Thursday, April 12, 2012

adding florals

goodness me! i find that i have so many scraps and never know what i should do with them. recently, i have found a couple of uses for them. one being this display that suki from the owl club blogged about this week. i see those jars all the time and love them and think putting my scraps in there is a brilliant idea. the other one is from green valley crafts. now, i know other ladies have done similar things but seeing it again inspired me!
so i got out some cut off jeans that i felt needed a little tweaking and dug out some fabric that i had left over from my hemming projects and got down to business. i didn't take pictures while i was doing it but it is pretty straight forward.
thats right people get a good look at my ass.......hehe
cut out a heart or any shape out of the desired article of clothing and then cut out a piece of the fabric and place on the back of the cutout, pin, and then hand stitch! now i am not going to lie, sewing a pocket was pretty tricky and it started off easy but toward the middle i gave up and sewed through the pocket so now it is no longer usable but i don't really use my back pockets anyways.
and now you got some super cute updated shorts ready for spring by adding some tights and those bare legged bike rides in the summer! oh i can't wait! shorts are my favorite and i know i will wearing the shit out of these! hehe

xo,
cb

33 comments:

  1. Cute idea! I am hesitant to put anything on my butt to draw attention to it. haha! I have quite the wide set of hips, making my booty quite wide as well :) I like this idea for using scraps though!

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    1. you could add it to a sweater or shirt and it would look super cute!

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    2. you could add it to a sweater or shirt and it would look super cute!

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    3. it would be super cute if you added it to a sweater or shirt!

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  2. cute idea! i love the little heart. i saw emma from a beautiful mess/food coma do one with mexican blankets and added panels to the front...after seeing this i've really got the itch to do SOMETHING to one of my many pairs of jean shorts

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    1. i love the mexican blanket idea so very much! i might need to do that! thanks!

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  3. That is adorable, now Tom will be looking at your ass even more! I don't own any shorts. Well, I own one pair of girl style boxer shorts but I don't own any shorts I could wear in public, and haven't for years. Maybe I'll find a pair that I can stand this year.

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    1. tom sad this was his favorite post! hehe. what you don't own shorts? i love shorts! go get some girl!

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  4. That is wicked cute and I bet I could use fabric glue to stick it to the butt of my jeans. I'm no good with a needle.

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    1. oh totally! there is some glue stuff that you just iron one! doooo it!!!

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  5. Cute idea. And easy enough for me to actually try.

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  6. This is too cute! I love it! I had never seen this before... so crafty!

    I adore your hair! I love the look of colored tips.

    I better get to work and catch up to you on the style front!

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  7. Gorgeous! Looks great, I love the fabric you used!
    xo

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  8. Looks like fun! Gonna have to try this!

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  9. Such a good idea! I never know what to do with the fabric scraps I have laying around.

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  10. awesome idea, i wanna try this with some of my boring work khakis!

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  11. i just imagined myself wearing those shorts and i don't know whether to laugh or cry...
    day-um guuuurl!

    <3

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  12. These are great! Good use of fabric scraps - I have so many, I also have a friend who is a pre-school teacher who often gets bags of scraps from me :D

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  13. that's a good idea! ^_^ I love using left over scraps!!!

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  14. Wohoo what a lovely bottom! :D That looks really cute, great idea!

    xx L

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  15. you are officially the cutest girl ever! and the most creative!

    love your style!

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    1. thanks sweetie! that comment made my day!

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  16. Love these! I'm thinking of buying myself a bike for the first time since I was a child for this Summer, and I think it's largely influenced by your constant making it look so damn fun! =)

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    1. YAY how exciting! i LOVE hearing that i inspire people to get a bike because it is so much fun! you can not have a smile on your face while riding!

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  17. so cute! I love this idea, thanks honey :) xox

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  18. this is just darling Cristie!!! i love the floral pattern you chose and it completely amps up those cut offs to a whole notha level! sweet spot for a heart too ; ) nice one lades. ♥

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  19. Cute idea! I love florals! =)

    http://pinkchampagnefashion.blogspot.com/

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  20. heart on butt! i love it so cute!

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  21. I really want to do this, it looks so sweet! Summer jeans & shorts here I come! :)

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  22. I love this simple touch of pattern! I'm definitely doing this!

    ~Aubrey
    Project Lovegood

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thanks for commenting! it fills me with joy that you have taken the time to stop by!
xo,
cb