Vintage Dress Needs a Fix

I have this really neat vintage dress that is really well made and pretty intricate. Unfortunately its too long for me and so all these years I have never worn it. With my moms help we went bout fixing it. The first thing I did was hand sew some spots where the beading had started to come loose. I made sure it was all nice and tight and then we got started on making a new hem. Here is the dress:

Its also missing a belt!

First we measured and then cut off the bottom with pinking shears.

Next we sewed a lace trim on the bottom.

Then my mom hand stitched the new hem so that you wouldn't be able to see it from the outside. She made tiny little stitches that I would never have had the patience for but Im so glad she showed me how to do it because had I sewn it the way I normally do with the machine it would not have looked as good.

After that we ironed the new hem down.

We also had to cut the lining and sew a new hem on that. The lining is sort of rough feeling because its old and my mom thought I should remove it but I opted to keep it because it adds some fullness to the skirt.

Hem the lining

Can you even see these tiny hand made stitches!?

Inside view. Tiny folds in the hem to keep things straight.

So here it is after- I still need to find a belt or sash that will work with the dress. I was too lazy to button it up all the way for the pic and find proper shoes. I need to wear it out and update with a new pic once I do!

And the results!

Best of Fall Time Fashion From JustFab

I have my top three favorite fall time fashion finds from JustFab. I love faux fur and winter sweaters so let me present:

Marquet!

These boots are seriously comfortable! And they remind me of my favorite animal the fox!

I love the icy winter blue of this turtle neck sweater.

And check out the cute open back detail! Its warm but not stuffy at all.

And my final favorite is the faux fur stole. What a cute and festive accessory!

It has a satin lining and I cannot wait to wear it out to a holiday party or out to dinner! How cozy is this!

Mini Halloween Scene

I made this a couple months ago and have been meaning to post it before Halloween. I love making miniature scenes like this. Here it is is in its finished form:

I found all of my supplies at Dollar Tree and Michaels Crafts.

Need:
Paint
Glue Gun
Fake moss
Figurine
Stickers
Woodsies
Some fake trees or plastic leaf backs from artificial leaves.
Various other miniature decor of your choosing

I got the wooden stable I used as a building at Dollar Tree in November. Its meant to be a nativity stable but it works great for other projects like this one. Just painted the back wall orange. I sorta wish I had used purple now. Oh well.

Then I glued the gate and the plastic back of an artificial leaf (a tree for this project) to the background and used a puffy ghost sticker to stick between the gate rails.

Oops its sideways!

Boo!

I had a miniature bird in a cage so I used some sewing thread and hot glue to attach it to the ceiling.

Then I started gluing my little figurines and other decor the the floor. I placed them all first to see how I wanted it arranged before I started gluing to avoid mistakes with spacing.

Yummy!

I love these! So cute!!!!

I used fake purple moss around the bottom of my tree to hide the plastic mound at the bottom.

At the time I didn't have a grave stone figurine so I made one myself with some paint and a rectangle Woodsie piece. I glued some smaller Woodsie pieces to the back of my "grave stone" so it had some width to glue it down with.

And its done! Such a fun craft to make!

I later got a grave stone figurine from Dollar Tree and Im going to replace my wooden stone with the new figurine soon. I'll update this post once I do!