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Fleece Baseball cap: thrifted | DIY crop top: thrifted | DIY high waisted shorts: thrifted | scrunchie: handmade

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Wore this simple outfit Tuesday to go thrifting in. Very appropriate I think because most of these items were thrifted! And, actually, the hat in this look is one of the purchases from my thrift trip hehe :) I'll post my most recent thrift haul soon!

The shirt was originally a large men's shirt, which I just cut in half to make me a nice crop top. The trouble with a shirt like this is that, if you lift your arms, the shirt will lift up with them, possibly exposing yourself. 

This is a very simple DIY which I'm sure doesn't need it's own post. I just suggest cut a bit lower than you measure just in case. I always do that to prevent a tragic clothing mistake that will never be reparable! 

Remember: you can always cut more off, but you can't add more on (easily, anyway).

I've cut a couple of these shorts recently. Basically, when trying on high waisted mom pants at the thrift store, only keep in mind how it fits around your waist and butt. You don't have to care about the legs since you're going to be cutting them off.

The scrunchie here was the first thing I sewed with my new sewing machine. It's super easy, and I might post a DIY about it. 

What do you guys think?

Thanks for reading, or just looking :)

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DIY Pompom trim shorts

This diy is pretty easy, as long as you have some sewing knowledge.

Got my inspiration for this DIY from a pic from my previous inspiration post:

For this DIY, you will need:

- some shorts (I thrifted mine)

- pompom trim of any color you like (Got mine at joanns; they only had a little left so I got the rest, I'd say no less than 1 1/3 yds, depending on your shorts width)

- thread the color of your shorts, or close to it

- pins

Before I did anything, I tried on the shorts. I noticed my shorts were longer than I wanted them to be, so I tried them on inside out and pinned them to my desired length. You don't have to do this if the shorts are already as short as you want them to be.

Because I don't have a sewing machine, I wanted to shorten the amount of sewing I would do. So I pinned the pompom trim to the bottom of my shorts where I wanted and backstitched along the bottom of the trim.

Next, I cut the excess off the folded fabric on the bottom of my shorts. Then, I folded the raw edges under the pompom trim. Then, I sewed the top of that part.

To save going back and sewing over the top of the trim, I did a series of stitches: one along the folded edge of the shorts, then one grabbing the loose edge of the trim and sewing it down to the shorts, like this: 

 You don't have to do it this way. I just did it to save time and energy. And you don't have to do it this way if you didn't change the length of your shorts like I did. You would already have a hem at the bottom, so no worries.

After a lot of handsewing and watching Bioshock playthrough videos from my favorite lets-player, HarshlyCritical, aka John, I was finished!

I had a tiny bit less than I needed to do two whole shorts holes, or whatever you call them haha. I probably only need two more pompoms to finish the right leg, but I think it looks fine without them. The empty space is in between my legs so I doubt anyone will notice. 

And here it is! I hope you all enjoyed the tutorial n try it yourself!! Send me the pics if you do. I'd love to see :)

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Thrift Haul

Hey, everyone. It's been a while, sorry!

Last Thursday I went to town n got some stuff at the Salvation Army.

High waisted pink shorts (one leg already pinned for a project ill post in the future)

a blue jean vest

printed mens button up

light pink dress

im excited for all of these items. I bought the shorts and button up w diys in mind, which ill post later. got the inspiration from my inspiration post here.

not sure if ill do anything to the vest. its fitted compared to vests ive bought in the past so I thot it was worth it, n I love collared shirts. I don't really like the pockets, so I might get rid of those, but we'll see.

I really love this pink dress. When I bought it, it was super wrinkly, but that went away after washing it. I really love the color and the fit of it. I will probably wear it under my gown at graduation. Also, for this midnight breakfast thing tomorrow night at my college, if you dress up like a superhero u can win door prizes, so I'm planning on dressing up like Blossom from the Powerpuff Girls in this dress. I don't have a wide black belt though, but that's not gonna stop me. Will probly instagram a pic of that outfit. I'm excited hehe :)

Thanks for reading!

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