67 Days to Go: Lisa’s Donation

Today’s offering came my way from Lisa in AZ!  I loved the card she sent too!!

I need to be one of these ladies today in this heat!!  And…I love their suits!

She sent this lovely piece…

Day 67 – Before

Hello Marisa,

I’ve been following your blog for about a year now.  I love it – you are so creative!  I look forward to seeing how you can transform a dated or unattractive garment into something very stylish.  The striped dress is from a thrift store – got it for 25 cents!

Not so much…

This white plastic-y, leather looking belt wasn’t working for me and the dress as a whole was feeling just a bit frumpy.  However, with some small changes, this is going to be looking faboosh!!

These very small shoulder pads got removed first.  I don’t really understand why they were there in the first place just because they were so thin!!

First order of business!!

Originally if you had asked my thoughts on the collar, I would have said that it was going to be the first thing to go!!   It’s funny how my thought process changes along the way, because I opted to keep the collar intact and remove the sleeves!

45 degree trim!

I pinned the sleeves and also pinned the body a little over an inch on each side to make the piece a little slimmer.

Kingpin!!

I sewed everything up, added a light, springy green camisole underneath, a woven Free People belt I snagged on sale in December and my vintage Candies for good measure!!

Day 67 – After

I love the color combo here and think I’m going to have to try and make a few of these myself!!

ECU!!

It was the last night our college pal NC was in town, so we got together for some fun outdoor tapas action!!

Tapas Gals!

I have to say, I passed on the below hot eats…

Patatas Bravas

…in lieu of this cold deliciousness.

Sangreezy!!

I had a salad instead, even though it all looked so yummy.  It was such a fun way to celebrate NC’s last day in town!

Miss you already!

I was super  comfy in my flowy, cotton dress too.  Still hot, but

Tapas Party!