Jane Dress Project Update

So I finished the princess dresses and finished my 3rd dress. The 3rd and last dress are going to be summer dresses. I know summer is almost over, but its versatile and can be worn as a sunday dress.

Jane Dress Project

I've been longing to make childrens wear. I've even bought patterns from awhile ago. I went to JoAnns the other day to find a few fabric pieces that'll go with the dresses I planned on making. I'll be making 4 dresses so I'll keep posted. I'm done with 2 already, so 2 more to go.

Here is a quick preview but I might make some changes.

Ootd

Today I needed to dress up but not fancy. So I wanted to recreate my own inspired looks of Tommy Hilfiger, I wore stripes. I went to a college workshop about "stress." After all the exercises and disscussions I'm not as stress as I thought I would be. After the workshop was the SAS Collegian Reunion party. Felt good to see many old faces. Every one from my class talked about themselves and their cool internships/jobs.

Wearing:
-Cream/Navy Stripe tee, TJ Maxx
-Red High-waisted Shorts, Vinted.com
-Brown Braided Belt, Forever 21
-Brown Oxfords, Ebay
-Sueded Feather Necklace, Forever 21

DIY Hair Bow Clips (No Sewing)

After watching plenty of DIY videos off of Youtube, I've finally decided to do it myself. I needed to use up some fabric and fabric scraps so I decided to make hair bows w/o sewing. Few months ago I purchased some hair clips at JoAnns and I wanted to try them out.

Materials:
-fabric (at least 1/2 yard)
-hair clips
-hot glue sticks
-hot glue gun
-scissors/shears
-ruler
-iron

1. Using your ruler measure out 8x4, you can make it smaller or bigger, piece of fabric. Should look like a rectangle. Then measure a thinner strip of fabric, 2x5, this will be the center of the bow.

2. Take the 8x4 piece and use an iron to press 1/4 in of the fabric on the longer side. Repeat again on the other side. If the fold doesn't stay down, use the hot glue gun to glue it down.

3. Take both short ends and glue the ends together. Make sure one side overlaps the other only 1/4 in.

4. Now make 3-4 folds horizontally the long way. It should look like pleats or when you make a paper fan. In the center of each fold glue it down to hold it.

5. Now take the fabric being used for the center. Repeat step 2. Then take one end and glue it to the center back of the bow (the side where you want the hair clip). Wrap it around until the fabric reaches the center back again and glue it down. If there is extra fabric just trim it off.

6. Glue the center back then, take your hair clip and center the hair clip.

7. You did it!! Now you can make many more.

Fashion Angels Doodle Book

Fashion Angels is a locally owned company in Wisconsin who creates activity kits for the tween market. These kits includes sketch pads, stencils, stickers, etc to help kids create their own ideas and learn.

Last November, my classmates and I got the chance to help Fashion Angels create their Doodle Book. A book for young girls who love fashion, drawing, and coloring. As a part of the project everyone got the chance to pick out a theme/concept as of what they wanted to work on, since it was really open ended. I decided to choose the theme "Geek Chic" where as my ideas consisted of these "nerdy" accessories. I had to really brainstorm about my page layouts since we were only allowed to do 3 pages. As a class, we all helped one another to brainstorm and give advice/critique each others work. Unfortunately, there were only 3 prizes given but everyone got a chance to have at least one of their pages shown in the finalized book. The book was released a few months ago and I finally gotten a hold of a copy. Even though we, my classmates and I, knew our drawings were going to be tweaked a little we are all proud to be a part of this Project. It was a great experience and wouldn't mind doing it again.

My Originals

 Finalized/Published

DIY Highwaisted Distressed Denim Shorts

Went thrift shopping a few weeks ago and found an old pair of Levi's. Figured I can change the look and make them look "chic."  Took me about 1.5 hrs just to distress (very time consuming if it's your first time). But only 5-10 min to cut how I wanted it to look like.

Materials:
1.Shears
2.Marking pen/fabric marker/chalk
3.Tweezer

Steps:
1. Measure the length you want, mark it, and cut. Make sure to use shears not regular paper scissors.

2. Using a trimming scissor or a sharp narrow scissor, make small cuts to mark where you want it to be distressed (on right side of shorts).

3. Now flip it inside out (notice the white threads). Take your tweezer and start pulling onto the BLUE threads (running vertically) in the areas you made small cuts. Once you pull them out you should just have the white threads showing (running horizontally).

4. Finally when you're done, toss them in the washer to launder. Now just wait to see what you've created!