Repurposing a jumper

I am having such fun taking thrift store clothing and repurposing, upcycling, transforming or whatever you call it - into something new that my little girl can wear. Here is our current cord jumper- size 24 months. We loved the apples and of course the colors..so we had to have another skirt.

 

Here it is on the princess- we even made a hair flower to go with it. I especially like how she accessorized it with her sucker :) 

Repurposed turtleneck

  I bought this girls size 12 turtleneck for $1.00 at the thrift shop. Now, I know my daughter is only a size 4 but I had a plan.

I cut off the bottom portion and made her a nice fun little skirt with that ruffle as the bottom. Then I had the top left..hmm what to do? Well I cut the sleeves off and then made the top thinner by sewing it up on each size about 2 inches. I then cut the sleeve tops off a bit to make them shorter than reattached them. So, we had a Brittney Spears short top- not the look I want on my daughter - she has a great little tummy but not for the world to see. I then took some fabric and attached a long skirt to it. So, from this:

to this: I think it turned out quite cute. What do you think? She insisted on wearing it to school today even though I told her it was a bit warm. She loves it. 

What's on his mind?

All day at the park today he did this. He walked or ran or went down slides with his hand wiggling his upper tooth. Yes he wants that thing to finally fall out. He won't eat an apple for fear he'd lose it. He wants it in his little hand so he can put it under the pillow for the tooth fairy to come. So he walks, runs, slides, climbs and plays but all the while wriggling that tooth. 

Some saturday fun

The weather has gotten nicer so of course we had to go outside. And what is the fun for today? Well we are dog-sitting a neighbors dog so it's time to go play with Polly.

I have no idea what Jack is doing- I think it is his version of dancing. Ahh So You Think You Can Dance really has nothing to worry about from him :)

Ahh it is a doggies version of a back rub- "oh scratch that belly- I love it" says Polly. 

 

Mom she loves me. Can you tell that Sophie REALLY REALLY REALLY wants a puppy?

And of course we have to play on the trees. Mr. Paul has about a bazillion trees - we know as they all hang over our yard and we rake and rake and rake... Climb kids climb.

 

What did you do this fine Saturday?

A "scotty dog" skirt

Well everyone's budget is tight. And I think "thrifty" is the word right now. I have seen so many creative ladies take old clothing and upcycle it to something else. I figured I'd have a go at it.

This is one of about 5 things I got at the thrift shop that was buy one get one free. It is a size 2t jumper. My daughter wears a size 4 so it definitely would now work for her unless I wanted her hiney hanging out. No, that would be a BRATZ doll thing to do and we don't do BRATZ dolls :)

But what if I cut it up to do something else? hmmm wheels turning here. I loved the little Scottie dogs and knew she'd love them since she asks on a daily basis if we can get a puppy. arrrghh another post there. 

I grabbed the scissors and cut off the top portion then took the zipper out and sewed it shut on the back. 

Next folded over a casing for elastic. 

And voila- here is the princess all dressed for school this morning in her new skirt. She loved it just like I thought she would.

 

She is such a cutie patootie.

What we do on Saturdays...

This is what we do on the next 8 Saturdays. I know you wish you were here too don't you?

Go Rattlers and Go Jack !

He is definitely one handsome feller.

A pretty pink scarf for a chilly day

Well with the cold weather and not being able to do much else. Well I could clean house -but really would you if you could craft? Yeah right. Princess wanted a scarf so we scrounged up some fleece she had in her room.

And we made this. It matches her coat to the tee.