Is it wrong that I used a can of La Croix's Pamplemousse as inspiration for my color palette for my next project?
Drinkable inspiration, I think YES!?!?
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Those colors just give me too much life that they had to come to live in a major way. Stay tuned! #TeamPamplemousse
Let's just get it out there...that's ONE large collar.
Not only is it large and in charge, it's also stitched in place to the dress. Spoiler - that dress is not a jumper and those sleeves and that collar are not part of one lovely, polyester white shirt!
I love the colors and the pattern, but that collar?
You know, just thinking about how 🌶🌶🌶 this dress is gonna look.
First plan of attack? You guessed it!!
That seam ripper is really going to town.
Once the collar was off (!!!) it was time to repin all the undone seams. Remember that collar was stitched to the neckline so there was lots to get back in place.
Post-pinning, it was ready to be stitched back together again!
What a difference a little collar removal makes?!
I have to say - my neck feels SO much better! That collar was thick and itchy and totally uncomfortable.
The dress itself was a little big at the waist, but instead of totally reworking it, I just added one of my favorite vintage belts.
It's elastic, so it's totally cinchable and really did the trick to make this piece more form fitting!
If my neck could talk, it would totally say thank you for letting me breathe.
From totally retro to retro chic. Just enough without being overkill!
Let the dance party begin!
I've been wearing this pair of tan booties for a few years now. We've been really good pals, but they've just been getting dirtier and dirtier and dirtier.
Here's the thing - I got them on super sale from Cotton On. I'm talking like $10 on sale, ya feel?!
So having to pass them along isn't the worst of times knowing they weren't an investment piece of any kind. However I broke them in to perfection.
And that's the part that I don't want to move on from!!
I know I can do it, but I just can't right now ;) SO, that's when I thought I could make them really fab one more time! Hello dye!
I thought that Rit's Evening Blue would be just the color to hide "Dirty Tan" (self named!)
I grabbed a foam brush and created a dye bath with boiling water and a few tablespoons of dye. (I used a plastic cup to dip!)
It was amazing to see how the shoes were taking to the dye! They're not leather, but just a textured cotton, so the dye absorption was on point!
After a few more coats, we were good to go!
I LOVE that the dye hides all the dirt now! So sneaky, yet SO good.
Magic hour + new boots = a v happy Marisa!
But I don't think we're done just yet...the wheels started turning to come up with another DIY on top of this DIY. Yeah, it's like Inception, but just go with it for the time being. 😂
Stay tuned!
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