Have you ever wondered how to do something with those bits and pieces you have in your closet - You really don't want to throw them out - you really do like them the way they are - then you see one of those You Tube How To's and think - I can do that!
Although I do not have pictures to post today - I am excited about some of my ideas for a whole new added look to my fall/winter wardrobe. I have gathered over several trips to some garage sale - consignment stores a few items I will be taking apart and making one of a kind Altered Couture - Designed by The EE! I can't wait.
The pictures and the designing will have to wait until next week - I am flying out to Dallas to have some fun down time with my best friend. Although I do hope to find some possible unique and wonderful places in the big D to bring back to add to my project.
To wet your appetite - I found 2 brown skirts one with some type of design with beads running through it and another with some turquoise designs - the browns are basically the same and I am planning on chopping them up to make one really sensational fun skirt - Hard to picture I know - but just try.
I also picked up a man's sweater - with a great design running through it - I am going to chop it up and make a really cool sweater skirt to wear with black tights and boots! Drooling aren't you!
Laying in a neat pile for several years now are several pairs of blue jeans that are a mile long and really "ugly" as a pair of blue jeans go. But I have consulted my awesome creative genus - Dena - on how to really make a great designer skirt that doesn't look like mess. So that is also on my list of make overs.
Making my list and checking it twice Altered Couture by The EE is going to be HOT for the Fall and Winter!! Be Jealous is all I can say! You will want to create your own and I will be giving step by step instructions.
Along with these awesome creations I will be showing you how to make the most popular accessory - the "tie" belt with wonderful embellishments and maybe some added one of a kind must have jewelry pieces for added glam! You don't want to miss these how did you do that EE! I will show it all when I return.
Also, I will be posting pictures and how to's for my new art journals I have actually made but have not added the ribbons and rings. You are going to love them - love them. You will remember if you keep up with me that I teach and have even posted on some of my previous post "Trashy Happy" Art Journals! Well some of the finished ones I will be posted also after my mini vacation to the Big D Town!
Thanks for stopping by - If you are new to my blog, you are invited to go to my website to learn more about me at http//.www.twicechosen.net. You are welcome to send me your Altered Couture Design hints at ee@twicechosen.net.
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Tuesday, October 4, 2011
Monday, October 3, 2011
A Trashy Happy Weekend
There is nothing better than being able to create a wonderful creation from not so happy trashy objects.
If you know THE EE you know I don't like to "dig". I like a very neat and clean garage sales or consignment shops, to find wonderful trashy happy treasures, but I don't like to dig.
A couple of weekends ago I had a wonderful time going through a friends garage sale before the sale! It was great. My good friend "The Garage Sale Queen" can find the best "trashy happys" of anyone around and she also gives the greatest garage sales. She let me come in and look ahead of time for treasures.
I did ended up with numerous finds that I was able to share with others and some fun things myself as well. All in all I think I have now been converted!
Here is my awesome little lunch purse. When I get a free moment I am going to have it monogrammed no one else will snatch it! Not too trashy but a very Happy Find.
One of my fun finds was a sweater vest that ended up being chopped up to make covers for my camera and lens, along with a great camera bag that just looks like EE. Stay tuned for the designer skirt I am creating with the leftover fringe.
Pretty cool. I use a zigzag stitch to keep the yarn from raveling. It went together really fast. My new bag has lots of pockets inside and out.
Somehow I "inherited" a vintage 8 mm splicing machine - complements of my son - who inherited it from an antique shop owner. It may well be our "white elephant" gift that is passed back and forth or it may even become a lamp. Who knows.
As you can see I ended up with some fun and trashy happy and interesting finds. There is no telling what I will end up with next!
What interesting finds have you come across lately? Where is your favorite place to go searching for Trashy Happy Treasures?
If you know THE EE you know I don't like to "dig". I like a very neat and clean garage sales or consignment shops, to find wonderful trashy happy treasures, but I don't like to dig.
A couple of weekends ago I had a wonderful time going through a friends garage sale before the sale! It was great. My good friend "The Garage Sale Queen" can find the best "trashy happys" of anyone around and she also gives the greatest garage sales. She let me come in and look ahead of time for treasures.
I did ended up with numerous finds that I was able to share with others and some fun things myself as well. All in all I think I have now been converted!
Here is my awesome little lunch purse. When I get a free moment I am going to have it monogrammed no one else will snatch it! Not too trashy but a very Happy Find.
One of my fun finds was a sweater vest that ended up being chopped up to make covers for my camera and lens, along with a great camera bag that just looks like EE. Stay tuned for the designer skirt I am creating with the leftover fringe.
Pretty cool. I use a zigzag stitch to keep the yarn from raveling. It went together really fast. My new bag has lots of pockets inside and out.
Somehow I "inherited" a vintage 8 mm splicing machine - complements of my son - who inherited it from an antique shop owner. It may well be our "white elephant" gift that is passed back and forth or it may even become a lamp. Who knows.
As you can see I ended up with some fun and trashy happy and interesting finds. There is no telling what I will end up with next!
What interesting finds have you come across lately? Where is your favorite place to go searching for Trashy Happy Treasures?
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