{Photo courtesy of Alyse} {Photo courtesy of Alyse} {Photo courtesy of Alyse} {Photo courtesy of Alyse} {My DYT Type One Style Lace Shirt No Label, thrifted Pants Jones New York Sport, thrifted White Tank Joe Fresh via Joe Fresh Cardigan Denver Hayes, thrifted Brogue Shoes via Winners and last seen here Gold Handbag No label, thrifted} We spent this past weekend enjoying our niece’s good company. It was a whirlwind of fun activities including shopping at Ikea, spending St Patrick’s Day in Vancouver, a weekend quest for the ultimate coffee, and homemade fish tacos. We dropped some money at my favourite retail clothing store, Joe Fresh. We were dazzled in Topshop. It was all 100 times better than good. My niece, an enthusiastic photographer, snapped most of today’s photos. Lucky me! Today, I am…
{MY DYT Type One Style Jumper Tabi International, thrifted Jacket Studio Works Petite, thrifted Red T-Shirt Reitmans Rainboots Ardene’s Handbag Lancome, thrifted Pearl Earrings Moi} Hello my friends and welcome to Monday! Well, my little blog has brought to light yet another nugget of information about myself. I have an amazing talent for procrastination. Despite the fact that I love almost every aspect of blogging, it has become apparent that I choose to dilly dally around producing little to no material until under the cloud of a publishing deadline. And let’s be real here…any so called deadlines on this lttle blog are self-imposed. There are no bloggy police handing out penalties for not publishing a Monday morning post. It’s funny; I love…
{My DYT Type One Style Pleated Skirt Separate Scene, thrifted Gingham Shirt American Eagle Outfitters, thrifted Pullover Sweater Joe Fresh, thrifted Booties Minnetonka Turquoise, last seen here Leather Purse Derek Alexander, thrifted Illusion Necklace Moi} Hello my friends! I hope you all had a lovely weekend. In my part of the world, we just turned the clocks one hour ahead for daylight savings time. Spring Ahead. Figuratively, this phrase is all warm and fuzzy. I mean, who wouldn’t be keen to spring ahead? It sounds all well and good, but the reality is an hour less sleep the next morning. I swear, it takes me a week to adjust to this single hour time change. Am I the only one? I did have lots of outdoor enjoyment…
I have been seeing a lot of polka dot jeans in stores, on blogs, and also on Pinterest, and today I am sharing a tutorial on making your own polka dot jeans. It’s fun! It’s easy! And with thrifted jeans; it’s doesn’t cost a lot of money. Okay, let’s get started. 1. Supplies needed for this project are a pair of jeans, mine are a thrifted bargain at $4.00. You also need some white paint…I am using my acrylic white gesso, but you can use your preferred paint be it fabric paint or regular acrylic paint. {Whichever type of paint you decide on, I suggest doing a sample on a scrap of fabric before working with your jeans. I had a scrap of denim from a pair of jeans I had hemmed. I daubed…