What I Wore Wednesday - Vacation Edition

Again this week I don't have that many pictures to share. This edition is my vacation edition, as last week Rock and I were on vacation. Yesterday I wore a rocking outfit but I forgot to take a picture before work because I was taking Monkey's back to school pics and after work I went straight to the soccer field.

As the previous weeks I'm linking up with The Pleated Poppy, That Kind of Mom and Momma Go Round.

A day at the Ex.

headband - made by me
top, belt and shorts - Penningtons
shoes - payless

This outift I never got a formal picture of so I've used 2 picutres to document it. Another day at the Ex.

headband - made by me

bib necklace - made by me

top - Winners

jeans - MXM

shoes- payless

backpack - Walmart

and my most favorite accessory of this outfit - Tutu

After attending a funeral.

top and skirt- upccled by me

headband - made by me

belt - Penningtons

shoes - payless

 Playing outside with the kids.

top - Lany Bryant

yoga pants - Penningtons

New Outfit for School

 I just wanted to share the outfit I made for Monkey for the first day of school. Last Sunday when we went to the Ex, she saw a really cute upcycled jean skirt that she wanted.  It was $30 and I knew I had the materials on hand to make it so it would cost me nothing but my time. I also embellished a t-shirt for her to go with the skirt and today on our 3rd visit to the Ex we found these really cute purple boots for $5. She loves her outfit and can't wait to wear it to school.

She also loved posing in her outfit as well, can you tell?

Ania

What I Wore Wednesday

So this week wasn't any better then last week with taking pictures but I'm still not feeling well, so we only have 2 pictures again.

headband - made by me
shirt - Penningtons
jeans - MXM
shoes - George

headband - made by me

shirt - upcycled by me

shorts - Penningtons

shoes - George

This has made me realize that there isn't many plus size stores for me to shop at here and that I'm in desperate need of a shopping trip to Buffalo. I also need to get some more shoes and need to make some new accessories.

As the previous weeks I'm linking up with The Pleated Poppy and Momma Go Round.

What I Wore Wednesday

Another week another What I Wore post.

I started off the week with good intentions. Took pictures 2 days in a row and then after my cousin went into labour and I got sick it all went downhill from there. This week I only have 2 outfits to share.

Hairband - made by me
bib necklace - made by me
t-shirt - Penningtons
shrug - Penningtons
belly band - motherhood maternity

skirt - MXM
leggings - Penningtons
shoes - George

hairband - made by me
t-shirt - upcycled by me

jeans - MXM
shoes - George

And trying to take some more fun pictures

 The girls wanted in on the jumping action. I took a few tries to get us all in the air but we had fun trying.


Like last week I'm linking up to The Pleated Poppy , and  Mama Go Round.

More Upcycling Fun

Last Wednesday when I came home from work I took advantage of a quiet house. Tutu was down for his afternoon nap, Muffin was sleeping as she was sick and Monkey was at swimming lessons with my dad.  I had wanted to do some more upcycling. There was a shirt that was my MIL's that I loved. When she bought it I had also wanted one but they didn't have any left in my size. This was the perfect opportunity for me to have the shirt I like and keep my MIL near me.

I used the same process as I did here.
I was lazy and used the white thread that was still threaded in the machine. And it was quick it took about an hour to do.

And the finished product. I think it looks pretty cute.

Ania

Upcycled T-shirt Tutorial

I wanted to share a tutorial of how to upcycle a t-shirt that is too big.  I got this t-shirt for my MIL before she got sick and she never wore it. It still had tags on it and it was a cute shirt except it was 3 sizes too big.

I took a t-shirt that fits me nicely to use as a guide. I lay  it over top of the t-shirt.

and cut around it leaving an inch seam allowance on all sides.

I then pinned around where I cut and sewed up the sides. Because I left the existing neck line and hem lines all I had to do was sew the sides.

After pinning it I realized I would like it better as a short sleeve so I cut off the sleeves. I didn't hem them to finish them. I just left them as it.

It took about an hour to do and I think it looks super cute.  I love the fit of it, it's one of my favorite t-shirts now.

Ania

Horrors, no Internet

Sorry I have been MIA for a few days. The worst thing in the world happened (okay maybe not the worst thing in the world but it certainly sucked) we lost our Internet connection for 4 WHOLE days. Yes, I was without access to the World Wide Web for that long (OK I did have some limited access at work and I have access on my new smart phone). I seriously don’t know how people survived without the Internet before.

 

Seriously it has answers to EVERYTHING. The kids are sick, I goggle the symptoms to see what it could be. If I’m not sure what treatment or action to take I post on facebook and/or my local mom’s group and get amazing advice. I am blessed to have some nurses on my facebook so I get great medical advice. When our washer, dryer and stove broke I googled up manuals and instructions on how to fix them. Some I was able to do on my own (or with my dad’s help) some required an expert to step in but I didn’t need to waste money on a service call until we knew we needed the help.

And getting help with crafting projects, inspirations and how-to’s. TONS and TONS, seriously sometimes I think there is way too much out there. I don’t have enough time to make a fraction of the ideas I come up with on my own never mind all the wonderful stuff others are creating. It helped me learn to crochet (my mother taught me when I was young but only the basic stitches), thanks to YouTube I found some amazing tutorials from here and was able to start working intermediate projects right away.

And community, I have friends all around the globe thanks to the Internet. People I have met on-line via forums, blogs and even facebook. It also lets me keep in touch with friends and family that live far away. 

How awesome and amazing is that? To have such a wonderful took at our fingertips. It does have its downside by spending too much time surfing and not enough time creating but I’m willing to compromise on that.

I haven’t been doing much training because of a couple of reasons. The 2 major ones are I re-injured my shoulder, I have a rotator cuff injury once again and have been seeing a sports medicine chiropractor 3 times a week to make it fell better. I think we’ve almost got it back to normal.  The other thing is I got sick and don’t feel like doing anything, never mind jumping in the pool to train.

That said I have been productive during my off time.

I am currently working on a doll I start in December; this is what I have done so far.

 Front of the head

 Back of the head, still lots of work to go

I made another necklace (still working on the tutorial) and I upcycled a t-shirt

I made this pouch for Monkey to carry around her epi-pen at summer school.

And made a camera strap cover. 

I went to a garage sale this weekend and picked up these 2 items.

 I plan on cleaning up a spray painting the file cabinet turquoise.

And this thing I'm going to use to store embellishments in my art studio.

And tonight after work I quickly whipped up 2 of these skirts. I upcycled from one of my MIL's old shirts.

I will be expanding posts on the above activities but these are sneak peaks on my completed works and those in progress. Hope everyone else has been productive as well, the last few days.

Ania

Happy Birthday Muffin

Happy 3rd Birthday to my middle child. Muffin has turned 3, I can't believe how time has flown.


Today has been a productive day for me. I made marshmallow fondant for Muffin's cake.




The cake itself didn't turn out, the cake tasted great, the filling I made was great but the cake was too soft and fell apart. I ended up making a birthday trifle and put the other cakes outside to harden so I can ice them for Saturday. Good thing I baked extra cakes.


I went shopping to pick up a non stick rolling pin (which I didn't end up needing today) and got 2 grab bags full of stuff for $2 each. I got some worthless stuff and stuff I was super excited to get. So worth the $4 spent.




And last but not least I used some of the extra fabric flowers I had to update a skirt I had that had a stain on the front and has been sitting in my closet for a few years. I can't wait to wear it on Saturday with my bib necklace to Muffin's birthday party. Sadly I haven't gotten around to taking a photo of the necklace or skirt on me but I will rectify that on Saturday.

Before


After


Hopefully tomorrow will be as productive as I have a lot of prep to do for Muffin's party.