From Dress to Shirt

I bought this dress last summer at a garage sell for $2. I didn't have a good undershirt for it and never took the time to find one. And the bottom of the dress was a little weird for me, so I never wore it. I had it in my donate to the poor bag, but never got around to taking it to a donating clothes box.

However...

My sister sent me this blog address, a blog about a girl who is making/revamping 365 "new" outfits, over 365 days, for $365, and I felt inspired to recycle the dress into something that I might actually wear.

I already knew I'd make it into a shirt. I went to Hobby Lobby and found some black cotton jersey on clearance. Originally, I wanted to add a solid black strip to make a high waist, but it didn't look right. I unpicked it and just used the black jersey to make the appearance of layering.

What was the result? A light weight, knit shirt. I wouldn't necessarily wear it with those pants, but...you get the idea.

I'm still not sure if I'll wear it around. I did some tweaking with the sleeves that you can't tell in the picture that didn't come out exactly right. But Hey!!! It was fun trying things out.

Mud, Mud, Glorious Mud

While I was watering my plants, my children were...

At times I think there is such a thing as too much fun.

Galveston

Galveston, TX doesn't have the most beautiful beaches ever. In fact, I saw more dead fish there than I have seen in all my live, but did that get us down?

Heck, No!



We had a blast working in the sand.

Josh and Caleb had no desire to get near the water. I'm not sure why Caleb was nervous about it, but Josh didn't want to be swallowed by a big fish like Jonah.

What should a 27 year old look like?

In a children's manners book I was reading to Josh, it read that you should always brush your hair before meals. I've been trying to remember to do it ever since (especially for dinner when hubby's home).

My cake is the other half of the birthday cake I made for Nate. It's been frozen (undecorated) for 4 months. It tasted like it had been frozen for 4 months, too. I won't do that again...at least for mine and Nate's birthdays. It worked for Josh's and Caleb's, though. Their birthday's are only a month apart.

I have eight candles on my cake. The blue one in the center equals 20 and the rest are worth 1 each. Isn't 27 the awesomest number ever...3x3x3? I love cubes

Birthdays are much more fun when your three year old is more excited for your cake and presents than you are.