Category Archives: makeovers are fun

back to school!

i don’t know about you, but i heart school. always have. loved, elementary, middle, high, and college. just can’t get enough (although after this degree, i am donzo!) i get all excited knowing that all the little ones are starting a new adventure with another year. so fun! source so in celebration of school [...]
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lovely guest post~happy together!!

happy tuesday everyone! as you can tell i have been slacking on my posts, but jessica is here to save the day! thank you!! her awesome blog over at happy together is super cute and she has created so many great projects. if you haven’t checked it out then go do it! (after reading this [...]
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first home project.

i actually had the energy to do a project around the house! there are tons of projects to do but clearly i tackled the bathroom first. actually it was the closet :) which was fun but nothing to post about. here’s the before pic in the bathroom. i’m an organized person but just [...]
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guest blogger~Adventures in Dressmaking!!!

i am so excited to share with you my FIRST ever guest blogger!!! my new friend Suzannah from Adventures in Dressmaking was kind enough to be my guest. as you may know from previous posts i have been out of it lately with being pregnant and trying to move [...]
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new home for the earrings

so i don’t have that many earrings, but i do have enough that i have to dig my way through them to find the matching pair. clearly needed a new place for them. (realized i have a few of my bestie’s earrings as well) :) i also had 3 grease splatter screens. [...]
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gotta love new shoes.

plain jane heels = $1 at garage sale. why might someone buy an old and worn out pair of heels? well i don’t know. they were $1. come on now. all they need is some tlc….as in some permanent markers, some yarn, and a little inspiration. that’s all! :) earrings = my [...]
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elastic waistband with casing tutorial

experimenting with sewing projects is fun and a little frustrating. haha. but this one turned out nicely! here’s my attempt to show you :) pretty sure this is meant to be a dress…but it’s a shirt on me. there’s no waistband and i normally wear belts with it but i wanted to change [...]
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pajamas all day long

i like to wear pajamas. all day. :) i even wear them to the grocery store. now, i’m talking about comfy pants and shirts…nothing crazy. :) anyways…i had these pants for the longest time and would wear it around the house but never out because they were too short for me to wear in public [...]
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tie dye all day.

hello all!! wanted to share a little make over i did today. sooo i got this dress for uber cheap awhile back but never wore it because the top part didn’t fit me very well…lame. sooo naturally i tried fixing it. i had a thought of putting some elastic banding around the top [...]
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bowtie necklace

what a beautiful saturday!!! why am i not outside right now? oh yes, because i made a new necklace and wanted to share!!! one of my fav necklaces broke awhile back and never came around to fix it…until i saw this super super cute tutorial by One Pearl Button featured on Adventures in Dressmaking! [...]
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