HUNTER BOOTS

One of my favorite fashion bloggers is Bee of Atlantic-Pacific. I absolutely love her style. Here she is sporting her Hunter boots in red, black and pea green. They look real cute with a dress or skirt and can be worn in any weather.

Hunter boots retail at $150 and up; they are rather pricey. But, I love these boots so much that I made my own. How, you ask? Well, while in my favorite thrift shop, Unique, I picked up these rain boots for $12.99.

I took a sheet of labels and typed Hunter in all caps. Added a border, traced it with a red marker and cut out a pair.

  Hunter boots for a mere fraction of the price.

Not bad huh?

SHOE EDITION 2014

Shoes, shoes and more shoes. What women doesn't love shoes? Why do we love shoes so much?
Because no matter what the scale says, shoes always fit. Right before last year's end, my daughter's co-worker asked if we had shoes to donate to the less fortunate; what a perfect opportunity to purge some shoes. Thankfully we had a lot to give. We donated three big garbage bags full of shoes and boots. With that said, I purchased some new ones from the Unique thrift shop that were very under budget.

First up, these spotted beauties by Martinez Valero. They were only $12.99. With all the colors, I can wear these with the lightest pastels to the deepest hues. Perfect for Spring, Summer and Fall.

Now, these edgy lace booties didn't have the designer's name in the shoe, I don't care, cuz they were regularly $14.99, but it was 25% off Thursdays, so they were only $11.25. I tried on a similar pair at Kohl's, but the peep toe opening hurt my big toe. Can't wait to wear these babies!

I love these two toned grey high heeled loafers by Zoe & Zac. They are perfect for work with a dress/skirt when I want a little height, but don't want to be too "frou-frou", also great with pants. From the looks of the sole, they were never worn.

I absolutely love, love, love these subdued green pumps by Charles David. They were only $9.99. I never owned a pair of green shoes.

Next up are these black patent leather heels with a bow by Next, a company based out of England. Very "ladies who lunch" type of shoe. They were also $9.99. Cutie pie!

This style is called the d'Orsay style.

 (Meaning: the vamp or part of the shoe is cut away very close to the toe box to reveal the arch of the foot)

Check out these green suede pumps by Zara, only $9.99. What???? I know, I couldn't believe it too!

Now, I have two pair of green shoes.

Now, I saw these leather criss-cross wedges by Cooperative on a Wednesday for $5.99, but I said if they're still there on 25% off Thursdays, I'll get 'em. Sure nuff, they were in the same spot I left them. For $4.50, I had to get them. They'll look cute with a little skater skirt. (Twirl - gone with the wind fabulous)

THEY DONE MESSED UP NOW! (BIG TIME)

LEATHER IS TRENDING PART 4

Whether it's short sleeves, long sleeves or even hoodies, leather is still trending. These two are available from Urban Outfitters.

$54

$64

Revolve Clothing offers this girl's version for $138. Are they crazy?!

Since, I already made my son three shirts, why not try to make him a sweatshirt this time.

Materials:

Old dance routine outfit 

Sweatshirt from Unique

I cut the legs off of the jumpsuit and the sleeves off the sweatshirt.

Turned everything inside out and pinned each sleeve onto the sweatshirt.

After sewing one side and messing up and then getting it right on the other sleeve; here's the result. 

see the pucker on the sleeve

It looks a little plain though, so I decided to add the cuffs. I used a seam ripper and removed the cuffs.

I sewed on the cuffs and re-did the sleeve.

So, my son came home from college to watch the Superbowl, and guess what, he got bigger since Christmas. He tried on the sweatshirt and it was too tight in the torso. I asked him, "What have you been doing?" He said, "eating and lifting weights."

 @aldwon_

BEYONCE - DRUNK IN LOVE

Beyonce' kilt it at the Grammy's last night, didn't she? In honor of Queen Bey, I decided to make a shirt with her catchy phrase "Surfboard".  Now, I know they are available on her website, but why not DIY!

I had an size 2XL boys Hanes sweatshirt, that I cut off the collar, my trusty stencils and white fabric paint.

I used a ruler to find the center and put on the shirt to line up where the letter should be.

I used the cut out letters to get a visual and to chalk the spacing.

One letter at a time, I began stenciling. I took my time as to not let excess paint bleed through.

Here's me finishing up the last letter while Yonce' plays in the background.

Voila!

Surfboard, Surfboard, Surfboard

Graining on the wood, graining, graining on that wood

I'm swerving on that, swerving, swerving on that big body

Been serving all this, swerve, surfing all in this good good

Me rockin' my creation!

FEATHER BIB NECKLACE

Remember Kourtney Kardashian rockin' this Camille K feather bib necklace in this post? Well, they done messed up now, cuz Imma make this.

Let's see, I have felt, black turkey feathers, (from old DIY project), and I have black ribbon.

I used a pattern from my previous project and pinned it to the felt and cut it out.

I did a dry run and placed the feathers on the felt before I glued them.

Before gluing the feathers, I laid them out according to size. I put the longest feathers at the bottom and hot glued the first feather in the center.

Continued gluing row after row. Be careful to not get the hot glue strings on the feathers.

Added rhinestones to cover the tip of the feather quills.

Finished the look with black ribbons.

Can't wait to rock it!

Looks expensive right?

*update- selfie in bathroom @ work*

HAPPY NEW YEAR!