DIY Union Jack Purse.

Most of the ideas I get come to me after looking at Pinterest. I’ve seen some Union Jack purses and *really* wanted one, but I would never afford one, or just decided to be happy with the purses I have now. Well I went through my closet last week and when I was going through my bags I found this purse that was great, but it lacked some style. Voila! After some Googling, I decided to give it a try. I just happened to have all the supplies I needed, which was awesome. 

I started with the plain man-made leather purse that I got from a thrift store. 

I used a white, blue, and red Acrylic paint. For the white I mixed it with some water due to it being a heavy body paint. 

First I sanded down the part where I was going to paint, then I wiped it clean with a rag that had some water on it. Next, I wiped it down with some nail polish remover. You will then need to tape off the section you want painted.

This is what the first coat of paint looked like. I did around two three white layers all together. 

The next thing I did was to draw on the design. 

After doing two coats for each color I got this. 

What do you think? Will you try painting your old, boring purse? I know I will do another one!

Have an awesome day!

Two Tone Denim Skirt.

As I sit here watching football with my mom I decided this would be a good time to show you the new skirt I refashioned. I'm actually wearing this skirt right now. Well, I've been wearing it as much as I possibly can this week. hehe. It's definitely one of my favorite denim skirt now. :D So here's what I did.

As I was going through some of the skirts I don't wear anymore earlier this week, I came across these two denim skirts.

As you can see, one skirt has already been refashioned, but sadly it has been torn... 

 See, isn't it sad?? I got the idea to combine both skirts because the already refashioned one would be too short if I chopped the trim off.

 I cut the trim off and then measured where the 2nd skirt fit that circumference.

 Next, I sewed the two pieces together. The nice thing about using the bottom of the skirt was that I didn't have to hem! Yay!

Annnddd THIS this the end product. It turned out to be the perfect length! It took me a little while to get used to the two toned look, but now I really like it! What do you think? Would you wear something like this?

It's *almost* a mermaid style skirt... :D Have an awesome night!