Texas!

I've been working on a longer post to recap my little trip to Austin for Texas Style Council (it's coming tonight along with a fab goodie bag giveaway filled with lots of the stuff I got to take home with me!) but wanted to share a little snippet of the awesome few days I got to enjoy back at the camp setting that the conference took place at. TxSC - Bunk Beds

When there's a lack of outlets, you have to DIY everything!!

DIY Selfie Stick!

This teepee had tables and chairs inside - outdoor dining space with twinkle lights? Totally dreamy.

Backyard Teepee!

There were amazing new friends and readers I met all while dressed up like Phyllis Nefler.

Texas Style Council

Troop Beverly Hills was my fave and a costume party where everyone dresses up like Girl Scouts, is going to be super chic night :)

Troop Beverly Hills!!

My gal Melissa at Shoestring Magazine brought a ton of options from Austin Goodwill, so I had to capture her khaki haul. Less than $40 for everything? Total score.

Goodwill khaki stash

More posting from Texas coming later today with a swag bag up for grabs :) Woo!!

 

Remake: Black, White, & Tan Polyester Shirt, Part II

Hey friends! I've been in Texas (woo, Longhorns!) the past week for an amazing blogging conference and am back in action. Before I give a total rundown tomorrow, I wanted to post the second way I styled this fab shirt. Remember the before...

New Dress A Day - polyester shirt

The size was wrong, seams were undone, and the sleeves were too big because the elastic was worn out.

But, that pattern was good. SO good!

New Dress A Day - polyester shirt

Cute and casual now, right?

New Dress A Day - polyester shirt

LOOK #1: Top: Vintage | Jeans: BDG | Necklace: Forever 21 | Sunglasses: Ray-Ban | Flip Flops: Old Navy | Purse: Vintage

So, lets see how this works dressed up a bit more...

New Dress A Day - polyester shirt

Some heels and a black mini skirt totally change the vibe of the look!

New Dress A Day - polyester shirt

Red lips + black, white, and tan = fun color combo :)

New Dress A Day - polyester shirt

I'm totally digging Look #2!

New Dress A Day - polyester shirt

LOOK #2: Top: Vintage | Skirt: Target | Bracelet: Forever 21 (it's a dinosaur!) | Sunglasses: vintage (my mom's old ones!) | Heels: Tahari from Nordstrom Rack | Purse: Trina Turk

It's really the most fun when you can take one piece from your wardrobe and craft multiple looks from it.

New Dress A Day - polyester shirt

I love playing the game of, "how many different things would this piece look best with" because sometimes I surprise myself with the pairings!!

DIY: Shamrock Shoe Clips

Today is the holiday of my people (shout out to all my Irish friends out there!!  Virtual Guinness cheers!!) so I wanted to repost this fave DIY from last year. Because my Valentine's Day shoe clips were such a hit (quick refresher HERE)...

DIY - New Dress A Day - Heart Shoe Clips

...I figured that a St. Patty's Day version was just calling my name.

DIY - New Dress A Day - Shamrock Shoe Clips

Here's how to make them!

Whenever I try to figure out how I'm going to adjust a vintage dress, I try it on and just focus on detail for a bit until I start to see things.  Sometimes I see exactly what I'm going to do, sometimes I see nothing, and sometimes I see stars. When trying to come up with a fun themed project for this holiday, I knew what I was going to do but was coming up with all kinds of methods to get to the end point.  I guess it's awesome that I'm pretty much swimming in rhinestones when I work, because as I was planning out the different options, I started to have one of those "seeing things" moments. I was staring off at the kit of stones that I have and started really looking at how the stones were sitting, I began to see little shamrocks in the formation of the heart stones and then my aha moment set in.

Four of those stones are going to make awesome shamrocks!!

I pulled out eight stones and began to paint them with a fabulous shade of green nail polish.

DIY - New Dress A Day - Shamrock Shoe Clips

After the first coat, I let them dry and then painted another coat. I wanted to make sure all the open areas were coated in the glitter.

DIY - New Dress A Day - Shamrock Shoe Clips

Once my hearts were dry, I turned on a hot glue gun and began to glue the backs to a sheet of green felt in the clover formation.

DIY - New Dress A Day - Shamrock Shoe Clips

The felt is the perfect backing for these stones because it's a bit thicker than just a basic cotton. However, if you have leftover fabric in your stash, reuse it here - you can always layer multiple bits to make it a bit sturdier.

With my stones in place...

DIY - New Dress A Day - Shamrock Shoe Clips

...I trimmed the excess felt all the way around my shoe clips. I affixed clips to the back and had some fabulous new bits of flair for my feet!

DIY - New Dress A Day - Shamrock Shoe Clips

I added them to a pair of nude flats (Forever 21 has a fab/budge friendly option here) just to make them pop a bit more! But they would work with any other colored/patterned shoe.

I ended up adding a small green rhinestone to the center of the clips for an extra bit of shine!

DIY - New Dress A Day - Shamrock Shoe Clips

I mean, Michael Flatley...move those dancin' feet over! You've got a new Irish gal ready to get tappin'.'

DIY - New Dress A Day - Shamrock Shoe Clips

They're just the right amount of sparkle to rival those pots of gold at the end of the rainbow!!

DIY - New Dress A Day - Shamrock Shoe Clips

I plan on wearing these straight through the weekend!!