White and grey Striped Blouse

Our cat Boots modeling the sleeves before I attached them to the blouse.

They fit loosely over his head, so cute, like a baby bonnet.

Boots wanted to move around a lot as my sister held him for the pics.

I probably took 14-15 photographs before I could get something recognizable. :)

This is a blouse that I made using the JJ pattern+some improvising on the collar/minus the princess seams (limited fabric on this swatch).

Why toto, we're not in Kansas anymore...

I took some old hot pink shoes, and after removing the plastic hibicus on the top, cleaned and glittered them. I combined a fine glitter with a coarser glitter, and adhered it to the shoes with mod podge. I also adhered some sequin trim around the top of the shoes. For the how to go to this website: http://www.wikihow.com/Make-Glitter-Shoes.

Fabric and Buttons from Atlantic, IA...

We went to both Walnut and Atlantic in the same afternoon, as they are very close together.

I found some buttons in Bonnesens (old fashioned five and dime store: if you happen to be in the area make sure to stop, they have everything from crepe paper to penny candy).

And I purchased some fabric for some dresses, a blouse and skirt.

More notions from Walnut,IA...

I found some-more good stuff in my antique shop hunts.

Ta Tum! Drumroll, introducing a new blog...

After much deliberation I decided to launch my own little sister blog just for my culinary exploits, I will be discussing all things related to and surrounding food/drinks, and of course posting my recipe creations. Come and see! :) I have a link to the side, and the web address is labeebonvivant.blogspot.com.

Enjoy! :)