A couple of weeks ago I found myself in desperate need of some shorts. Luckily for me, the boyfriend had an old pair of jeans that was ripped at the knees and he didn't wear it anymore. It fit me perfectly, so I cut it off, folded the hem over twice and secured the sides with a few stitches.
It looked fine, but a
lil' plain Jane, right?
So I decided to upcycle it a bit more by incorporating this lovely pink hippie Volkswagen fabric I bought (over six months ago!). I cut two pockets and sewed them on top of the - already existing - pockets on the back of the shorts. To make it even more
me, I added my own fabric label. Et voilà , totally wearable and totally Elisse!
What do you think? Have you refashioned anything lately?
Hope you have a splendid Friday - and to all moms, especially mine: Happy Mother's Day! - I'll talk to you soon!
I'm turning 24 on Feb 12 2015. To make this year a bit more challenging and fun, I made a list with 23 things I'd like to accomplish before turning 24.
6 months have passed so far and I'm here to share what I've done so far! You can check out the full list
here, and in this post I will focus solely on the things I've achieved so far.
1. read 30 books:
12/30
(All Families are Psychotic - Douglas Coupland, Water for Elephants - Sara Gruen, Fight Club - Chuck Palahniuk, Broodje @@p - Patrick Arink, Zwellend Fruit - Peter Verhelst, The Book Thief - Markus Zusak, A Clockwork Orange - Anthony Burgess, Art D'Eco - Kelly Eeckhaut, The Fault in Our Stars - John Green, Where'd you go, Bernadette - Maria Semple, Suicide Notes - Michael Thomas Ford, Trainspotting - Irvine Welsh)
Almost halfway there! I just started rereading the Harry Potter series, so I'm pretty sure this will be an easy one to accomplish. :)
2. make/sew/craft 15 things for myself:
4/15
(iPhone cozies, kitchen apron, upcycled shorts (blogpost will follow), felt sewing needle booklet (blogpost will follow))
I still have a long way to go with this one, so I'll better get started!
5. have my own domain name
April 11, 2014: http://bijgebrekaanbeter.be is a fact! After four years and one day I finally bought my own domain name. Yay!
6. go to a festival
Gladiolen, check! (Thanks to the awesomesauce DJ-duo Lumberjack!)
Lucid Festival, check!
Gentse Feesten, check!
Dour, check!
9. make my own fabric labels
I have 100 bij gebrek aan beter labels, so I'll have to put them to good use.
11. do a photo an hour each month:
5/12
(February, March, April, May)
--> Dammit, I forgot in July! To make this up, I'll do two photo an hours in September (one while on holiday, one at home!)
13. save up enough money for a new camera
I bought a Canon EOS 600D!
22. get healthier
I feel a lot healthier since I eat more veggies & fruits, and try to eat less candy & sugar, but this could still improve a lot in my opinion, so I'll get back to you by the end of my 23d year :)
23. be able to run 5km without undergoing mental or physical breakdown
I ran my first 5k on July 10 together with my mom. High five!
I still have quite a lot to do, first one on the agenda is definitely the 'get my nose pierced'.
Sorry mom.
Did you make a ... before ... list this year? How's it going?
Take care & talk to you soon!
