My personalized #bemakeful embellished tote

I recently received a groovy little surprise tote bag in the post from Canadian lifestyle specialty channel Makeful with the challenge to transform it into a personalized piece of awesomeness. I think I succeeded: Here’s …

My Top Tips for Cleaning Thrifted Plastic

Thrifting awesome plastic gear without damage or faded colours can be quite a challenge but when you do discover a fabulous piece of plastic history it’s absolutely worth snapping up and adding to your collection. …

The Refashioned Baby Vampire Costume

It’s Karneval time in Germany and that means my quirky kiddo got to request yet another funky DIY costume. My lovely little lassie has become obsessed with vampires (with zombies coming in at a close second) …

An easy button down t-shirt refashion

Quick and easy refashions are the best, especially when they involve a bit of scrapbusting! This boring button down t-shirt was fancied up in a flash by simply raiding my stash and replacing the buttons …

How To Clean Metal Decor

Check out this metal bucket of decorative fabulousness I found in the trash! Unfortunately it’s not in tip top condition, fortunately I have a few cleaning tricks up my sleeve that’ll have it spruced up …

A Checkered #ThriftyThursday

Perhaps it’s because of my Irish/Scottish ancestry but I’ve always been more attracted to tartan than checks. I do, however, have a single checkered (& seriously awesome) refashioned item in my wardrobe that looks fab …

My Easy Nightshirt to Top Refashion

I recently thrifted a lovely satin nightshirt: While it is soft and silky to sleep in I thought it was much too pretty to waste hidden under the covers in bed so I grabbed my …

Orange You Glad it’s #ThriftyThursday

From bright citrus to deep pumpkin hues the colour orange is awesome and appears in my wardrobe loads! Take a peek at my fave Orange you glad it’s #ThriftyThursday looks and then head on over …

The easy DIY dress refashion + quick mistake fix

I’ve had these two less than stellar dresses hiding in my stash for ages: Ugh, the grey one is shapelessly stretched out and the other, although adorable, shrank in the wash and is now too …

Flares are back (again)

According to the interwebs flares are back (again), hooray! I love me some bell bottomed denim action! Of course, as with any returning trend, purchasing a mass produced pair of fab flares can leave you feeling …