Rompin' Around!

Alright, I got photos every step of the way with this refashion!

Last Saturday, my friend Amanda and I spent the entire day at different thrift shops around Denver. 2 Goodwills, Goodwill Outlet World, and Buffalo Exchange. It was one of the greatest days.

This number I pulled out of a bin at the Outlet World, so paid maybe $1.50 for it? (At the Outlet, you pay by the pound... it's incredible!)

It is a pretty ugly old romper. Vintage, probably from the 80s I'd say? It was in perfect condition, though. Doesn't look like it was worn even once! :)

It was a perfect fit size wise, but just wasn't my style.

light denim, lots of pockets, WAY too short to be a full romper.

What's with the knee pockets? Hmm, those have to go.

So, with a little work and lots of hope... 

The legs had to go!

Bye bye ugly knee pockets! I'm sure I'll be using you for something else soon!

Alright, chopping done. I thought about just sewing the legs up and calling it good, but I also purchased an old white lace curtain from Goodwill that same weekend, so my brain started working on what to do next...

I decided to cover the back panel of the romper with lace! I considered taking the back off completely and having an open lace back, but thought this was way more practical for me.

Complete!

Awkward pose, but here's the front!

Don't mind my sports bra... but there's the back!

Ta-da! I love the lace pattern on the back... flowery and swirly! It fits so nicely now! I am really pleased with how well it turned out and am excited to wear it soon now that it's sunny and warm! :)

If you're curious about Goodwill Outlet World, here's a nice blog with all the locations around the country! LINK HERE

And here's a video of what to expect! It's very accurate, and is actually filmed in the Outlet World I shop at! LINK HERE

Dress Refash!

Of course I always forget to take before pictures... but imagine the dress to have looked similar to this when I bought it, turtle neck and all!

 

It was black and white, however I wanted a bit more dimension, if you will. I was already dying a few things so threw the dress into a blue dye bath. It didn't take the blue on as bright as I had hoped, but it worked out well anyways!

So the first chop I made was getting rid of that awful turtleneck. I wanted a high-neck dress so cut, sewed, and tacked that in place first!

High-neck, check!

Next I decided I wanted to swoop the back and make it an open back!

Done with that!

Here are a couple other photos, overall I was very pleased with how it turned out and am so excited to wear it sometime soon! 

Front and back in this one!

Don't mind my messy room! It was a busy week...

So there ya have it, another refashion in the books! :)

Enjoy, and stay crafty!

New Year, New Goals

2014 is bringing many new and exciting things to my life. One of those things is a goal of mine. It's a very general goal... but I hope to start blogging more this year!

(Random recent climbing trip photo!)

I know my blogs are usually just photos of what I've come up with recently, so I hope to keep uploading more frequently. I don't know who all will read these, but it is a goal for myself! (If you do read this ever, you should tell me next time you talk to me! Otherwise I look like a goof just typing away to myself over the interweb.)

So my first photos today don't necessarily deal with a craft or refashion like normal... instead it is a outfit recreation that I ended up loving!

Here was the inspiration I found on glitzandgold.com

And now for my take on the outfit!

Pearls and Camo!

Even paired it with my new thifted boots! (Brand new Target stud boots for $6 from ARC!)

Now for the fun stuff:

I got some paints and canvas for Christmas so made a wall hanging for my very bare-walled bathroom! I had a lot of fun with this. I painted, Modge Podge-d, painted some more, then took out my sharpies to write a lovely quote from Walt Whitman:

I made a bunch of my Christmas gifts this year, but unfortunately can't find all the pictures from those gifts. Here's what I made my father though! I bought an old, ugly, falling apart cabinet off Craigslist, stripped all 3 layers of paint off, sanded it down and found beautiful oak planks underneath it all! With a little help from dad (yes, I gave it to him in the ugly state first so he could decide what he wanted to do with it), we added some reinforcing pieces to the front, underneath, and back and came up with this:

Two or three coats of stain/varnish later, here is the final project. Ready to fill with car part and engine books, and strong enough to be a nice bench for the front office of Dad's car shop )where he works on the race cars!)

TA DA!!! I was very proud of the result. I wish I had a picture of it before I started... it was hideous, to say the least.

Oh, and as a closing giggle, here's a photo of me shooting a pistol over winter break!

Stay crafty, everyone! :)