Painting the Town for Homecoming Week

We got to go paint the town for Pine View High School's homecoming week. We did a few stores on Telegraph Street. Fun! Fun!

Tutorial: Candybar Bouquet

My mom's friend was turning 40 and she wanted to make a candybar poster.  I didn't want to come up with the phrases for the candybars so I suggested a candybar cake, but as I was searching for that, I found this on pinterest. If you click on it, you can find a tutorial. Using that, this is what I came up with...personally I thought it turned out better than that other person's, no offense to whoever made it.

FRONT VIEW

Whatcha think?

BACK VIEW

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DIY Subway Art using PicMonkey Part 4

So I've been asked a couple times about how I do Subway Art on PicMonkey....well guess what? A tutorial is now on its way.  I will post it very soon, almost finished. But for now, here's probably the last of the Subway Art for a while, maybe. I might continue with them just cuz they're kinda fun. There's a link to download them at the bottom, as usual.

For back to school haha

Download 1000 Reasons quote here

Download Rainbow quote here

Download Worrying quote here

Tutorial: How to Make Subway Art Using PicMonkey

Oh gosh, this is long. Took me forever to make, but now I don't have to show anyone individually--that would take even longer. Hope you get it! Show me your finished product or comment if you need help...

80s jewelry

A long time ago, we were given a lot of old jewelry. Every once in a while I look through it because it's hilarious what I find. But this time I actually found some I might dare to wear and I'll show you some....uhhh....others I found.

So here's a picture of some tolerable earrings...I actually kinda like the leopard ones.

And here's some of the worst ones, in my opinion. The butterfly is a pin.

These were the best haha.

Tutorial: Dress to Skirt + Elastic Casing

So I have this dress that I never wear...it's just too darn immodest.  I'd have to wear a shrug or cardigan with leggings to pull it off....cheesy:(   So here's another tutorial: Dress to Skirt.  I apologize for the pics, but all I have is my phone.  If you can tell, the top is elastic-y with buttons all the way down to the ruffle at the bottom.

Had to hurry and stick on a shirt so I could pull it down to my knee...

REDUCE, REUSE, RECYCLE!!!

 

EXPLANATION OF STEP 7: If you look at Step 3, I want the height of the skirt to be about where the bottom of the elastic-y part of the dress ends (about 1" above the button).  STEP 7B: I added in an extra 1" to where I wanted the top of the skirt to be so I could fold it down and sew...don't want no raw edges.  That's why I measured my cutting line at 2" above the button in Step 7.  WOW that was a lot--make any sense??? haha

If you don't get it, read down to step 10 and the explanation below it.

That way I didn't have to measure and mark the cutting line all the way around...ugh

That's why I cut it 2" above the button is Step 7, cuz 3/4" + 3/4" (for casing) = 1 1/2" 

1/4" seam allowance x 2 (because when you sew the casing after it's folded down, you're taking 1/4" out of each side) = 1/2"

1/2" + 1 1/2" = 2" (which is why my cutting line is 2" above button)

make sense??

I forgot to mention here that after you pin the two elastic edges together, make sure they're not twisted and then sew them together so you can stretch the top of the skirt and get all the elastic spread out.

FINISHED PRODUCT :

And with a leopard belt:

P.S. This is what I wore to Tuacahn when we got those discount tickets to go 2 nights in a row...it was really hot and the skirt kept me cool...loved it!!