Urban Street Bazaar!

So, today I went to the Urban Street Bazaar in the Bishop Arts District downtown!  All the vendors had awesome stuff for sale, I couldn't buy everything I wanted so I picked up a few business cards so I could check out their stuff online! 

Here are the things I bought:

$3

 http://www.b-linkdesign.com

This bow was the first thing I purchased at the bazaar! I love cute little hair clips and I couldn't pass this one up. Check out their website for other hair bows, jewelry and knitted accessories! 

 

$5

http://yomono.etsy.com

yomono-fashion.blogspot.com

Okay, this is definitely my new favorite thing I own. This is a monochromatic color chart... on a bracelet!! How cool is that?? I'm really into art and I love simple things like this, it's just very me I guess! She had all different colors and sizes so definitely go to her etsy and check them out, along with her other handmade things! Oh and don't forget to follow her blogspot too :)

 After we finished at the bazaar, we headed up the street to a new antique store we had never been to before...

I have a fairly small coin collection so I was excited to see that he had an assortment of coins for .25 cents each. I picked up these four, I don't have any like these so I'm really glad I saw them. 

There was also a box of old keys there for $1 each so I got these three. I will probably be making a necklace with at least one of them on it so stay tuned for that :)

These are his business cards, how cool is that? 

M'Antiques 

424 W Davis St. 

Dallas, TX 

Definitely stop by if you're in the DFW area, it's only been open for six months!

Yomono

http://yomono.etsy.com

B-link

http://b-linkdesign.com

Ornamental Things

http://ornamentalthings.com

^^totally recommend! One of my favorites there!!^^

Blossom Shop

http://etsy.com/shop/blossomshop

J Margot

http://jmargot.com

Freeforged Jewelry

http://freeforged.com

^^highly recommend-awesome hand sculpted metal jewelry!^^

Gypsy Trading Company

http://gypsytradingcompany.etsy.com

http://fairygarden.etsy.com

http://trashandtrinkets.etsy.com

http://trampsandthieves.etsy.com

http://makeitindiegenius.com

I strongly recommend visiting all the websites listed, especially if you live in the DFW area, it's great to support local artists! If you've never been to a bazaar before you should definitely try to find one in your area! They're great to just go and look around, meet cool people, and buy hand crafted, unique things for friends and yourself. 

I love going to these kinds of things because they're really inspiring to me. I'd love to one day have an online shop to sell things that I make to people from all over the world! I know that day will come, I just need to find my place in the crafting world first. 

Thanks for reading! 

DIY Simple Shorts!

In this tutorial I will be showing you how to turn some tacky pants from a thrift store into cute high waisted shorts! 

Lets get started!

WHAT YOU'LL NEED:

Step one:

Put the pants on and make a mark a little lower than how long you want them to be. Remember: you can always make them shorter, but you can't make them longer!

Step two:

Next, lay the pants out on a flat surface. If you're using a rotary cutter remember to put something under the material so you don't cut your table!

Find the mark or cut you made where you want to cut the material. I would recommend using a straight edge to mark all the way across the material so you get a straight cut but since my pattern goes straight across i was able to use the lines of stars as a guideline. 

And cut!

Step 3:

Fold the pants in half along the seem and make sure the side seems line up. Make a mark where the material ends, and cut across!

Tada! Shorts!

Now, put the shorts on and make sure they are the length you want. If you want to trim them more, remark and cut them just like in the previous steps. 

Step 4:

 Now these shorts are a little too plain for me. If you want to hem them and keep them plain, you're done! If you want to add a little more, keep reading!

Turn the shorts inside-out

Line up the lace on the inside of the leg and pin all the way around

When you've pinned the lace around the leg it should look something like this. once you have it pinned, use a strong thread and straight stitch when you put the pins. Remember to add extra stitches on the seems and where the two ends of the lace meet for extra strength. 

After both legs are sewn on it should look like this! Turn them right side out and they're ready to be worn! 

How I wear them:

top-Nordstrom Rack

shoes-H&M-$13

shorts-Salvation Army-$1.99

lace trim-Hobby Lobby-$1.99/yd

Total time spent:~2 1/2 hrs

(hand sewn)

Total cost: $5!

So, as you can see, this is my first post on this blog! Thank you for reading and please take a second to leave a comment on this post and let me know what you think! I know my pictures probably aren't the best but I will get the hang of it soon. I have many future posts planned out so if my blog seems interesting to you I would really appreciate it if you followed me! 

Also, please don't hesitate to give me any suggestions of things you would like me to post about. It can be as broad as "T-shirt reconstruction" or as specific as sending me a picture and telling me how to make the shirt the person is wearing. 

Thanks for reading!