I decided to post up my New Year's Eve outfit for tonight as I decided last minute (try yesterday) to semi dress up for tonight. When I say semi dress up - I mean to dress normal compared to most girls. I'm not exactly the high heel mini skirt type of gal (try sweatpants and tie dye shirt...wearing them as I type right now haha). So yesterday when I was in Joann Fabric's picking out some ribbon for another project, I decided that I should make better use of my 40% off coupon. Rather than using the coupon for my $3.79 ribbon, I figured why not splurg it on a sequin fabric of my choosing. By the way, it took me a solid 2 hours Googling "glitter tops" to remember that it is not glitter, it is sequin. Grrr. I bought a yard and a half of the sequin fabric which came to $10.79 but after using my coupon the total was $6.47. I went home knowing what type of top I wanted to make - but the problem was, I had no idea what the shirt name was called. I went to pinterest.com and typed in glitter tops...ya, that didn't work. I did the same on Google...failed. So, after watching an entire People's Court episode while Googling random words I finally came across what I wanted to make. I believe it is called a "blanket style cardigan." I didn't want to have any sleeves because I thought that would require too much effort on my part. I Youtubed around and found a great tutorial on how to make a "vest cardigan." Ten minutes later - baboom! I just made myself a nice lil' sequin vest cardigan (no sewing required!!!).
My next step was to figure out what the heck I was going to wear with my fancy-dancy "vest cardigan." What did I do? Went to Goodwill! I got completely side tracked there and bought a few other items (you will see them later - I did find a great deal on a pair of rocketdog shoes). Anyway, I ended up buying a few different simple black or gray tops to try out with my sequin vest top once I got home. All shirts are $4.50 so it gives me the freedom to buy a few and make decisions later!
I woke up today with a plan...I needed to figure out what I was going to do for the bottom part of the outfit. I was very tempted to wear short black shorts with rockin pink tights and my wanna-be Converse sneaks, but after some discussion with one of my "fashion consultants," Lindsey (she is actually a former field hockey player of mine and is a sophomore in college so of course, she knows her style), I decided that the pink may be too much for a small New Hampshire house party - so I opted out and decided to wear skinny jeans instead. The next problem was that the only pair of skinny jeans I have were the light ones shown in my last blog and then dark blackish denim looking ones...neither would be a great match for my sequin top. Alrighttyy then. I asked myself if I should go to Goodwill but I decided that maybe I should try to be more creative, especially considering I have gone to Goodwill 3 days in a row now (what else should a teacher during her school vacation do haha?). I remembered that I have seen some tutorials on Youtube before, and there really are tons of tutorials about anything - so I decided to see if there were any good tutorials on how to make skinny jeans out of old baggy jeans. Pshh - yup! Thanks to Youtube there were tons! I found two videos in particular that I liked and went at it...within literally 5 minutes max, I turned an old pair of baggy jeans into skinny jeans! I kinda sewed them a bit too tight for my liking but whatever - this is my first time so I figured I'd let it slide.
My final decision on the outfit for tonight is (please excuse the photos...not the best quality)...
My final decision on the outfit for tonight is (please excuse the photos...not the best quality)...
 |
| Silver Style |
 |
| Sparkle Sparkle! |
Dolla Dollar Breakdown:
The silver flats are from Nine West and were given to me for free by my cousin Jenna. Some of the jewels were broken off so I just used some Jewel-It! glue to smack those babies back on the flats. Next stop, the jeans. As mentioned, I made these skinny jeans from an old pair that I never really wore because there were too baggy. They are Mudd jeans originally bought at Kohls for $11 bucks or so if my memory is right (I got so excited that they were only $11 bucks that I just bought them...not realizing that they didn't fit me that well). Next stop my top - a bought a tag-less/nameless t-shirt at Goodwill for $4.50. Simple and black did the trick for me. For the sequin top, as previously mentioned, I bought a yard and a half for $6.47. The earrings were bought from Kohls awhile back with a $10 gift card that Kohl's randomly gives me. I have no idea how I got this hook up but every 3 months or so, they send me a $10 gift card on anything in the store. I know that this is a marketing gimmick to get me to the store and buy more then $10 bucks worth of goods but heck no I'm not falling for that trick. Instead, I will spend just about $10 so I get free stuff! Lastly, the hair pieces - the pink flower was $4.99 (two flowers for that price) and was bought from Claire's Accessories, and the sequin band was made from leftover fabric. And there we have it!
Grand total: $26.96 for entire outfit or $10.97 for the sequin top fabric and t-shirt (purchased specifically for this outfit)
Once again - just some creativity and zero talent and you can have a cute outfit for New Year's Eve! I'm a complete beginner on the sewing machine so if I can do it - so can you!
Sincerely,
The Fashion Treasure Hunter
PS. Here are the links to the tutorial videos I used:
- Vest Cardigan Top
- Skinny Jeans Video 1: Skinny Jeans Video 1
- I mainly used this tutorial but it abruptly ends so I watched a 2nd video that walked me through the end piece
- Skinny Jeans Video 2: Skinny Jeans Video 2
- I only started to pay attention to her at the 4:30 mark to see how she finished the jeans
