DIY Thrifted Eyelet Skirt into Flowy White Dress Tutorial

Hello all! and hello to sunshine, flowers and all your spring dresses!!

I had this thrifted eyelet skirt in my remake pile for a long time before knowing what to do with it. Originally I wanted to just take it in, and have it lay on my natural waist instead of my hips for a more feminine look. I liked that it was long enough (midi length as a skirt) and had the perfect eyelet fabric that is timeless for spring and summer.

I don't remember how this came about but I was craving a new white dress ...

(Can you really ever have enough??) 

and also around the same time, I found some ruffle eyelet trim at Hobby Lobby that I considered making into a flutter sleeve top. It all clicked!.... The skirt was a size 8 and could **almost fit around my chest. It just needed some taking out at the seams, and resewing and therefore expanding it as much as it allowed (lucky for me, the space opposite of zipper had a lot more fabric to work with then usual and I didn't even have to touch the zipper!)

I was able to take it out enough for it to fit around my chest (and zip haha) and added the trim as "sleeves". Such a simple DIY!

You could do this with other prints/ skirts as long as you find trim that will match and look like it's from the same skirt. OR, if you have a very long skirt, you could cut off the bottom and make mini ruffle sleeves from those scraps so that the "sleeves" match perfectly.

Another option: ribbon! Simple and cute way to add a strap that you could even add a tie effect for more of a summer type of dress.

I am excited about all the possibilities!! 

I hope you like this video and please like, share, and comment! If you have any questions, I would love to help in any way that I can!!

Couldn't resist getting some photos with my little girl too :) 

Go thrifting- find that way to big on you but oh so pretty skirt that you can recreate into the perfect flowy spring/summer dress :)

This probably goes without saying, but how easy it would be to do this for your little girl?? Find a skirt in the woman's section ($3.50 in our goodwill) and remake into a dress for your little girl! 💋 

Hope you are inspired!! 💓💓💓

With Love,

Viktoria 

Flower Shop 30th Birthday Party

Hello!

I haven't blogged in a while and it's been even longer since I've shared about our recently parties!
If you follow this blog (Or my instagram) or know me personally, then you may know my sisters and I love to throw and decorate for parties. A thirtieth birthday party for our last baby sister is almost expected after the one we threw for my older sis - haha actually for her 31st (HERE!) and then the one they surprise threw for me on my 29th! (HERE!!)

We also like to do things on a budget but make it look like we went all out. Flowers are EVERYTHING. If you spend a little extra on real flowers, the party will look amazing. Also, the more simple and chic you make it, the less "stuff" you need to fill the space. Maybe that is just our style but more is less on our tables..

We had a sweet girl, Esther Kirilyuk, of Esther Kirilyuk Photography (if you are local, check her page out!) photographed the party for us (so we wouldn't go crazy and miss out on anything) but I also enjoyed snapping a few pics.

We wanted to have a flower shop feel for the theme, and the flowers were decoration but also used as favors for the guests to take home- they each got to arrange their own bouquets to take home. I loved seeing how the guests picked color palettes and every single one looked stunning. I was so happy with the result!

Another very memorable detail to add to any party: have the guests be involved in making their own favor to take home! At my sister's 31st, we had a simple macrame lesson and made hanging mini macrame plant holders! At my surprise party, my sisters set up the most creative tea making station, complete with dried flowers, herbs, green teas, etc. I still think about the tea I made sometimes because it was so amazing haha!

July is an awesome time to have a flower shop party because where we live, that is where the most flowers are in a full bloom! I was able to get amazing dahlias from a local seller and cut my own sunflowers from a local field.  Even though summer is coming to an end... (I am having end-of-summer blues & in denial) this party is totally adjustable and can work for a lot of different seasons! Can you imagine the beautiful fall colors you can incorporate for a fall themed florist shop??! Trader Joes will always have your back, in the end, for all the extra fillers and pretty spay roses and hydrangeas year round!

Enough talking: Enjoy the beautiful pictures! 30 exactly! :)

Happiest birthday to our baby sis!!!

Thank you for reading and follow me for more DIY's, refashions, parties and ideas!!

With Love,

Viktoria 

Quick DIY Faux Fur Scarf Video Tutorial!

Hello and happy New Years to you all!

It's that time of year again when you make resolutions... to shop less, to spend less. It's also some of the hardest days to get through because you have post-holiday sadness, and the cold, cloudy weather when you are craving sunshine! You could also use some retail-therapy but you spent all your money on Christmas and that would break most of your resolutions, too! Haha! Can anyone relate??

I have the perfect solution for you! And it'll add something special to your winter outfit, for only $10.00.

A Faux Fur Scarf!! I cannot believe how soft and cozy this faux fur is! My youngest girl, Lily, steals this scarf from me any time she gets the chance to curl up in it. Makes me think I need to make her one!

It's a super simple DIY- hardly any pinning or measuring. Under 30 minutes: a few cuts, a few stitches and you'll have your new favorite accessory! Also, it will help you to keep your resolutions, AND keep you warm! :)

All you need:
1/2 YD Faux Fur (Got mine at Hobby Lobby)
Matching Thread

Click this link to go to my YOU-TUBE Channel! (There are also many more simple DIY videos on my channel that you may have missed! Subscribe so you don't miss the next one!)

Beautiful photos by Tamara Chepelyuk!! 

This scarf makes me happy :) Please tell me you will make one! 

Thank you so much for reading! Please comment with any questions! 

I love to hear from you!!

God's blessings to you and yours in the new year!! 

With Love,

Viktoria