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Songful Style Link Party #49: “Build Me Up Buttercup” by The Foundations
About Songful Style Songful Style is a style challenge series hosted by Shelbee of Shelbee on the Edge, Marsha of Marsha in the Middle, and Suzy of Suzy Turner, The Grey Brunette. Each month we will share a song with the lyrics and video and we invite you to use whatever aspect of the song that inspires you to create an outfit. It is similar to Style Imitating Art where we use artwork to inspire our outfit creations. Except Songful Style gives you lyrics, music, video, and album artwork to inspire your fashion creativity. You may even find inspiration in a memory triggered by the selected song. It is all open to your own personal interpretation…
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Another DIY Tee Shirt Poncho & Spread The Kindness Link Up On the Edge #808
Last week, I shared my first DIY tee shirt poncho that I created from one of Archie’s old Fireside Collective tee shirts and two very old tie dye wrap skirts. It turned out so wonderful that I immediately set about to making a second one. Before I get to the details of this tee shirt poncho, I must mention how very simple this project is. It requires just a few cuts with the scissors and the ability to sew a few straight hems. Honestly, the hems don’t even have to be all that straight to complete this DIY poncho. I can’t sew a straight line to save my life but…
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DIY Tee Shirt Poncho & Salt Water Sandals
I have been wanting to make one of these DIY tee shirt ponchos for quite some time now. I have seen these being sold in online boutiques that specialize in boho styles and there are numerous video tutorials available on various YouTube channels. I was hesitant at first, not trusting my own sewing skills, but it ended up being one of the easiest sewing projects I have ever completed. It’s certainly not perfect and I wouldn’t even attempt to sell any of my upcycle projects at this point simply because my sewing skills are still novice level at best. I keep telling myself that practice will improve my skills, yet…
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Spring Living Room Decor & Spread The Kindness Link Up On the Edge #797
I have some more DIY, upcycled, and thrifted home decor inspiration to share. With the weather consistently foiling my plans for outdoor outfit photographs, I have to resort to pictures from inside my home until the snow and rain stop. Last month, I shared my Valentine-inspired living room decor but it was time to make a change as spring is so near that you can smell it. The bulky blanket scarf window treatments started feeling a bit too heavy for this time of year. I had contemplated returning to the brown and teal decor that preceded my raggy Christmas decor but it kind of felt a bit old and tired…
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A Very Raggy Christmas & Spread The Kindness Link Up On the Edge #784
I hope all of my American friends had a lovely Thanksgiving filled with delicious food, wonderful company, and joyful blessings. But now that it is over, we are immediately in the Christmas season. I have been working on my holiday mantle displays for a few weeks with a focus on upcycling, thrifting, and using things I already had on hand. First I replaced the scarf valances with red plaid blanket scarves for a cozy festive feel. I have a tremendous amount of scarves of all sorts, styles, shapes, lengths, and fabrics. There are so many that I can’t possibly wear them all but they are too pretty for me to…
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Homecoming, Halloween, Home Decor & Spread The Kindness Link Up On the Edge #781
For today’s post, I am just sharing some recent goings-on in my household and with my family. A few weeks before Halloween, Archie, who is now a freshman in high school (how in the world did that happen so quickly?), attended his first Homecoming dance. He and his friend went together and they just looked so darn handsome that it brought tears to my eyes! At my request, I also got a water fountain photo of Archie and his BFF who just happens to be the literal girl next door and one of my favorite humans on earth! Halloween followed Homecoming and we went big this year with homemade costumes…
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Vintage Sewing Machine Table Makeover & Spread The Kindness Link Up On the Edge #780
Back in July, I was on a local thrifting adventure when I found this amazing vintage Bradford sewing machine table for just $9.99. I was in need of another small table in my downstairs hallway after I had moved the vintage gossip bench to its new home and this table was the perfect size. Plus it had all of its original sewing machine parts with it. I have not yet tested it though to see if the machine actually works. I have a newer sewing machine that I purchased a few years ago that works just fine so I don’t really have a need for the vintage machine. Actually, I…
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A Citrusy Nightstand Makeover
Remember the old dresser that my neighbor gave me to that I repaired and painted in beautiful shades of green? Well, she also gave me a cute little white nightstand that she was tossing away. Having no need or space for this piece of furniture either, I decided to give it a cheerful makeover and pass it on to my friend Melissa for her new apartment. I can’t find the year when this table was made but it was manufactured by Bassett Furniture, a nearly 125 year old American home furnishings company, founded by the Bassett family of Bassett, Virginia. A quick Google image search indicates that this specific nightstand…
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Salvaged Kitchen Table and Vintage Chairs Makeover & Spread The Kindness Link Up On the Edge #778
Last Friday, I shared the green bedroom furniture that I refurbished for my friend Melissa and I promised to share the kitchen set that I also fixed up and gifted to her. Back in early spring, I spotted this old round formica-topped kitchen table placed on the curb in front of a neighbor’s house for trash pickup. I was really drawn to the spindly legs and the fact that there were five of them so I asked my husband to bring the table home for me. I had planned to remove the legs to use for some unidentified purpose and ditch the ugly formica table top. But after further investigation,…
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Antique Writing Desk Makeover
This post is for my mother-in-law as she has not seen this finished product yet! When she came to visit us last month, my MIL was on the lookout for a small end table for her living room so we went on a little thrifting adventure. She discovered this antique desk in my local Salvation Army Thrift Store for $8.99. It was the size and style that she was looking for but it was pretty beat up. If you know me, I love the challenge of fixing up old damaged furniture and giving it a brand new life. The more beat up a piece is, the more creativity it requires…
