easter 2011

I made two dresses for easter. Since it was a last-minute rush idea that I had on thursday, I had to work with what I had on hand.    

  

can you see that someone was thrilled with her dress?

litle girl's denim (jeans)skirt - free tutorials

I have a thing for denim skirts. I dont wear them anymore, but i love looking at different styles.  Now that summer is here and  ponnu has outgrown  her winter jeans, we need some skirts..  So, as usual, i prowled the net for some inspiration.

I had seen lots of denim jeans-to skirt conversions, but they all had this triangle-in-the-middle design like this  that i did not like.

Now suddenly, i have options! (click on the picture to take you to the tutorial..)

tea rose home jean to skirt tutorial  

  skiptomylou jeans to skirt

all of these require me to cut up the jeans. i'm happy about that...  i felt so bad to hang on to my  old jeans that i'll never fit into anymore (sniff) Now they have a purpose! (and my hubs will be happy if I free up the shelf space!)

Now to choose which one... i will have to ask the diva herself..

whimsical pretty dresses at Chasing Fireflies

Like some people adore Anthropologie, I have a top ten of sites that make me want to copy everything on the site. #5 is Chasing fireflies .see if you like something there:

I cannot think of ever paying that much for clothes that will be outgrow in six months, so i will have to recreate them. however, my kids have too many clothes as is. wonder how will i ever resist making these..