Good buy?

So I went to this huge consignment sale yesterday that's held twice a year. This one August sells fall and winter items. Which is perfect because I don't have any for Cora yet! So after giving Cora a big long nap and filling her belly full, we went to the sale. I knew I would be spending a lot of time there so I had to make sure she was content. Which lasted the first hour, she then got bored and just wanted to crawl around. But I managed to keep her happy a little longer and fill my bag full. Here's a list of what I got:

3  jackets
9  shirts
3 pants/leggings
5 pairs of shoes
3 pajamas
1 dress
4 hats
6 toys
And 10 whole outfits not including the above! And guess how much I paid for all this stuff? Only $64! I feel so good about all this I can't wait for fall! Here's a few pictures of some of what I got:

It's a pretty good pile.

I just love the pink boots.

We're gonna save these for her birthday or Christmas probably.

One of her coats.

This jacket came with tights, how cute!

Girl clothes are so cute!

These all come together. Shirt, skirt, and jeans, great find.

Nice dress for fall, but would still fit her spring since she's so petite.

Cute outfit that still had the tags on it!

I think this outfit is so cute. It  has a jacket, shirt, and pants with a pink elephant!

diy t-shirt to scarf?

I cleaned out my closet yesterday and had a pretty good pile once I was done. I then browsed through Pinterest and got some neat ideas for some home decor, crafts, and things to do with your old clothes! This one in particular got my attention. She had an old t-shirt and made a summer scarf from it. I got some inspiration. Cool thing about it was that it really only took less than 20 minutes! The original tutorial can be found here. I kinda did my own so it looks slightly different.

First pick a shirt you don't mind cutting up. I used one I cleaned out of my closet.

Cut the hem off the bottom.

Cut straight across right under the armpits.

Then cut about 1/2 inch strips.

They don't have to be perfect since they'll curl.

Then take the pieces and stretch them, it doesn't take much so don't pull too hard.

Now this shirt had seems, so to cover them up, I used the hem of the shirt and wrapped it around the seem in a knot.

It had two seems. Next time I think a shirt with no or only one seem would be best.

The finished product! I love it even though I'm not really a yellow person. It also looks like a sort of necklace.

I happened to be wearing a black shirt this day, but I probably wouldn't wear it with the scarf normally.

this ain't your grandmas muumuu

I actually really like this one. Again, it was sitting in my basket waiting for the day I would bring it back to life. I almost thought it would be hopeless because after looking at it more closely, it had some holes, tears, and unraveling. But due to some determination, I was able to fix it!

I find that it would probably be better for fall rather than summer. You can't really see in these pictures, but I'm wearing shorts under it. And in the colder weather I would wear it with leggings or skinny jeans I think. And some boots. But for picture sake (and I really wanted to wear it) I wore it like a dress, but with shorts! I don't have guts to usually show that much leg and for fear of showing things that nobody wants to see. But what the heck, I did it today!

Sorry for the awkwardness! Modeling is not my profession.

Ooopps...little blurry.

Close up of the pleat and ruffles neck.

The sleeves are much shorter.

 

 

 

 

Before:  So I hemmed about a foot and a half, made the sleeves smaller, and took in a few inches on either side. Then I looked for all the holes left (thankfully were small), and stitched them.

Before of the pleats that were coming undone.

It's a tunic for me

Yay! I got the camera for five minutes today and was able to take a few pictures. I bought this shirt at the thrift store for a dollar. It sat in my "clothes to alter" basket for a couple months. I decided to take it out and see what I could do. It was extremely wrinkled with HUGE shoulder pads, and really didn't seem that flattering. I picked it because I liked the colors and material, but it just needed some updating.

To make it a little more stylish, the sides have a little slit in them.

Thankfully the shoulder pads were on velcroed on!

The neckline was very high, so I lowered it just enough.

And in the back, I made the opening a little bigger.

The thing about the material is that it gets wrinkled SO easily.

As you can see, it's wrinkled, the neckline is small, and I wouldn't have blinked twice if I knew I couldn't fix it. Oh and I already took the shoulder pads out when I took this picture.

This is the backside with the button and opening, a bit smaller.

Update!!

I have definitely fallen behind in my blogging, but I blame it on not having a camera to document with. Joel has been using my camera for work so I've been without...and we are also on a budget right now trying to save up and pay our cars off, so I haven't be able to do a lot of projects fluttering in my head. Mostly pertaining to our house. We STILL haven't completed the downstairs. I have been taking pictures to document our progress, but now we're at a standstill until other things get taken care of. I can't wait until its finished!

Cora has been trying to crawl, actually was a little mobile today, how exciting!! But now I'm in trouble and need to start baby proofing, ahh!! But she can't move very well on the hardwood, so the carpet downstairs is best for her. It will be our entertainment hub and we will be spending a lot more time down there, which is why I can't wait until it is completed so Cora can play without hitting her head on the wood.

Hmm...what else?? We ended up getting a puppy. We said we weren't going to but I was kinda missing my little Frankypoo. Never did find him, or Tyson. So if we were to get another dog, it was gonna have to be small. So we got Mr. Doogie Howser. He's a min pin, yorkie, pekinese mix. No he's not yappy, completely opposite, in fact, he's a huge wimp. But we'll see if he gets any more comfortable with us.

This has been a busy summer for us with birthdays, anniversary's, and all the summer fun. It was my 24th birthday and our 3 year anniversary this July. We celebrated with a little bbq and went out to dinner. We are hoping to have a really nice anniversary vacation sometime...(like Hawaii, Mexico, or Carribean). We could really enjoy that, definitely.

Since Joel has been working almost all day, I've been trying to find ways to get into a routine of doing something. I contemplated getting a part-time job, but didn't want to pay for childcare. So I started going to the YMCA and working out with classes in the morning. Everyday we do a different class and I can take Cora and check-up on her if need be. We've also been swimming a couple times a week.

Phew!!! There's just an update as to what has been going on with me lately and hopefully I can get my camera back so I can take pictures of some of the cool things I have been doing. I can take some with my phone but maybe I'm just retarded and can't figure out how to upload it to my desktop. I may need to find my usb adapter. Now that'll be a task.

The cakes my mom for my birthday.

Some of the snacks we had for the bbq.

Mom and I at Starlight Theatre watching Cinderella.

A project I really want to do is make pillows like these!

I found a tutorial on how to make a cover for your ottoman. I have an ottoman and thought it would be so cool to make on of these!

How cute is this?! I know Cora isn't old enough to play house but in the future I want to make this to put over our card table.

I also really like this skirt and want to attempt to make it. All you need is a mens old dress shirt!

This probably would've been good for spring, but I think it's really cute and could easily be made for the fall season by changing some of the colors up. I NEED something new to put on my table!