Remake: Floral Muumuu

Happy Monday, friends!! I hope you all had a wonderful weekend :) I've been in NC for the past few days spending time with the family because my dad just powered through a triple bypass surgery. He's in recovery mode and totally getting better day after day, which is amazing. I've got a few giveaways planned for this week as well as some fun remakes to keep you guys occupied while I spend some QT time with my rad dad. Yep, I'm a rhyming fool.

So, check out this muumuu...

I must say that I was totally obsessed with the print.

The big red flowers and green leaves are so my jam.

The turtleneck, the sleeves,  and the length were less than desirable...

...however I knew that this would be my DOTS!! (Dress of the Summer!) Time to get this summer-ized!!

First off, it's hot out there!! That was the first trigger for taking this from two sleeves to no sleeves! Seam ripper out and ready for action!

I did take a little break along the way... It's been pretty hot here in the south, so I snagged a Dunkin Donuts iced coffee (DD IS MY FAVE AND I"M STILL WAITING FOR THEM TO POP UP IN LOS ANGELES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!) and just threw that muum on my head.

I got back at it and finished off the sleeves.

One sleeve came off and then I finished the other side to make this completely sleeveless!

I began to pin the raw edges of the armholes underneath to prep for some sewing.

The top of the muumuu was ready to stitch! Little side note - I was not intending to keep that turtleneck like it was, however I was loving the way that it looked with the sleeves removed. I made a last-minute decision to keep it in place!

I stitched down my arms and took the body in a smidge just to make it a bit more fitted.

I cut a portion of the length off next. This excess fabric will totally come in handy as my new sash!

I cut...

I sewed...

...and I sashed my DOTS!!

The perfect piece to wear to the strawberry farm with my brother!

We were on errand duty, in charge of grabbing groceries, so we thought a trip to the Hall Family Farm would be just the place to do our berry purchasing. Why not try our hand at some farming?

I loved how the strawberries matched my dress!

The dress turned out so well and it's beyond comfortable! Airy enough for the heat, cinched enough to show a bit of shape...

...and designed boldly enough to actually match the berries that we picked!

Now I'm not going to lie. It was tricky actually finding berries that were ripe enough!! There were lots of berries that had gone bad, plenty that weren't ripe enough, but I think that everything was just super picked over by the end of the weekend.

Carrying our cardboard basket, we did our best...

...but I think that we succeeded the most in picture-taking!!

It was the best venue for a fun day of taking candids. Obviously the next shot is totally cands.

We came, we jumped...

...we left with 6 berries.

Good thing we still had the grocery store on our errands list... First stop, the produce section!!

Remake: Light Denim Skirt

I saw this skirt at Goodwill and had to grab it!

It doesn't fit me at all, but I was obsessed with the light denim shade and the buttons down the center!

I've been seeing a bunch of similar types of light blue denim skirts like this Steven Alan one...

...and this one by Lauren by Ralph Lauren...

...however they were all way more than the $3.95 price tag on this guy.

This piece just needs a bit of taking in to make it the light blue denim skirt of my dreams!!

I just have to make sure it doesn't fall down when I put my arms up! I can't always guarantee that I'll be wearing leggings underneath all the time :)

My first step was trying on the piece and tacking the waist with a pin to decipher how much to take in. I wanted to make it fitted enough where it was sitting at my waist without being too tight.

I placed my first pin at the waist and then continued to pin down the back of the dress until I hit the bottom. There was a natural center back seam there already, so I just followed it to the hem.

Working on the back of the dress also allowed me to keep the pockets (yes, pockets!!!) in place.

Once everything was pinned, I sewed a new seam down the back of the dress.

One major tweak gave me a new summer skirt that will work with anything!!

I paired my skirt with an easy Hanes grey tank, a strawberry printed LeSportsac purse, a pair of killer wedges that I scored at a sample sale years ago that I always forget about, and a repurposed vintage Honey Rose & K necklace.

It's also the perfect bathing suit cover up (for my fair skin) because I can keep it on to shade my legs while I'm under an umbrella or on a beach towel.

But those pockets were my favorite part. I put them to work, as they were the best place to keep the lens cap to my camera. I'm always putting the cap down in random places, which isn't the smartest move especially when I'm outside on the streets, so these pockets came in handy!

I'm obsessed with the bone shaped beads on the necklace that I couldn't help but get into character. I just saw the newest X Men, so not only was long-haired James McAvoy still on the mind, but Wolverine was too! These were my version of Wolverine's 70s claws.

And then I pretended that the bone beads were fangs. I mean, I can't leave the teeth out.

I can't wait to restyle this skirt with a totally different look next wear! Keep your eyes peeled for a part two next week!

Latest Acquisition: Nautical Bodysuit

I couldn't resist sharing this number that I just got my hands on! I have to say, there might have been a slight lapse in sanity when I actually chose to purchase this nautical/chain belt bodysuit.

I may or may not have taken a photo wearing this piece with bike shorts underneath. We'll just have to see where this goes and whether or not I can actually be alright with the potential of that shot making its way onto the interwebs.