Making Monday 50!!

Hello friends. We hope your summer is wonderful ~ can you believe this is the last week of July? My education friends are already preppy their classrooms to welcome back all the students, but I am NOT ready for summer to end! 

But today is party day and we have big things to celebrate.

1. This link party hit the BIG 5-0 {50 weeks and going strong}. 2. Last week's party was the biggest so far. {A huge thanks to each of you for your support in helping this party be successful. It wouldn't be a party without you!}

Welcome to Making Monday.

This is a party where you can find fun new creative ideas and tasty recipes shared by amazingly talented people. Every Monday bloggers stop by to link up their posts and share with all you party goers. By joining in {both bloggers and non-bloggers} you will discover new blogs, be inspired to make something new, try a yummy new recipe, and most importantly make new friends!
This party is hosted by Gracie and me, and your projects will be shared on both of our blogs. We love that you're here and we love featuring you on our social media so be sure to follow us so you can see if your post gets shared!
We also pin to our Making Monday Pinterest board and we'd love to have you follow along! This is a place you can find projects from all the previous parties, too, so it is like a party every day!
 

This is what your hostesses have been up to lately:

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Gracie made a super cute Pottery Barn Knock-off Beachcomber Round Tray. Click on over to see her tutorial.
 
Shredded Mexican Chicken

Lori posted one of her favorite Mexican dishes. If you're familiar with Cafe Rio, Costa Vida, or Chipotle, you'll probably want to make this savory Shredded Mexican Chicken.
 

These are the fabulous features for this week, chosen by Lori:

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#1. Personalized Game Pieces ~ Kid's Activities Blog. When my kids were young they always wanted game pieces like this but we didn't ever make any. They're so cute I'll for sure make some for my grandchildren.
#2. DIY: Painted Glasses ~ Blooming Homestead. These glasses are so cheery and perfect for serving up lemonade on a warm summer day. #3. How to Build a Wooden Planter Stand ~ Home Coming. I love the fresh, modern, functional look of these planter stands.
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#4. Sew Easy Ruffle Skirt ~ Almost Supermon. I love seeing girls wearing cute, feminine skirts.
#5. Monster Pencil Cases ~ About a Mom.
What back-to-school grade school student wouldn't want a bright and fun pencil case?
#6. Blissfully Bohemian Bedroom Makeover ~ The DIY Homegirl. This romantically peaceful Bohemian bedroom looks like a place I would love to relax in.
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#7. Inside Out Hong Kong Coconut Buns ~ The Woks of Life.
I quite intrigued by these buns. They're beautiful and look delicious. I can hardly wait to make some.
#8. Homestyle Country Fried Steak ~ Domestic Mommyhood. This is homestyle cooking at it's best. Yum. It looks delicious.
 
 
If you were one of the features PLEASE grab a button and share it with some friends.
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If you weren't featured this week, don't forget to check out the Pinterest board and keep linking up ~ next week could be you!
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Don't forget to check out our Pinterest board where we pin plenty of projects from each party!
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Bridesmaids Dress Refashion- Little Black Skirt


Heyyy ya! So remember like a month ago when I shared my refashion of a Davids Bridal Bridesmaid Dress Refashion? Well, here is another one I did the day after but kept putting off photographing. But I decided I wanted to wear it to a bridal shower for a friend and what better time to take pictures than when your all dolled up for a party!?

Anyways; here is my second Bridesmaids Dress refashion featuring yet another Davids Bridal gown! 


I've had this dress for 3 years now. I got this dress for my besties wedding almost exactly a year before my own! It was a super cute dress, and I even wore it once after the wedding; however, I just don't usually need a little black dress in this style so I thought I would make it a little more "gracie" :) 


To start off I separated the skirt from the top. I could have probably taken the lining with it but I didn't realize that until after the skirt was already detached. 

I then tried the skirt on to see how much I wanted to hem it. I'm a fan of short shorts, I can't help it I like my long legs :) After measuring and hemming I cut the extra fabric, and ended up having about a two inch ribbon. 


I then took that extra ribbon of fabric, cut in half and pinned the ribbon to the skirt top. I left enough on the front to tie a bow and lined up the edge with the zipper. 


I love this skirt, it was so simple to make and turned out so fun and flirty! I was actually looking for a skirt JUST like this earlier this year but was too scared to make it and didn't wanna spend the money to buy one, who would have thought I had something in my own closet that would take me less than 2 hours!!

I'm sure most of us have so many pieces in our closet that could use a good refashioning. And in todays world with all the tutorials and resources on line we just need to jump in! I NEVER in a million years thought I could pull this off, it isn't perfect by far but it is something I am proud and excited to wear along with my first refashion

 What do you do with dresses that you no longer wear on a regular bases?
How many bridesmaids dresses do you have insulating your closet? Before this project I had 4! That is close to $500 just SITTING in my closet!
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