Under Sea Party

I usually don't throw birthday parties, but I have decided that I would probably throw one for my kids this year. I went to Party City 2 months ago and bought all of their Under The Sea party decor. I know that it was December and my kids birthday isn't until August, but I couldn't let things go by me that were 90% off. That is a steal! I have stashed everything in my closest just waiting for the perfect time to pop out for the summer. Well, as I was blog surfing I came across CupKate's Event Designs. She is very talented and AmAzInG! She threw this beautiful party and took pictures of all the details she created. Of course I fell madly in love with it right away, because HELLO it already matched the theme I was going to do. Thank You CupKate you have taken all the hard work out of my party planning. I had to put you on my blog so I wouldn't loose your post in fabulous blog world. Thank You

Ranger Shirt

Round 2 on refurbishing old clothes.

Here is the 2nd shirt that I did for my son.
Once again I started with 2 shirts
and cut one of them to pieces.
Then pin all your pieces where you would like them. My main concern was making the shirt longer as well as the sleeves, but it never hurts to add some embellishments.
Last, sew all together.
And Voila once again, you have a "new" old shirt ready to go for another year. I put a little bit of embellishing on the back of the shirt as well.

Tie Shirt

Now that it is getting to be cooler weather I had to go through my kids closets to see what winter clothes still fit and what doesn't. The shirts that I found that were too little I couldn't pull myself to throw away. So instead I came up with some ways to combine some of the shirts to make them bigger. Here is my first shirt that I did. ..He is so happy.
First, I took 2 shirts of like colors and cut one of them to pieces
First cut the sleeve's cuffs off. Leaving an extra amount so you have enough material to work with when sewing.
Then I flipped the shirt over, because the back was solid yellow. I cut 2 long strips. The width of the strip will depend on how much your kid has grown and how much longer you need your shirt.
Now you will have 2 long strips (for the extension of the bottom of your shirt) and 2 cuffs (for arm extensions)
Fold your long strips in half and pin in place. Folding them in half makes it sturdier and seals it off.
sew them together
Turn your shirt inside out and pin your long strips at the bottom hem of your other shirt and sew. You do this same step for your sleeve extensions as well. I didn't make my ends meet, because I wanted to have the split ends like an undershirt would have
I wanted to add a little flare and had some more yellow material left over so I drew a tie, cut it out, pinned in place on top of my shirt, and sewed with a contrasting color thread to give more character.
Voila! Here you have a newly cool shirt. Look how long those arms are now. No high water sleeves anymore. I love the tie and can't wait to wash it a few times so the extra rim around the edge of it will get ruffly. I like the ragged look. I should have put the tie up maybe a little bit higher up on the neck part, but oh well. It still turned out pretty good I think. Can't wait to do my other shirts.

Airplane

I don't have any directions on how to make this, because it was bought. Luckily my husband is a handy man, and I know he will be able to make a replica fairly easy. This book shelf would look AWESOME in my little boys room. Hello, my husband is a pilot, therefore I had no choice but to decorate my sons room in airplanes. Here is a picture of my little boys room. Don't you think it would go perfect.