Shanterest: Boots and Stripes and Scarves, Oh my!

Day 14: Boots and Stripes and Scarves, Oh my!

Woops! I missed a day... almost missed two days!  I was busy scrapbooking one of the best nights of my 30 living years, also know as THE TRAIN CONCERT!  Yes, I'll blog about it someday :o)  At least during my busy weekend, I looked good!  I don't know about you all, but I can NOT get enough of the boots and scarves this season.  Love 'em!  I liked the mix of color and pattern with the stripes in this pin:

 

 

 

Source: via Shannon on Pinterest

Because I don't have a fun, bold printed scarf as pictured, I decided to layer my scarves instead.  The yellow pops against the black and white stripe and the black crocheted scarf is a nice contrast in pattern.  Typically, I would have worn a skinny jean and black boot, but because of this pin, I decided to go with the brown boots.  I also wore a boot cut jean, tucked in.  I loved the idea of the socks showing through the holes in my knees, but the dumb things kept on falling.  Whatever... Happy fall!

Shirt: Old Navy; Jeans: Maurices; Boots; Old Navy; Yellow Scarf: Glitter;
Black Scarf: no clue; Socks: Forever21; Necklace: H&M

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Shanterest: Teal and Gray

Day 11: Teal and Gray

Source: fashionworship.com via Shannon on Pinterest

I love the color combo in this outfit!  Teal is really popular right now.  I also like the chunky sweater.  Fall is definitely here!

Here's how I re-created this comfy ensemble:

Sweater: Maurices; Shirt: Old Navy; Jeans: Maurices; Shoes: Minnetonka;
Jewelry: garage sales , craft fairs, and  hand-me-downs

Happy Friday!!

Shanterest: Pink Skinny Jeans!

Day 5: Pink Skinny Jeans
Gosh, I've wanted hot pink skinny jeans for sooooo long. I've tried them on everywhere I could find them, but could never find any that didn't require removal of half my thigh to fit.  Depressing.  That is until I tried Old Navy's Rockstar Pop-Color Jeans!  I mean, come on... Rockstar?!? Duh.

The Rockstar Pop-Color Jeans by Old Navy

As a side note, I'd like to point out that this photo is disgustingly doctored. Nobody has legs that curvy... Not even in a good way.

Anyway, I bought the skinny jeans... but had no idea how to wear them. Obviously I turned to Pinterest!

I LOVED the way they were paired with the brown boots in this pin!  The big white top also took away from the fact that the pants looked painted on.  I also like the simple necklace.  The pants are a statement in themselves.  Everything else has to be simple.

Source: rantapallo.fi via Shannon on Pinterest

necklace: Forever21; sweater: Maurices; pants: Old Navy; boots: Old Navy

Well?  Do they work?  Either way, they are SUPER comfy!  I'm thinking I need a pair in ever color ;o)

Shanterest: Valentine's Day Edition

Because the good 'ol people I work for resemble the front side of a horse walking backwards, I no longer get to browse through Pinterest on my breaks.  I have every intention of getting on in the evenings, but I am the busiest person in Indiana these days.  No sarcasm in that last statement at all.  You'll be glad to know that I pulled every last piece of crap useful, totally worth saving, treasure out from underneath the basement steps and am now in the process of organizing said crap treasure.  I'll post on that later.  Right now, we have some business to tend to.  It's what I like to call Shanterest!  If I was able to pin, this is what would be hitting my boards for Valentine's Day!

Valentine's Day Edition



BOARD: For the Kiddos

Printable Valentine Crown from Skip to my Lou

BOARD: Gifts

Oven Mitt Treat Gift from The East Carolinian

I originally got this idea from my friend, Melissa.  Thanks for such a neat idea, Melissa!!

BOARD: Holidays

Butterfly Card from Disney FamilyFun

BOARD: Food to Try

Cupid's Cupcakes from Disney FamilyFun

BOARD: Fashion

scarlet by htotheb featuring a heart necklace

Scarlet from htotheb via Polyvore

Adoily-able Valentine's Day T-shirt

We got our February issue of Disney FamilyFun in the mail last week.  As soon as I saw the cover, I knew I would have to make these shirts for the girls!  The instructions I used, provided by Disney FamilyFun, are available on their website. 

I added an additional step to Taylor's shirt.  I couldn't find a pink long-sleeve T in her size, so I had to get a short-sleeve shirt for her.  No prob!  I just added some sleeves!

Waffle-Sleeve Layered T-Shirt

Supplies

Child's T-shirt

Adult Waffle T

Paper Doily

T-shirt Paint

Sponge Brush

Stick with me on this one... I kind of did it as I went with no instructions.  First, measure the sleeves of a shirt that fits your child well.  Then, subtract the length of the sleeve on the t-shirt.  This is how long you want your waffle sleeves.

Don't worry about cutting extra length.  You'll have enough with this next step.  I forgot to subtract the length of the t-shirt sleeve at first so Taylor's sleeves were about 3-4 inches too long.  If you forget, no biggie.  You can trim them later.

Next, you'll need to cut the back of the cuff off.  We are going to make a smaller cuff and only want one layer of fabric to work with.  Does that make sense?  You know how a cuff is folded over?  Cut the back part off.

Next, lay a child-size sleeve on top of the waffle sleeve.  Cut the seam off of the waffle sleeve.  Leave about a quarter-inch for your new seam.

Now, open the sleeve to the back (inside) side.  Turn the cuff up and pin.

Sew in place, creating a new, shorter cuff.

Next, fold the sleeve with the inside facing out.  Match up the cut sides and pin in place.

Sew the sides together, about ¼ inch from the edge.

Then, serge if you have one.  If not, just zig-zag!

Trim the extra off, as close to the zig-zag as you can.

Turn the sleeves right-side out and attach them to the t-shirt sleeves, trimming off any extra.

Now, on to the fun part :o)

Be sure to put a layer of wax paper or shiny newspaper inside your shirt. Using regular newsprint will cause it to stick to your shirt... not that I would know or anything...

Get a couple of paper doilies and lay them onto the t-shirt.  Disney FamilyFun suggests putting a little glue (glue stick or spray adhesive) on the back.  I didn't.  I was just extra careful not to move them.

 

Then, very carefully dab the paint onto the doily in an up-down motion.  DO NOT brush the paint.

Use a light touch.  You can always go back over the pattern.  Be careful not to get too much paint on your sponge because it will seep under the doily.

Lift the doily and admire your work!

Because my pattern left space for it, I added i [love] u and be mine.

Since my shirt was longer, I put three hearts on it.

Cutie patooties!!

This took me about an hour.  The stencil part was fast... about 10 minutes per shirt.  I got my doilies at Kroger.  Jaden's and my shirt came from Target and Taylor's is from Hobby Lobby.  The waffle T came from Mike's closet :o)

I'm sharing the love with my favorite linky parties!

Flavor of the Month

Food

I have been obsessed with all things peanut butter lately.  I eat a PB granola bar for breakfast every morning. I HAD to have a PB cup blizzard last night. Jaden and I made PB cookies this week.  Peanut butter is currently my heaven on earth!

Music

I love this song!  I seem to have a thing for songs that are remakes of old favorites :o)

TV

I know, I know... I can't help it!  This show is like crack to me... bad for me but SO addictive!

What I'm Wearing

Earrings: Forever 21, Both Shirts: Old Navy, Jeans: Maurices, Shoes: TOMS

I'm loving gray and yellow... just about as much as that peanut butter!

Movie

Watching this TONIGHT!! :o)

Oh, by the way...

I found out one day in advance that the babysitter was going to have a Halloween party.  She asked that no costumes be worn (didn't want things to get lost, ruined, dirty, etc.) and the kids could bring treats if they wanted to.  If they brought a treat, they would get their own trick-or-treating station to pass out their treat to the other kids.  I knew Jaden would love doing that so I had to get treats.  You know how I am... I couldn't just send my kid with a bag of candy.  They needed to be cute!

I have a bunch of scrap fabric.   I always save the big chunks because you never know when you might need a little bit.  Well, they came in handy!

I took a scrap of white fabric and laid a sucker on it.

Next, I tied a string around the stick up by the sucker. 

Then, I had Jaden draw eyes on them.

We ended up with super cute ghost suckers! 

Total cost, $2!

Then, I needed a festive outfit for Taylor to wear.  Jaden had a cute Halloween shirt with matching leggings so she was covered.  Taylor had nothing.

So, I grabbed one of her white t-shirt onesies. 

Because she would wear a long sleeve shirt underneath this, I cut the bottom off of it so it wouldn't be too bunchy.  Also, these t-shirts are getting a tad bit too short anyway. 

Next, I searched through my scrap fabric box for some black fleece but found NOTHING!  I went to the closet and got my "bar coat" which was a way-too-big black fleece jacket I got as a freebie... it said Sprite.com on it.  I used to wear it to the club in the winter (when we used to go out all the time!) and stash it somewhere, in hopes that it would still be there when I was ready to go home but wouldn't have been sad if it had been stolen.  Anyway, I found it and cut a chunk out of it  :o) 

Then, I cut ovals for eyes. 

I laid them on the shirt, pinned them in place, and sewed them down. 

 

Now, Taylor had a "bootiful" ghost t-shirt!

 

Now they will both have a "spooktacular" time at their Halloween party!

Have a safe and happy Halloween!!

Linking to these parties!

 

P.S.  Melissa at My Craftie Life featured ME yesterday!  Can you believe it?  Head over to her blog and show her some love... oh and check me out, too ;o)  Thanks, Melissa!!