Our apartment is only a one bedroom, but the bedroom is enormous for the amount we're in there. So in the last 4 years, we've been storing all of our miscellaneous in there. I realized after removing the stuff to go to our storage unit and the stuff to go to Goodwill that I forgot to take a "before" picture, so I've only got a "during" pic instead. You're just gonna have to power through it.
Pardon the laundry!
And here's a shot of the "after" -- I set up my card table and a bookshelf so now I have a place for all of my craft stuff to live! It had been stashed on top of/next to our kitchen table. I CAN'T WAIT TO MAKE MORE THINGS.
My table cloth is actually a shower curtain I bought at a garage sale for $2. It might also make an appearance as a backdrop sometime, I'm not sure. (Future project: recover the card table - the vinyl is covered in marker and stains... pretty sure I stole this from my brother and/or his friends at least 5 years ago).
Speaking of making more things, I did some!
I totally just realized I meant that to say "Do you like your bra straps sticking out all over the place". Obviously I was not paying attention. oh well.
SO GUESS WHAT I DID ABOUT IT?
I took these things: New strapless/convertible bra, old strapless/convertible bra, needle, thread, seam ripper, and two pins.
I removed the strap loops from the old bra and sewed them into the center front of my new bra so my bra straps don't show in my shoulder-less clothes!
Look how happy I look! [And how bare that wall is! -- See the need for the patterned wall?]
It sounds really stupid, but I had been wanting to add another "loop" to my strapless/convertible for some time after seeing this:
I can't believe I never thought of this for halters/narrow shouldered tops. Duh. Oh, and males who read this: you're welcome.
There's nothing tackier than going to work with straps showing. Now, I feel completely comfortable and able to wear some of these shirts to work.
And the other thing I did:
I shortened the straps on the blue shirt pictured. I had been meaning to for months and finally got around to it today while I talked to my sister-in-law on the phone (shoutout to Angela, lol). I've got various other "fixer-upper" projects lined up, but I don't think I need to post them since they aren't particularly photogenic or interesting (you're welcome).
Overall, a lame blog post, but I had to start somewhere on my enormous project for the patterned wall. Would you be interested in seeing a fast-forwarded video of me applying my patterned wall cutouts? Just and idea I'm toying with. Until next time!
