Momma Art

I love clothes with eyeballs. I think it's totally cool. I think it's quirky. I think it's fun! I had a plain good ol' white T-shirt, and I found some eyeball patches at the local everything store. One of the eyes I used on a t-shirt project for my daughter, so I was left with 2.5 sets of eyes. Here's lookin' at you kid! They are a bit sticky on the back. This was a good thing because I could place the patches where I wanted and they wouldn't move. I sewed them on around the neckline and POOF! Now it is a waaaayyyyy cooler t-shirt! I paired it with the black track pants I sewed a while back,  and I was ready to watch my kid at her swim lessons! So quick and easy! See you next time!

Thrift store find.  It was linen.  That's all this really had going for it. My husband helped me out with my "before" pics right before I headed out to work out... ....well, that was a mouthful.  YUCK! This linen sits weird. This linen looks weird. It's just YUCK! It needed a good snip, so that's what I gave it! I cut it right above the pockets. I cut the sleeves to a 3/4 sleeve length too.  Snip! Snippy Snip! That's really all I did. Then I washed it....... A HA!!!!!! After I washed it, the jacket frayed at the edges from where I gave it a snip.  I LOVED it!!!! I decided I wanted to change the color of my new jacket somehow. But, how? What dye should I use? What color will be nice?  There were so many decisions to consider. I decided that the jacket screamed to be a light wash denim look. GRAB THE BLEACH!!!! Ok...It wasnt the light wash denim look....but... Low and be...

 Now that school's out, I've had a chance to go through some of my clothes, and I was able to fill a large garbage bag to donate! I did set aside a few things to hopefully transform into something fun! I have this diamond sweatshirt that I bought from Kohl's a million years ago. I love it, and I wore it a few times, but it just didn't have that wow factor that I was looking for. I was thinking it would have a better life as a jacket.  Uh oh....That means a zipper........................ My diamond sweatshirt ready to be transformed! I found a zipper....yikes! I started by cutting off the cuffs of the sweatshirt because I was going to make my own. I wanted them to be a bit longer, but also more comfy. I chopped the hemband as well. Then I found the middle of the shirt and cut right up the front!  SNIP! I could have stopped here and made it a groovy cardigan, but I really wanted a jacket. I made some cuffs and a hem band out of so...

Have you ever started a project, sorta get bored/blocked/forgot about it- only to start a new project half way through the other one? Me too.      This project started many months ago (about 10)  this past summer in 2016 when my family and I took a road trip to Niagara Falls and Toronto. I knew I wanted to bring a road trippin' project on our travels, but I couldn't make a decision on the perfect project. A pair of decorated shoes seemed to be a fun idea so I brought along a pair of cheap-o sneakers, some embroidery thread, needle and fabric markers. I really didn't have a solid idea of what I wanted to do. I just sorta went for it! I thought I'd get my feet wet (no pun intended) with the embroidery, so I started easy and on an easier area like the tongue of the shoes. A little pink stripe will be nice! I embroidered that pink stripe on the other shoe, then, with snacks,  a nap, a coupla pit stops, and before I knew it,  4 hour...