Turn an old skirt into a new one with Ruffles!

I’ve had this skirt since I was in high school; it just is not flattering on me at all…..SO I decided to fix it.

BEFORE:

First I took it in on the sides to add some curves to the skirt.

Then I cut it in half, and used the bottom for the ruffle.

I didn’t want a strait ruffle, I wanted it to go up my leg, so I drew in the triangle and then cut it out of only the front. I then made my ruffle and sewed it to the bottom.

And TaaDaa!!!!…Here’s my new skirt without paying a penny!

I’ve thought about adding a cute bow where the ruffle comes up higher on the leg….What do ya think add it or no?

Quietbook!!!!!!!!

I have finally finished most of my pages for my quietbook and I’m finally posting it!…….I have about 6 more pages I hope to be adding soon (I’ll post them as I finish them).

I made it so it closes with a button; it should be able to expand with more pages. I also put button holes in all the pages and then have used metal rings so I can add and take out pages as she grows!

Now for the pages:

Paper and crayons

Four Puzzles: Star, heart, and soon to make flower and smiley face.

Love this page!…Flower pot (flowers come off)…hand stitched everything!

This is the page I am most proud off! Noah’s Arc with finger puppet animals. ….I have many more animals to make. If you look close you’ll see even my clouds are fluffy!

And then my shapes page….SO far this is my daughters favorite page!

This has been a very fun project…..as I said I’ll post more as I make them!

Flip flops with flare!

I went to Old Navy this week to get my daughter some new sandals. All they had were size 5 and she’s not quite there yet. So this is what I did……..

I cut the elastic off and then put my own ribbon through, tied it tight, and then hand stitched it so it would come apart when she plays with it!

So easy!……They work great and I think they look better this way!

American Flag Cake Pops W/ Cheesecake Center! Yummy!

My husband had a dessert contest at work so this is what we made! It went pretty good for our first time ever making them! He got lots of great comments from his co-workers! I’ll let ya know if we win!!!

The Center was cheesecake!!!! It tasted really good!

I made these stars….it took awhile!

I put water in the pan on the stove which helped to keep the candy melt soft! Made everything much easier!

If you’d like the recipe I got it from Willow Bird Baking. Just click HERE to see it.

DIY–Black shelves!

This was a fun and quick project! I had some wood left over from some vinyl plaques I made so I painted them black and then bought some black supports to screw them to the wall!!!

I was very happy with how they turned out. But I’ve now decided that I’m going to paint that wall red so they’ll have to come down and then go back up again!!

Décor from the Goodwill!!!!

I’ve wanted to create something for my hallway for a long time, but just couldn’t find what I wanted. Then one day I was walking through Goodwill and found these….they were bran new from Target!!

I also got two pairs of shorts while I was there! One pair for 2 bucks, the second pair were bran new from Target for 6 bucks!

It was a score at the Goodwill that day!