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Just had to show you,

Look how cute Grace is...

 

I love these photos, they kinda make my day. Aww I miss my Grace!

To see more on Grace's skirt go here.

Hope you're having a great day so far. Christiano said he would take to me the Kettle for breakfast. Now, I'm just waiting for him to get up and resisting any food in the kitchen. After that, I'm sewing all day long. I have the day off and I'm about to make a Huge mess!

Lot's of love,

Missy 

Successful Craft Night!

While I should be doing my homework, I think I'll share with you a bag I made last night with my friend Jamie during our craft night. I love it!

My brain is fried anyways, couldn't sleep last night, had to be at work at 9 and then came home and worked on alterations. I just can't think anymore.. 

Without further ado....

I found this DIY and I absolutely loved it. I thought about using old time glasses too, but then I said, "Nah, I don't have to." Now I want to make a ton of bags with different sewing notions! I chose scissors because I feel like I'm very close to mine and I love them.

I love one-night bags. They make me happy.

I really want to do another, the question is, will I have time/energy one night to do this again. 

If so, would you like to see a tutorial? 

(not just on the printing, which I did change a bit, but on the bag too!) 

I don't have photos of Jamie's creation (sad face)  but I will be sure to show them to you in... like a month. Ok maybe not that long, but possibly. It's an installment for her new place she's moving into in August. It's so cute! (insert happy face!)  I can't wait to show you. Maybe I'll just have her take pictures with it. Is the anticipation drilling at you and making you bite your fingernails? I knew it. Well, stop that.. there are a lot of germs under those things. 

Ok I'm off to ramble somewhere else. Do you like my new bag?

Thanks for reading!

Missy

Floral Skirt

Hi there

Just wanted to show you a skirt I made for my friend. I used upcycled fabrics and busted out my sweet embroidery stitches. I recently discovered that my good ol Elna can do these decorative stitches. 

I flipped out! 

So this was the perfect thing to debut her (Elna) talents on. I think it adds a perfectly simple touch to this skirt. I wish I could have photos of her in the skirt, but we will have to wait for that. She just moved to Texas last night :( This is the photo I got from her this morning.

 

Even though I'm pretty bummed she's gone, I'm happy for her new start and life in Texas. 

Springfield misses you Grace! Good luck in your new adventures and this little lady will be in the mail to you soon! 

Now Available-Cleanse Me Spring 2011

I don't know how else to say this, but my garments are being sold at Red Velvet and I really want you to go check them out tell your friends, and maybe even buy something. Here are some shop photos

This is the newest edition to the Cleanse Me Spring 2011 Collection. 

 It's a crop top made from the lacey knit and soy organic cotton jersey. The knit is the raw color and the jersey is dyed with walnuts. The trim (which is hard to see in the photo) in the middle of the shirt is cotton and dyed with madder root. 

I even made a little tube top to go under it so you don't have to worry about finding the right piece to go with it.

I'm really excited to be in Red Velvet. (211 E. Commercial St - Tuesday-Saturday 12-7)  Elsie, the owner, has been an admirable role model for me these past few months and is also a huge inspiration for this blog so it's really an honor to be recognized in her store. These are my first garments under my new brand MOMENTUM so that's really exciting too! If nothing else, just go in there and to shop vintage and handmade. They have the cutest geeky glasses there right now. I am in love with these...

I had absolutely way too much fun finding a way to take photos of these sunglasses. All the photos underneath are from July 2011 W Magaine "Listen Up"

Thank you for your support!

Missy

Making Use of Scraps...More Attempts at a Sustainable Life.

Quite a while ago when I was working on my senior collection, I went through a jury process in which a panel of industry judges come critique our collections. They tell us to make changes and what not and one of my changes was to shorten the lining on this dress.

The hem used to look like this... See it peeking out from underneath?

So I cut it off and had this funky piece left over. 

I decided since It was already hemmed on one edge I'd go ahead and hem the freshly cut edge and see what happened. It sat around my house for a while until recently. I knew it had potential but I just wasn't sure how I wanted to wear it. Well today I figured it out... 

I always try and find a way to use my scraps and I'm so happy with this new layering piece I have to add to my wardrobe. 

So next time you're cutting something, don't just throw away your scraps, they could a perfect addition to a new, sustainable look!

Wishing you a creative Monday!

Missy

New Dresses-Seriously Simple... & Sustainable!

Recently, I've been working on a lot of alterations for some extra cash and it has inspired me to do a slew of alterations on some of my own garments. I did finish them, like I mentioned and turned the all in. While I have a break between jobs I decided I wanted to tackle some of my own.

Some of them are really great because I can take a dress, make it shorter and then take the excess and make a skirt out of it. 

This is how the dress was originally. I don't actually mind the length, but I thought it was a little bit of an older look. I'd wear it to work if I were a teacher. I think it would make a good school outfit with the right accessories. weird, I might actually be a teacher soon.

 My first result. A cute, comfortable jumper.

All I had to do was surge and hem the bottom. I did a double topstitch to stay consistent with the rest of the garment. 

This is a skirt made from the excess I cut off. It was already hemmed, so all I did was add some 1/2" elastic to the top and turn it under and BAM, skirt made. 

I'm excited to wear these pieces out doing everyday things. Summer brings challenges for my wardrobe because I don't really like to wear shorts and pants are too hot. I live in skirts and dresses so the more I can have the better.

Oh did I mention I bought this dress for only 1 dollar at a thrift store!

That's .50 cents per garment. 

And it's sustainable. This garment was someone's trash. Their loss, my win!

Good day.

 Here are a few more I've simply shortened into cute dresses.

(I didn't take before photos of these, but they were both ankle length dresses)

I shortened the sleeves on the first one along with the hem and I love the way the second one fits. It was a perfect find. I feel so patriotic in the red white and blue dress and the should pads make it feel like something official is about to happen. :)

Both these dresses were only a dollar too! Isn't thrift shopping Amazing?

Well I hope you enjoyed seeing some of my simple alterations. Can you guess where these photos were taken? If you have any further questions on how I did these please email me. I'd love to help! They're super easy and fast and with a little extra work you could even do them without a machine. :) 

Thanks for reading!

Missy

White Knit T

Just a small draping project for school, thought I'd share. 

Still in love with uneven hem lines! 

I just want to take a second to say thank you to my photographer, make up, hair, and stylist!

haha please, come to my model call. I could really use your help!

Elf Costume

As promised, pictures of the Elf Costume...

Christiano and I go to Karaoke every Monday nigth at Creek Side Bistro (find em on facebook) and this custom elf costume was made for one of our favorite bartenders!

Just thought I'd share an image of these fine studs singing there heart out at

Creek Side.

Happy Holidays!

M