What I Wore Wednesday #2!!

It's Wednesday again!! (Or close enough anyway ;)

That means it's time for The Pleated Poppy's What I Wore Wednesday post where we post our outfits worn the past week in an effort to get us out of our clothing ruts and put somethin cute on our butts :)

I'm also linking up to No Model Lady for All Dressed Up!

I did pretty well this week I think!

Wednesday - Running errands

Shirt - Ross (Clearance - $3.99)
White Capris - gifted from a friend
Teal flip flops *not pictured here but totally cute* - Payless last year

Speaking of Payless ... I HEART their jewelry! This necklace came from there last year and I just LOVE it :)

Thursday - Errands and lunch with the hubs ;)

Pretty dressy - Ross Clearance ($8.99 srsly)
Cute lil rosette bracelet - made by me :D

Seriously, how cute is the back of this dress?! I love halter style dresses and you can't even see my bra straps cause I got one of those convertible style ones at Target! It can go like 5 different ways and one is halter = BOOB WIN.

Super cute white canvas wedges - Payless

Friday - Out for dinner with the hubs and Lil Miss for a PRE-Mother's Day thing.

Awesome top (you can't see it here but the top of the sleeves have the cutest little tie! LOVE this shirt - Kohls (Sale - $13.99)
Khaki crops (that are my favorite thing to wear EVER cause they make my butt look HELLA cute) - thrift store $5!!!

White flip flops - Payless

Saturday - Didn't happen because I basically went to the gym and did notadamnthingelse all day including getting dressed lol

Sunday - Mother's Day :) dinner at my mom's house

*WOW is that a bad picture. Remind me to clean my mirrors tonight.*

Dark Gray asymetrical cardi - Target (Clearance - $6.98!!)
Light Gray lace trimmed tank - Old Navy (Clearance - $5!!)
Skinny Jeans - Target ($10 on sale!)
Cutest Yellow Wedges Ever - Payless (Clearance last year - $5!!)
Necklace - Target (Clearance $4.98!!)

Monday - Errands and lunch with hubs :)

White short sleeved cardi - Ross
Blue Tank - Ross (Clearance $5.99!!)
Same Target Skinnys and yellow awesome wedges as above lol
Yellow/White rosette bracelet - MADE BY ME :D

Tuesday - Stuff round the house, errands and picking up kids

Black Embellished Tank - Old Navy (sale $5!!)
Khaki Bermuda Shorts (that are WAY cuter in person than in this horrible photo) - Old Navy Brand (thrift store $1.99!!!!!)
Bracelets & Teal flip flops - Payless

I have to say, I am STILL enjoying this WIWW stuff. I get excited about what I'm going to wear everyday and look forward to putting together outfits! It might take a little longer now, what with the obsessing and all, AND the photo taking, but it's worth it :) I feel so good about myself and can totally see a difference in my attitude as soon as I get dressed. Even the hubs has noticed! And that's always nice :)

Hope you all are having a lovely week!

Painted Pearls Shirt

Isn't this just the CUTEST?!

It literally cost me like $6ish and like 15 minutes to make :) (if you don't count drying time ... which I don't ;)

I used this tutorial from Jen @ My Own Road and this post on my best friend's Rebecca's blog, Searching Out Simple, to get started ...

We were going to a 4 year old's birthday party and she is the SWEETEST little thing and just LOVES all things girly. So when her mom said she was VERY into tutus and the like I thought this would TOTALLY go with one! (I'll post the tutu-orial tomorrow :D)

So I don't have step-by-step photo instructions on how to make it, but really, it's so easy you don't need them!

Supplies needed:

• T-shirt (I got mine from Target and the paint held up well. Sometimes a cheaper shirt does NOT)
• FABRIC paint
  
• Pencils/pens in 2-3 with different sized ends
• Cardboard (to prevent paint bleeding through fabric)
• *Optional* Ribbon for a little bow (needle & thread to sew bow on)

1. Put cardboard inside the shirt to prevent bleed through ... VERY IMPORTANT lol

2. Decide how many strands of pearls you plan on doing and what you would like the shirt to look like. I used these two ideas as a guide, check out this & this!

3. Dip the eraser end of a pencil in the fabric paint making sure not to get TOO much that it will be clumpy. Dot onto shirt 2-3 times per dip ... this is how you get the cool variations in color :)

4. Use a marker bottom to get a bigger pearl size and do your second strand the same as the first. Continue like this until you have the desired amount of strands.

5. Let dry according to fabric paint bottle. This is when you can attach the bow if you're doing so.

6. Bow Option* Take a small piece of ribbon and tie into a bow. Sew the bow onto the shirt. lol

Now stand back so you can fully appreciate the cuteness of what you've created :)

I see these shirts all over and they are just ADORABLE! The little girl LOVED hers and it was just too cute on her :)

Now go forth and create! And if you make one, post the pics!! I would LOVE to see :D

Linking up to these parties ... go check out more craftsy awesomeness ...

Show Me What Ya Got @ Not JUST A Housewife
20 Minute Tuesday @ Sweet Floweret
Take A Look Tuesday @ Sugar Bee
Anti-Procrastination Tuesdays @ New Nostalgia
Tutorials and Tips Tuesday @ The Stories of A to Z

A Mother's Day Gifty Idea

Well Mother's Day is upon us! I suppose this post would have been more helpful if I'd written it a week or so ago but there is MORE than enough time to get this done.

That's the beauty of it.

And it cost me $10 for the frame and about $1 for the pictures. Not bad! The photos were actually taken for Father's Day but obviously you could do this for just about anything that you can group into 3 pictures.



So one day when I had no idea what to do for the girls' dad for Father's Day (we're divorced), I took them down to Joanns (or any place with foam/wooden letters).

1. Find letters to spell out MOM, DAD, or even words like the pics below!
2. Take lovely children to the floral department in same store
3. Place child in front of pretty flowers and crop in REALLY TIGHT LOL
4. Leave letters there, cause really, what am I gonna do with purple sparkly letters that spell out DAD?
5. Take camera to Target/Walmart or anywhere with frames and photo department.
6. While photos are processing (Walmart took only 10 minutes to process from my SD card), go look for a frame with 3 4x6 slots.
7. Pick up photos, pay and YOU ARE DONE!

This is a set of photos I did for my mom for her birthday last year too. See the idea is totally versitile! You can do just about anything that can be grouped into 3rds ... and can be held by tiny hands ... the LOVE was a little tough ;)

Both recipients LOVED their presents! So if you're looking for a relatively inexpensive gift that you can make in less than an hour ... YOU ARE SET :)

If you end up using this idea, let me know!! I would love to see what you do with it!!

Linking up to the Mother's Day Linky Party at Somewhat Simple, Weekend Wrap up on Tatertots & Jello, and

Rosette Bracelet Tutorial!

So I posted my What I Wore Wednesday post yesterday and showed off this awesome (ifIdosaysomyself:) Rosette Bracelet I made to wear to a baby shower.

And the crowd went WILD ... all 7 of you! lol ;) So I worked real hard today to get a tutorial up for ya'll! I didn't take any pictures when I made the white one, so I took this opportunity to make myself a yellow one!

Supplies:
Fabric - I love remnants and scraps for this
Felt - preferably in a color matching the fabric if at all possible, if not, no big
Ribbon - 7/8" in a color matching the fabric if you can, if not, use a coordinating color and I've used as small as 5/8" but I prefer 7/8"
Scissors & Hot Glue Gun

Now this is a typical remnant you might find at your local fabric store and was 29" by 44/45".

1. Folded it in half, and half again to cut. I love this project because you don't have to iron, measure in any real way, or even cut straight! lol

2. So you cut a strip and it should be 44"x1.5".

3. Cut this in half to create your 22"x 1.5" strip, this size turned out rosettes perfect sized to fit 5 to a bracelet.

4. Now take one end and fold it in half and then half again.

5. Then take a hold of the end and twist the rest and wrap it around the end.

6. Keep doing that until you run out of fabric :) Basically, you can't mess this up!

Believe me, I've tried lol

You just keep twisting and there's no rhyme or reason to it, just twist until you get the shape and size you want.

And then you have a rosette :) You can do this with fabric, ribbon (grosgrain holds better than satin), paper, crepe paper, even tulle! They all look awesome and can be used in TONS of ways :)

7. Now, take your hot glue gun and just put glue all over the back of the rosette.

8. Stick it down onto a piece of felt and push down for a few seconds.

9. Once you have all 5 down, cut them each out.

10. Then cut around the rosette as close to the glue as you can. You don't want to see the felt after you glue it down.

11. Next, find the center of your ribbon. My ribbon measured 30" but I could have gone with more, just depends on how much you like hanging from the bow.

12. Apply hot glue only to the area that will touch the ribbon, as you can see the ribbon is smaller than the rosette. You don't want to glue your bracelet to the mat ;)

13. To avoid a big gap between roses when you wear it, push the rosettes together when you apply the next ones.

It should look something like this ... ish ...

Once you've attached them, it should look something like this.

14. Now at this point when I put it on, it still had a little gaping between the roses. I wasn't loving that. So I tied the ribbon together and put a few dots of hot glue between each rose and pushed them together so you couldn't see it.

Then I LOVED it :) It's a lot stiffer now, really holds it's shape. I think I might go back and do this to the white one!

The back :)

Oh it just looks so PRETTY! I LOOOOVE it!


And ya know what ... it took me maybe a half an hour? And THAT included stopping every 2.5 minutes to take a picture ;)

So now you have the basic rosette tutorial as well as my take on the rosette bracelet :) Go forth and CREATE! and come back and show me what you made!! :D

Linking up to What I Whipped Up Wednesdays at Sugar and Dots, Strut Your Stuff on Somewhat Simple and the Weekend Wrap up on Tatertots and Jello!

What I Wore Wednesday - #1!

My first WIWW YAY!!!

I've been stalking checking out The Pleated Poppy's What I Wore Wednesday's linky party for a few weeks now and it's really inspired me to get out of my clothing rut which mostly consisted of gym clothes, and put some real effort into how I dress. To get DRESSED dressed, everyday.

Yes. I DO need tutorials on how to get dressed every day ;)

And you know what ... I actually feel SO much better! I LOVE getting dressed now :) I've doing a lot of thrift store shopping and clearance shopping and I think I've come up with some pretty cute outfits!

Friday: Took my girls to Six Flags Discovery Kingdom -

(Disclaimer - I didn't get a great picture since we got up super early and got back SUPER late)
Cardigan sweater - H&M ($10!!!) LOVE
Blue tank - Ross ($5.99!)
Straight Leg Jeans - Target ($7.50!!!)

Saturday: Running errands with the fam, making stuff for my baby shower gifts (post to follow this week I hope!) and stuff round the house -

Dress - Ross (clearance $9.99)
Tank - Kmart
Super CUTE yellow wedges - Payless (clearance last year $5!!!!) LOVE

I'm not sure what I think about this dress. It's kind of long, and I kind of think it makes me look poofy lol Not sure bout it yet ...

But seriously ... I LOVE these shoes :) $5 on clearance at Payless last year ... SERIOUSLY. LOVE.

Sunday: BABY SHOWER!!!

Black shirt - Forever21 (like $4 ... OMG I love this shirt)
Skirt - HELLA years ago and I have no idea where ... I haven't worn it in 7 years but it FINALLY fits again :)
White peep toe wedges - Payless - LOVE these
White rosette bracelet - ME!

& hey look! it's my face!! lol I'm still working out the kinks on the whole full body self portrait thing ... now chest up self port ... I got that DOWN lol

I made it Sunday morning as I was getting ready for the shower. I just didn't have anything that was quite right so I made something :) It was so simple and SOOO easy to make! I'll post about it later this week ;)

Monday: Gym and stuff around the house and lunch with the hubs cause the kids went back to school :D

White asymetrical short sleeved cardigan (?) - Ross
Orange tank - Kmart ($1.99 on clearance!!)
Denim shorts - got from a friend
Teal flip flops - Payless last year

Hey look! It's my face again! w00t! Oh and it's hard to see but the bracelets are teal and orange and look SO cute with this. I have NO idea where I got them and I'm sorry ...

LOVE how the the front hangs, looks SOOO cute!

Tuesday: Gym, running errands, and the park with a friend :)

White embellished tank - Old Navy (clearance $4.99!!!)
Green cargo capris - from a friend
White flip flops - Payless (last year)

I LOVE the beading on this tank. I have a thing for ribbed tanks right now ... IF they're embellished. They just fit so well and I think this is just ADORABLE! Very springy :) And it was $5! LOVE!

So ... there you have it! My first WIWW post! I'm getting a new camera tomorrow so hopefully next weeks pics will be even better!

Linking up to The Pleated Poppy

Have a lovely Hump Day ;) and a great rest of the week!