Fun in the Shade {just for you Karen!}

My friend Karen is doing Relay for Life in a couple of weeks and for her fundraiser she managed to get a few hundred pieces of Shade clothing.  The cool part.  Everything was $5!  I got there too late to get some of the cutest stuff, but like Karen said, I was basically there shopping for fabric.  These green shirts caught my eye and so I snagged two.  One for wearing and one for material to embellish with.  

{TIP: get one shirt in your size and the other in the biggest size you can find-more material to work with. }

I know nothing too exciting right?

I didn't know quite what I was going to do, so I cut my fabric a couple of different ways.  I cut some strips, circles, and some scalloped circles with my Big Shot.  I also cut some tulle circles for some texture.

One option was to place the strips on the shirt, pin it down and sew.  Which actually looks really cute, and I'll probably do it some other time.  

But I liked those scalloped circles so I layered the tulle on top,

pinched it up like this..

 and pinned it to the shirt.  I think I used 12.

After carefully trying it on and moving a couple circles around I stitched it down.  I used the stretch stitch on my sewing machine and just sewed a random swirly line to get a kind of messy effect.  

Wahoo!  In 20 minutes I had a fab shirt.  For 10 Bucks!

I love the texture and shimmer that the tulle adds.  Try it!  It is so fun and easy, I promise!  The clearance rack is an awesome spot to score two shirt for super cheap for projects like this.

Karen said she expected a tutorial sometime this week on what I did with my shirts.  So here you go!  I hope you like it ;0)!

And how awesome is it that when I ask Darin to take a picture of a shirt I just made I get this?! 

And the Rose Goes To...

Ok so I got a little distracted by watching the Batchelorette and painting my fingernails yellow with my sister.
I'm not so sure about the yellow nail polish but the show was ok.  But don't worry I didn't forget about you!
 The winner of the Perfect Pear necklace is....

AMY! of nikonikobaby

Yay!  Thanks everyone for playing.  And Amy send me your info so I can get you your necklace!

Getting Scrappy With It

Darin had a photo club meeting this week and has been asking for camera straps to take and sell.  So I pulled out my basket of scraps and used some of my favorite fabrics to make some.  They turned out super cute in all their scrappy splendor!  It was great practice for not being so match-y.

 I added a ruffle to this one and then realized it would make a cozy little pocket for a 50 mm lens cover.  Pretty snazzy eh?!

Darin forgot to take them to the meeting so. . .

Want a way to dress up your camera strap?!  I'm selling my scrappy straps for $20.  I'm pretty sure it helps you take better pictures ;0).  Just leave me a comment or send me an email or whatever way you want to contact me.  

Also don't forget to enter the Perfect Pear giveaway by becoming a follower!

Sponsor Giveway with Perfect Pear

At Greenies we carry a local gal's jewelry.  Karen lives in Richland and makes some super cute stuff.

Its all organic inspired and awesome.  She make earrings, hand stamped necklaces, 

 beach glass...

and her more recent line of Alice in Wonderland inspired jewelry.

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Karen has so graciously offered this fab necklace to give to one lucky follower.  

Isn't that key SO rad?  It is from an antique store in Seattle.  And that vial that says "Drink Me"?

I would pretend it really would take me away on a bad day.  

Want to win?  

Its super easy.  Become a follower of my little blog.  If you are already a follower of Making It My Own you don't have to do a thing.  If you aren't a follower its almost as easy.  See over there on the left where it says "the cool kids ;)"  Click on the follow button and follow along!  See easy. 

I'll draw a name out of the hat in 5 days, that's Monday May 24th at 9pm PST. 

Good Luck!

Beach Chic

Here is the dress and shirt I made for someone's wedding.  She is getting married in Mexico (lucky!) and has 4 year old twins.

She had seen a market dress{also known as a pillowcase dress} in Greenies and wanted that style in plain black with some bright ribbon embellishment.  We decided on linen since that is like the perfect beachy fabric right?!

The little guy got a white linen shirt.  Nothing too fancy but it was my first time making anything like it and my first time sewing sleeves.  Nothing like easing those sleeve seams to make me realize how great it is to sew for girls where ruffles and little pleats make things cuter!