit is all chocolately! I love chocolate!

The dress came with it's own brown ribbon belt but I wanted to make it more fun so I wore a vintage belt instead. I liked the dress because it has a 50's feel to it.

This belt has little stones in the front, I couldn't keep my fingers away from them.

I bought the bag at a vintage store that was closing down, it's got little rossettes sewn all around it and a golden chain band.

Outfit Details: 100% thrifted

Dress: Banana Republic $9

Vintage belt: estate sale $1

Vintage bag: $10

Refashion: From dress to skirt

Hi lovely ladies! Today I bring you a refashion I did on this red dress. When I bought it I loved the bright red color, I put in in my refashion basket and it stayed there for over a year! Well a few days ago I finally got to work on it because I want to clean up my refashion basket before the summer break is over.
I forgot to do a tutorial on how I did it! Sorry ladies, but this skirt is so easy to make, Mrs. Gertie has the best tutorials for vintage clothes and sewing, I lover to pieces and gues what? She has a tutorial for the full skirt! Click here to check it out! Okay now let's go on with the pictures.

Ah! Ugly hair and all! Ready to go back to bed...but wait! There's still hope...

Ready to hit the flea market in my new favorite red skirt!

ANd it has pockets! (smile)

With an old talbots bag I bought at a estate sale last year, it has little circles made out of conch shells, jingles every time I walk.

Outfit Details:

Shirt: thrifted/ $1.50

Skirt: thrifted and refashioned by me/ $1.75

Vintage belt: estate sale /$1

Vintage flower pin: estate sale /.50 cents

Talbots straw bag: estate sale / $5

Gladiators: DSW / $15