Remake: Black, White, & Tan Polyester Shirt, Part II

Hey friends! I've been in Texas (woo, Longhorns!) the past week for an amazing blogging conference and am back in action. Before I give a total rundown tomorrow, I wanted to post the second way I styled this fab shirt. Remember the before...

The size was wrong, seams were undone, and the sleeves were too big because the elastic was worn out.

But, that pattern was good. SO good!

Cute and casual now, right?

LOOK #1: Top: Vintage | Jeans: BDG | Necklace: Forever 21 | Sunglasses: Ray-Ban | Flip Flops: Old Navy | Purse: Vintage

So, lets see how this works dressed up a bit more...

Some heels and a black mini skirt totally change the vibe of the look!

Red lips + black, white, and tan = fun color combo :)

I'm totally digging Look #2!

LOOK #2: Top: Vintage | Skirt: Target | Bracelet: Forever 21 (it's a dinosaur!) | Sunglasses: vintage (my mom's old ones!) | Heels: Tahari from Nordstrom Rack | Purse: Trina Turk

It's really the most fun when you can take one piece from your wardrobe and craft multiple looks from it.

I love playing the game of, "how many different things would this piece look best with" because sometimes I surprise myself with the pairings!!

DIY: Shamrock Shoe Clips

Today is the holiday of my people (shout out to all my Irish friends out there!!  Virtual Guinness cheers!!) so I wanted to repost this fave DIY from last year. Because my Valentine's Day shoe clips were such a hit (quick refresher HERE)...

...I figured that a St. Patty's Day version was just calling my name.

Here's how to make them!

Whenever I try to figure out how I'm going to adjust a vintage dress, I try it on and just focus on detail for a bit until I start to see things.  Sometimes I see exactly what I'm going to do, sometimes I see nothing, and sometimes I see stars. When trying to come up with a fun themed project for this holiday, I knew what I was going to do but was coming up with all kinds of methods to get to the end point.  I guess it's awesome that I'm pretty much swimming in rhinestones when I work, because as I was planning out the different options, I started to have one of those "seeing things" moments. I was staring off at the kit of stones that I have and started really looking at how the stones were sitting, I began to see little shamrocks in the formation of the heart stones and then my aha moment set in.

Four of those stones are going to make awesome shamrocks!!

I pulled out eight stones and began to paint them with a fabulous shade of green nail polish.

After the first coat, I let them dry and then painted another coat. I wanted to make sure all the open areas were coated in the glitter.

Once my hearts were dry, I turned on a hot glue gun and began to glue the backs to a sheet of green felt in the clover formation.

The felt is the perfect backing for these stones because it's a bit thicker than just a basic cotton. However, if you have leftover fabric in your stash, reuse it here - you can always layer multiple bits to make it a bit sturdier.

With my stones in place...

...I trimmed the excess felt all the way around my shoe clips. I affixed clips to the back and had some fabulous new bits of flair for my feet!

I added them to a pair of nude flats (Forever 21 has a fab/budge friendly option here) just to make them pop a bit more! But they would work with any other colored/patterned shoe.

I ended up adding a small green rhinestone to the center of the clips for an extra bit of shine!

I mean, Michael Flatley...move those dancin' feet over! You've got a new Irish gal ready to get tappin'.'

They're just the right amount of sparkle to rival those pots of gold at the end of the rainbow!!

I plan on wearing these straight through the weekend!!

Remake: Red Velour Nightgown

When you find a red velour nightgown on your thrifting adventures, you immediately think, "this is something 6-year-old me wore."

Seriously, this could be the adult version of my Christmas Eve jammy-jams.

I feel like it's my upcycling duty to make this piece work.

Because, there's lots of potential here.

Non-nightgown-y potential here, ya know?

I started by unzipping the zipper down to the lace trim.

The neckline is going to be a bit different - we don't need all that velour up there!

The collar got trimmed, er, removed and the lace is going to be a lovely guide to creating a new neckline!

Post-neck tweaks came the sleeve adjustment. I got a little scissor happy and snipped off the sleeves, past the elbows.

Some pinning and stitching came next to make this short-sleeved!

I wanted to make this fit better, so I took in the body a few inches. Less billowy, overall :)

I had dinner plans with friends, so I wore my new piece with black chunky flat sandals and my vintage purse.

Using a mix of modern and vintage accessories, the former nightgown feels much more "wear out in public" now.

I arrived just in time for the most magical sunset.

It was a perfect balmy night with good friends, amazing food, and city lights in the background. If only every night could be this dreamy.

Ooh and I became BFFs with a telescope. Maybe I missed my calling?? (Actually, I definitely did NOT as I barely got through Freshman year ASTR 100 when the Physics element of the star-gazing got in my way. Science...not this girl's BFF.)

Yay for old nightgowns turning into fun and comfy new dresses!

Three cheers!!