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Odd bird planet revival

Accomplished today: update home page blog link, connect domain name to hosting account.

Next: update shopping link, restore etsy shop.

It's coming along I promise.

Shoes

Tommy Hilfiger black wedge clogs. $2.50.

Shoes

Thrifty find. Snakeskin pale green flats. $2.50.

Angry birds Easter pig

Convert stuffed pig and stuffed bunny to angry birds Easter pig.

Angry birds pumpkin pig

Convert stuffed basketball to pumpkin bird. Used leftover arm from last week's frog-to-pig conversion as a stem.

Tshirt canvas

Remember these I-heart-boyfriend shirts from the 80s? Yeah, I had one. Found this one at the thrift store and it said Joey, so I stretched it onto a canvas and embellished it. Now it's a reminder to love myself and a kitschy piece of DIY art. The flowers are made from tshirts and the butterflies came in a bag of stuffed animals from the thrift store.

Frog to pig transformation

Turned two thrifted stuffed frogs into one of the pigs from Angry Birds. Not as fabulous as it could be but not bad for a quickie project.

Wrapping

Paper, stickers, piece of an old Tshirt.

Matching adult pajamas

Same pattern as the kids pajamas. Slightly different Tshirt appliqué design. Make your own gift wrapping with paper, stickers, and embroidery floss.

Painted tote

You can paint on a tote with regular acrylic paint. Since it isn't something you would wash, you don't have to worry about heat setting or color fastness. I refurbished this tired tote for a friend who is a Cowboys fan.

Skirt from old Tshirt

Cut the shirt off under the sleeves. Cut the letters apart. Bleach the letters with a bleach pen (changed them from red/blue to pink/brown). Spell new words. Trim letters to make new ones. I turned A into V and T into L and B into U. Use lining from a matchless glove to make a heart. Dye Tshirt in instant coffee and bake at 200 degrees for 15 min to heat set. Lay out to complete drying overnight. Don't rest it on a pot unless you want a circle in your dried Tshirt to have a circle. Oops. Cut another Tshirt into 5 inch strips. Serge the edges. Ruffle the strips. Put the coffee Tshirt on inside out, pin along your hips, then sew and trim excess. Crochet butterfly (crocheted heart folded in half). Use scraps from ruffle Tshirt to make one inch ruffle for the heart and assemble. Sew heart onto skirt. I used it to cover a small hole in the skirt. Wear skirt.

Tiles for the library

Jakob's school is selling tiles that they are making into a wall in the library. I made one today.

Clone Wars pajamas

Made these from Jakob's old sheets that his dad was on the verge of thrifting. I initially made them a little too tight across the hips so I had to add the yellow stripe down the sides.

Thrifty find

Tiny angels and trees made from fabric yoyos. Not in love with the designs per se but adore the idea.

Thrifty find

Yellow tote with white patent leather trim. Saks Fifth Avenue brand. $6.

Thrifty find

Chunky ceramic beads. Possibly vintage. Great on trend colors. $5.

Hello kitty

I adore Hello Kitty as much now as I did as a child. My sweet little boy had an outing with his dad and brought me this little treasure.

Plastic flower necklace

Finished another necklace with my plastic flowers. Started with a vintage four strand necklace. One of the strands was already missing and another was ugly so I removed it. I replaced one strand with a mix of plastic beads in various shades of aqua, and replaced the other with three strands of seed beads.

Dallas Cowboys pajamas

I finished Jakob's pajamas today. Pants are made from free flannel sheet that a friend was going to thrift. Tshirt is made from a blue thrifted Tshirt for about 10 cents (that had some initials printed on it), and also a piece of a white Tshirt that the sane friend was going to discard because it had yellowed at the neckline. Thread and elastic from my stash.

Found these similar pajama pants online at FansEdge (http://www.fansedge.com/Dallas-Cowboys-Youth-Flannel-Pants-_-894595715_PD.html?bizrate=74-02517) for $19.99.

Newspaper yarn

Finally a use for those free newspapers that accumulate in my driveway. Yarn!

Thrifty find

Approximately 500 each of 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 100% cotton tags. $3.