Showing posts with label re-purposed goods. Show all posts
Showing posts with label re-purposed goods. Show all posts

Monday, March 4, 2013

~personalized memory game for kids~

 Do you remember the game "Memory"?
When I was a kid it was my favorite.
I remember the year us kids got a game for 
Christmas.....I could spend hours playing that
and I did. In fact, I ended up playing it alone
many times because I couldn't get any of
my siblings to play it as often as I wanted to.

My kids love it too.
I saw this idea on someones blog awhile ago.
I wish I could remember who's blog it was so
I could give them credit but I can't find it.
I finally got around to making it for my kids
for Valentines Day this year.     
 We had a couple different Memory game sets
so I took one of them and covered them with our own
pictures. I'm telling you right here at the beginning......
this is not a quick project.
It's easy, but VERY time consuming.
I worked on it, on and off for about 3 weeks.
  First thing you need to do is pick the photos you want to
use and print them up. I printed them from my
computer onto card stock. I printed a wallet size.
You have to remember to print TWO of each.
Once you get your pictures printed, you will need
to use a card to trace around the part of the
picture you will be cutting. This is what takes so long.
Cutting them out......woof.     
     
 Once you get them cut out you'll go ahead
and mod-podge them onto your memory cards.
Once it dries, go ahead and put a layer of 
mod-podge over the top of the photos to seal them.
That's it.
Let them dry and stack em up!  

 I will say, this is one of those projects
that I knew the SECOND my kids opened it.....
that it was worth every minute of time I put into it.
They loved it!
We have so much fun remembering the moments
captured on the cards as we are playing.   
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Sunday, September 2, 2012

~shirt made from a scarf~

 I've had these scarfs for years and years and never
really worn them with anything.
The leopard scarf is one of those really big,
square scarfs and the turquoise scarf is long
and narrow. I haven't been able to find a 
great way to wear either one of them......
UNTIL NOW. 

 The leopard scarf wasn't quite
big enough to give me the coverage I wanted in
the back so I sewed the turquoise scarf onto
the bottom of it....it's in the back.
 I will take pics of this on
my dress form so you can get a better idea.
These were the best pics I could get of it on me.
 I used three blingy pins to close it up and it 
works surprisingly well. 

The necklace I'm wearing is another I've made
recently. I'll showcase it in another post soon.

If you want to see a tutorial on how to do this shirt,
leave me a comment and let me know.
Making the shirt is more simple than
making the tutorial :)


Linking up with Positively Splendid

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Wednesday, July 11, 2012

~toddler shoes from boy to girl~

 We bought these cute little Pediped shoes for 
our little guy when he was just a wee babe.
He wore them so much you can see his cute little
foot marks on the soles of the shoes. 

Pedipeds are not cheap and $40 for a pair
of shoes for a baby/toddler is insane to me.
INSANE.
However-let me remind you that we bought these shoes
PRE-poor days. Well-now our little lady needs
some sturdy little shoes and I pulled these out.
For $40 we've got to get our money's worth.  
I had to fem them up a bit.
I crossed the straps and sewed a big flower button
with embroidery thread to the straps.
 Still camo but a little better.
Now I'm thinking I should have used a big
black button instead. Maybe I'll switch them out.
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Wednesday, May 23, 2012

~skirt into dress~

 Remember this thing I showed you a couple days ago?
Not the most attractive like this but I had a vision for it
the moment I saw it.
 I've been seeing a lot of neon colors
this season and wanted to add some of it into my 
wardrobe without spending a lot of money. 
I feel pretty confident in saying that I think neon
will be a micro-trend; lasting only this summer.
Taking that into account, the asking price of $5
at my local thrift store made it a PERFECT option
for spicing up my wardrobe. 
It's definitely a vintage piece....I'm pretty sure
straight from the 70's. 

Check out the final reformation! 

I LOVE it!
It's one of my favorite summer pieces
at this point. I think it's going to see a lot wear 
this summer. I was hoping to have the tutorial
done by now but it's not. I'm shooting for later today.
It was super easy and I did it in less than an hour!
Seriously......a beginner can do this!


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