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Neon Yellow and Gray

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I love the back of these shoes. All about the details!

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What I’m Wearing:

Bottoms: Banana Republic Factory Store (Tall size and DIY alteration) | Top: Old Navy | Shoes: Barefoot Tess 

 I hope you all had a wonderful weekend! I’ve had this neon yellow shirt for months and have never worn it because I couldn’t figure out what I wanted to wear it with besides jeans.  Then I remembered I had a pair of gray pants that would go well.  When I pulled out my pants they seemed a bit dated with the bootcut.  So I went over  to my sewing machine and turned them into skinnies.  It was pretty easy.  First I turned these gray pants inside out. Then  I took a pair of skinny pants I already owned and laid them on top.  I then took my tailors chalk and traced up until slightly above the knee where the outer and inner seams met on both pair.  I then pinned where my outline was and tried the pants on.  I liked the fit and didn’t need to make any adjustments.  I stitched them up with me machine and then trimmed off the excess.  Lo and behold I had a pair of brand new pair of gray skinny pants.

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Blue and Purple Paisley DIY

Pretty Tall Style | Blue Purple Paisley Print

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DIY Black/White Stripe Maxi Dress

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DSC05039_2_ppBlazer : Banana Republic | Dress : DIY (pattern used McCALLS M6559 : Fabric from my local Fabric Mart | Shoes : Dolce Vita | Bag : Kate Spade

Today I am wearing probably one of my favorite diy items.  I have worn this dress five times already in the past few weeks since I made it.  Although this is its first appearance on the blog.  Although today I was going for a more polished looked by pairing it with a blazer, I have normally been wearing it pretty casual, by itself with flip flops for running quick errands.  If it would get a little cool or start raining I would just throw my jean jacket on and out the door I went still looking put together.  I could live in maxi dresses I tell you.  They make it so easy to get dressed in the morning.

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