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!

Improved Art Case.

So, I get really bored with plain things... That's why I decided to give my art case a new look! Here is what I cam up with.

 I know, the ‘Before’ is supposed to go first… Oh well!

I used a red and green permanent Sharpie marker and a stencil that I love to create this look. 

*Make sure to do this project in a well-ventilated area* I traces the design right onto the wood. I outlined the flower first, then went back and colored it in. 

Here's a close up of the flowers on the wood. 

What do ya think? I'm rather pleased with how it turned out! *smile* Have a great New Year!!

~RandomKitty

Aggie's Hoodie.

I made Aggie some sweaters awhile ago, but I never finished this green one.. You can check out how I made this one and the others Here. So here are some pictures of me embarrassing my dog. lol

Hope you have a great Christmas!!

~RandomKitty

Refashioned Dog Coats.

As my mother was getting ready to purchase a $20 dog coat at Petco, we realized that I could refashion a kids vest into a doggie coat. So off to the thrift store we went! Here is what I came up with.

These are two of the vests we chose... Pink looks really good on her and how could I pass up on the hearts.. ;)

I'm pretty sure she hated me after I tried this thing on her a million times. 

My complex way of finding her measurements... Yarn! :P Oh, I also had to cut the arm holes a little bigger so that they weren't too tight.

All done! See, doesn't pink look good on her. ;)

And here is the heart one. Aggie's wearing this one right now. lol

Hope you have a good day! Some hot chocolate would be nice right now....

~RandomKitty

Tiger Sketch.

I've been working on a sketch and I thought I'd share it with ya'll! :)

This is my first attempt at a sketch like this, so I'm pretty happy with how it turned out.

Hope you're having a great day!

~RandomKitty

Owl Pumpkin

Sunday we finally got our pumpkins! Here's how I decorated mine. :)

First I washed it, so that there would be no dirt to mess with the paint. 

Next, I drew my design on it.

And this is what I came up with! I just used some white paint we had laying around. :P

Here's what our porch looks like... 

And here's a picture of the pumpkin outside. :)

Well I hope you enjoyed that short post. I haven't been on here in forever! Hopefully that will change. ;)

~RandomKitty