Wednesday, June 13, 2012

Turning Old Into New

I found this adorable dress the other day at the thrift store.  And while the dress was matronly and way to long for me, I nabbed it on account of it's charming floral pattern.  I loved the watercolour effect this print had and knew I'd be able to make it great.  It wasn't until I brought it home and snipped half of it off, that i realized how perfect the fabric was going to be for making little pom pom shoe clips. 

It was my first attempt at floral pom poms and I'm so pleased with the outcome.  I also love that I don't have to wast any of this gorgeous fabric, and since there is so much of it, I'm making more shoe clips!  For those who live in the area and are planning on coming out to the next pop-up shop, I hope to have these shoe clips for sale.  I'll have them available in other prints as well, but these in particular would be a great embellishment for almost any shoe.

The dress still needs some work, but I'll definitely be wearing it this summer. Anyone want to invite me to their next tea party?!

3 comments:

claire said...

you can come to my tea party any time:) the kettle is always on! I love that print, very cute!

Alessia said...

Thanks Claire :)

erin said...

There is a tea party at Parkwood on Sunday! Diana and I are probably going. Come!