Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Refashion a Vest Into a Feminine Ruffle Shirt
Salvation Army had its annual 50% off day and that’s the perfect day to pick up some great finds for your refashion collection! But I find that most people don’t head to the new section — anything with a tag still on it is marked up about 40% more than the used stuff. At 50%…
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Remaking a Ill-Fitted Dress Into Something Sexy
My daughter bought this fashion-woe. It was one of those really nice dresses that looked smashing on the rack, but was ill-fitted and ugly once you look in the mirror. Have you ever made one of those clothing mistakes? *Raises hand up high!* She came to me to fix it for her, and after a lot…
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Refashioning a Cute Striped Shirt by Adding Lace & Making It Longer
I mostly shop for things that will look good, because I’m just too lazy to follow any kind of fashion trends. This spring, however, stripes have come back into style. Fashionistas, get out all those great shirts and sport them this season! I was so psyched when I found this shirt at the Salvation Army.…
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Small Changes to a Shirt Make It Even Better
I got this shirt from the Salvation Army. There isn’t anything wrong with it, except I think it’s a little too coy for my taste. I’m not a big fan of the keyhole on the front of the shirt at all. So today, I am going to show how a small change can make something…
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Repurposing Fashion Clothing: Upcycling Pants From a Dress
Remember this lovely pile of scrap material from my Shirt from a Dress post two weeks ago? Well, it’s time to put that wonderful fabric to upcycling use. I’m going to make a pair of flowing, easy lounging pants. I love pants like what I envisioning. Gotta hem the top over. And again. Sew into…
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Repurposing Fashion Clothing: Upcycling an Empire Waist Top from a Dress
One of the first things I uncovered from my mother’s wardrobe was this dress. The concept of this dress is great except that it was for an old person. Sorry, Mom! However, this looks like it would make a great addition to a summertime swimming attire, so even though we are in the midst of…
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Remaking a Dress into a Skirt
I found this dress at the Salvation Army the other day. There doesn’t seem to be anything wrong with it, but it was a badly designed dress. Time to upcycle it into something I can wear: a skirt! Don’t you love it when you can take something that someone else couldn’t do anything with, and…
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Upcycling a Skirt for St. Patty’s Day by Shortening
I found this skirt at the Salvation Army and it’s been hanging around in my closet for a few months. I love the dyeing, lace and ruffles, but I hate the length. Here’s Lex trying it on. I’m going to try my hand at upcycling it, so that it is a shorter (mini) skirt instead.…
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Repurposing Fashion Shirt: Upcycling a Dress, Part I
My friend gave me these three long summery dresses. I love them, but I also hate dresses. Actually, I hate skirts too, but dresses even more. There was a time when all I did was wear dresses like these, so I was pretty stoked to get them. Until they sat in the back of my…
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Recycling Postal Mailers: How-To Make a Valentine’s Day Cupcake Picks
Apologies because this post is coming a day early, but I wanted to get it out in time for Valentine’s Day. Last week, I showed you how to make cute little heart pockets for the ones you love, but I can’t let those little bits and pieces of the USPS Postal Mailers go to waste,…
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Recycling Postal Mailers: How-To Make a Valentine’s Day Heart Pocket
USPS Postal Mailers make for wonderful craft projects, if you get one mailed to you. So instead of throwing them into the recycle bin (yes, you can recycle those mailers), try upcycling them into a cute Valentine’s Day Heart for your kids. You can also make all sorts of recycled, repurposed, or upcycled crafts from these…
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Repurposing (Upcycled) Fashion Clothing: Repurposing a Knit Shirt
I love upcycled clothing because not only is it frugal, but it is also eco conscious. Eco fashion! What a great phrase. At any rate … on my mother’s last visit to my house, she left behind this shirt. I really like it, but I didn’t want to touch it because it holds some nostalgic…
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Repurposing (Upcycled) Fashion Clothing: Making Colored Jeans
My daughter Liz has an obsession with colored jeans. She must have had a dozen pairs before the craze even started. One day, we decided that we were going to make our own pair of colored jeans using an old, ugly pair of dark denim that she had floating in the back of her closet.…
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Repurposing (Upcycled) Fashion Clothing: Adding a Little Fringe to Your Boots
We found this great fringe at JoAnn’s. Liz immediately fell in love with it and asked to attach it to her boots. Even though it isn’t really upcycling (more like decorating), I still dig the creativity. Here is the “before boot.” She added the fringe with the glue gun. I didn’t have to tell her…
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CD Jewel Case Calendar to Make a Great Homemade Family Gift!
This post has been moved to my new website: CD Jewel Case Calendar to Make a Great Homemade Family Gift!
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