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| I can't believe I haven't posted about this yet! Yesterday I was thinking about what to post today and saw that I still had these pics on my computer. lol. Above is basically how I did it in a quick little diagram. Please excuse the rough illustration.. |
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| I started with this long, straight skirt that I was going to send off to the thrift store until I realized it was missing buttons.. |
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| Well, if I have to do some work on it anyways, why not turn it into something I will use? and besides, it's such a pretty fabric.. So I cut a strip off the bottom (approx.4 inches?) and hemmed the raw edge of the new bottom of the skirt. Already the skirt had a lot more swing and movement to it- I almost just quit there! |
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| Then, I cut the 4inch wide strip in half but at an angle so they would be longer. At this point, I hemmed all raw edges I had cut. I only had to cut the strip once because my skirt had buttons down the front so I just had to open it up on the other end to get 2 strips of the same length. If you're using a skirt without a button down front, you would need to cut twice- once angled like this and the other a cut straight up and down. |
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| Next step is to sew each strip onto the waist band of the skirt. Take the straight edge of one strip and pin it in place on the front of the waist band. Repeat with the other strip then try it on to make sure you get the coverage you want before sewing it in place. |
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| Now it's time to sew the top on! I stitched mine in place behind the waistband. |
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| This is my favorite way to wear it. |
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| I bring the strips up the front and cross them in the back then bring the ends around to the front and tie them in the middle! |
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| Side view! but it can also be worn as a halter or just as a skirt with the strips wrapped around the waist, or whichever way you can make it work! |
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| Little Gaston is not much help to mommy with the sewing. If anything he's a pest and you just don't get between me and my sewing machine! So he was put out and the door shut behind him but not to be deterred.. Reminds me of Jack Nicholson in the Jacob's Ladder posters!LOL |
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| So? Whatcha doin'? |
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| I started with Miss Dana's recipe but then I thought, hey, wouldn't this be way better (and infinitely more Irish, like) with a shot of Bailey's (or generic brand)Irish Cream?! The answer was a definite YES. |
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| Here's how I did it so you too can experience the magic: 2cp vanilla ice cream 1 cp milk 1/2tsp mint extract 1shot (or more ;)) irish cream 2 drops green food coloring Put in Blender and mix until combined. Pour into glass. Optional: add chocolate syrup (but why not?) |
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| Cheers! |
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| This is what I was up to last night: I wanted to add some support/ coverage to the top of this dress but rogue bra straps are not a good accessory |
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| It just worked out that I had an old bra (with padding, yay!) that had worn out straps. Instead of throwing it away, I cut all the straps and band pieces off. The cups and the little piece that connected them to each other was left. Then I pinned it in place on the dress. Try it on to make sure it's where it should be (without stabbing self with pins). |
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| Looking good! |
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| and feeling crafty! |
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| So as you all probably already knew, it was my birthday last Thursday. Mike made me this beautiful cake and frosted it in my favorite color even though it put him at risk of losing his man card..It must be love. |
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| It was pretty yummy once I got over being so amazed at his frosting abilities. I can't even frost a cake this well!! In fact, I had leftover cake for lunch yesterday..SHHH! don't tell my hips. Maybe they won't notice.. |
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| He gave me a sweet little card too, which inspired me to get making cards like this one. Card making is so much fun! Maybe I will put this one in my etsy store too :) |
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| This is a romantic twist on an old stand by. You remember the classic egg inside the bread thing, right? Well, this time the hole is heart shaped <3 |
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| In case you've never done this before, all you do is: cut out a hole in the middle of a slice of bread, melt butter in a frying pan, place bread in pan, crack egg into hole and fry it up! |
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| I even fry the holes! MMMM, fried bread is so yummy! You can also sprinkle salt and pepper over the egg so it gets cooked in. |
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| A sweet breakfast for your Honey(s). |
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| So here's the link if you want to check it out, up my views, and maybe even favorite my store (I need some love): http://www.etsy.com/listing/94702462/mothers-day-card There's just the one item for now but if it does well and I get a good response, I will definitely put more goodies up. |
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| The Pancake Experiment continues with blueberry pie pancakes! (This post could also be called "Ice cream for Breakfast") |
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| Step 1: Wash off them berries!! I don't want you getting sick from making something I posted- that would make me feel really bad.. |
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| Step 2: gather all these ingredients and combine them in a large bowl : 1cp blueberries 1cp flour 4TBS rolled oats(the old fashioned kind) 1tsp ground cinnamon 1tsp baking powder 1Tbs sugar 2/3cp milk 1/2 tsp vanilla extract 1Tbs oil |
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| Step3: Spray pan with no stick spray and allow pan to heat up before pouring batter onto it. |
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| When you see bubbles form in the batter, it's time to flip them over. |
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| oh MY god, they look so good! |
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| They actually exploded in blueberry-ness when I cut into them with my fork! |
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| Ice Cream goes best with blueberry pie so.. Mike said these just might be his favorite of all the pancakes I've made him so far! |
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| Here he is helping me with dinner. So sweet. While I was making breakfast, he quietly got out the veggies we needed chopped up for dinner and cut them all up. I hardly had anything left to do when he got done! |
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| I later successfully made biscuits, which is exciting because I (used to rolling out cookies and pie crusts) always roll them out too thin ...and then they don't rise and get poofy ...and we end up with cracker-like biscuits. But this time I restrained myself AND LOOK!! Beautiful, poofy biscuits! |
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| The biscuits were so good & we were on a blueberry and ice cream kick so we made blueberry cobbler sundaes complete with cinnamon on top. |
