DIYs

Hello friends!

To anyone who reads this, I hope your summers been going well so far! I can't believe how fast time is flying by! It's almost the end of July!

This summer has been a pretty productive one for me - I have set a new goal! I am saving money to buy my very own car by next year! Or well, a little bit over a year - for my 21st birthday :) I thought I'd be a little nicer to myself and give myself an extra few months - so hopefully by next October!

I have been pretty been pretty busy the last couple weeks just with design stuff - such a blast!

This has also been awesome! http://www.helenhamiltondesign.com/site/Associates.html

I thought now that I have some down time, I should TRY and get back to blogging - attempt #100.
Lately, I've been spending too much lots of time on pinterest when I have some down time - like right before bed - and that usually makes me feel either really (p)inspired, artsy, motivated OR just downright hungry from all the pictures of the food.

I have embarked on a few artsy projects, one of them being a key holder frame - and I really loved how that turned out! I have been meaning to put it up on my blog - so here it is!

 It hangs right by my bedroom door - so I don't lose my keys in my room - which was starting to become a real habit! I would always frantically be hunting for my keys on my way out the door - so this was the perfect solution (for under $10!) and since my all my bedroom furniture is white wood - this frame from Ikea was perfect ! Cute and Practical!

Since then, I have pinned other ideas, but have had NO time. Today, I had some free time and felt like finally doing something about my ripped capris! I bought jeans/ capris from Zara in the summer and they were VERY cute. Light capris that were faded, and had SLIGHT rips down the legs. However, as time went on, the rips just got bigger and bigger and people were giving me questioning looks about my exposed knee. Oops!

I saw this idea on pinterest and loved it! (Sometimes, I am doubtful of the things I see on pinterest because I often think, "there is no way I could do that!")
In the beginning, I always figured that once the holes got too big, I'd patch them up. I hadn't found a good solution that I really loved though, that's why the hole just kept getting bigger and bigger - I didn't want to put something cheesy as a patch. SO when I saw the idea of lace behind the hole - I knew I found my solution!! Cute, and practical but sophisticated - in my opinion! I wish I took a picture of how big the hole was before - but here is the finished product!

Some liquid glue and then lace from Value Village - and voila!

But I didn't stop there!
I was once pretty notorious for buying things even when I wasn't entirely sold on it - just because it was a good deal and fit "alright." - I have since learned that paying more is worth something fitting GREAT! :)
I bought some lucky brand jeans maybe a couple years ago - that's how long it's been sitting in my closet for! And I got home and finally accepted that they didn't fit me the greatest. I believe that was in the fall. That summer, I dug out the jeans again and tried to turn that dark, boot cut jeans into some dark shorts that folded. However, another year or two came and went and they still sat in my closet. TONIGHT, I finally decided to do something about it. Surprise, surprise though, Although this is seen a lot on pinterest - my mom actually taught me how to do this years ago - when I was younger, we upcycled one of my jeans from the gap and turned them into shorts with frayed edges - then we bought fabric gels and my mom drew butterflies and flowers all over them - they were the coolest!) These are a little different from those - but another finished product of mine!

Really happy with how these turned out! Three styles later, I am finally happy with the finished product and will ACTUALLY wear it! :)

I also went thrifting today and bought a few things! Such a fun day!

So my new and improved blog concept : interior designer moonlighting as a pinterest project undertaker!

Stayed tuned for more projects!:)