Remake: Ivory Button Down Dress

I loved the style of this dress and the fit of this was just perfect. 

Cute pockets (woo, pocketssssss!!) but no belt (that's easily fixable!)...

...and some funky purplish stains all over. Check it out closer below!

That wasn't going to be enough to keep me from making this dress the awesomest dress it can be!!

Ready to head to Awesometown in ONE easy step.

That's one BIG bottle of dye 💙!

I took my dress, tossed it into the washing machine with a full bottle of Rit Dye, and out it came looking brand, spankin' new!

I loved the shade of blue it came out post-wash!!

You can't even tell there were spots there to begin with!

It was just the thing to wear for a night out in the city!

I paired it with a floral belt from a previous remake from 2011 (woah, that's a LONG time ago!) that added some extra pastels to the mix! 🌷🌸🌷

This was for sure, one of those "kick your heels up" kinda nights!

From stained and eh, to new tailored staple. Oh, what a little dye can do!

Remake: Ice Dyed Top

I love to dye. We all know this! But, today's piece is getting dyed in a way that I've never tried before! (Cue the super excited feels rn.)

I had an ivory silk top that was going to be perfect for today's DIY.

I love the fluttery neck, but this color isn't the best with my skintone.

I couldn't wait to give this top a makeover!

I said this top was getting dyed in a brand new way I've never tried before...I'm ICE DYEING, using powder dye!

I picked my colors and then set up my dye station. Because I've never done this before, I wanted to make sure I wasn't going to stain everything. (**not an overstatement - I'm totally clumsy!)

I lined an old pan with a garbage bag to catch all the water and added a pantry shelf I snagged at the Container Store (Amazon has a bunch of options too!) to keep the top out of the pool of water that'll form after it melts. ❄️

I love the DIY setup! I took the top and wet it completely - this is just typical fare for dyeing. Always saturate your piece with water to make the dye work evenly!

Next came the ice!

I drizzled the powder dye all over the ice next and just waited for the cubes to melt!

Eeeeeeee! It's so close!

 (It actually took longer to melt than I had planned, which might have worked out for the best in regard to color saturation.)

How cool did this turn out?? 

I'm obsessed with ice dyeing and can't wait to test it out again!

The outfit was perfect for low-key dinner when paired with my favorite grey sweater coat and my thrifted Halston boots! I also paired it with this ivory vintage clutch that's currently in the NDAD shop!

The ivory helped make the fall colors pop!

For my first go at ice dyeing, it was a total success! I love the pattern ❤️.

Remake: Ruffled Floral Dress

If you were missing this goofball below, she's back in FULL FORCE.

Well I do, declare! 

But let's talk about this dress, though... I'm LOVING the print hard. I'm loving *most* of the ruffles. (it's a bit overload, yes?) And, I'm loving the thin cotton fabric. It really couldn't be flowier!

I mean, there was a full on DANCE party during this shoot. #notjoking

At first thought, I said "this is going to be a perfect halter dress!" Then when I started to play around with the fabric a bit more I felt the dress would work better going in a different direction.

I took off the sleeves first - during my dance party a few photos back, I realized if I didn't take off the sleeves, they'd rip when that dance party would pick back up again. (Because you know that's totally happening...)

Being left with the below, this is where my mind changed from halter dress. It just didn't look the way I would have liked, so I went another route!

I cut off the entire ruffled panel at the top of the dress.

Fear not, that panel is coming back! I folded over the top of the piece an inch and stitched a new seam in place. 

I'm turning this into a strapless dress, so the new seam is getting an elastic upgrade!

Once the elastic was added to the top of the piece, portions of the ruffled panel that was taken off, was added back on top to the front of the dress. There were three layers of ruffles, so I cut back a bit and went with just one.

Eeeeee! What a fun piece!

I had a bridal shower to attend, so I thought this was just the thing to wear!

I had a bridal shower to attend, so I thought this was just the thing to wear!

Because there's a LOT of fabric going on, I put on one of my fave belts (my dad's from high school that I conveniently "borrowed" 10 years ago...) to break it up a bit and to give the dress a little more shape.

Goofin' around with K!

Such a flowy piece - I'm obsessed with the rainbow colorings of all the flowers!

MAJOR upgrade, major!