Upcycled Tie Dye T-shirt Dress

Oh no! I have no arms!
Made this easy dress out of 3 old tie dye t-shirts and an old gray t-shirt. I thought I'd share.
As I said, I used an old stretchy gray t-shirt for the top, cut the sleeves off.

Take three old larger sized t-shirts. I took three tie dye t-shirts (that used to be my brothers), and cut rectangles out of the front of each, like so:

Then, pin and sew ruffles every inch at one end of the rectangle, looks like this :

Sew the skirt by sewing all of the sides to one another with a straight stitch (right side together).

(should look like this before sewing the last two sections together)

Sew the skirt onto the tank top and trim the excess fabric from the bottom part of the tank top. Hem bottom of skirt (or leave edges raw...whateva) and voile! A casual summer dress. 

The finished product.

Close up on the gawgeous ruffles.

Art Deco Nails

Wanted to share this very easy nail trick. 

Start with the lightest color (I used o.p.i. Did you 'ear about Van Gogh?). Paint a base coat, then two coats of the light color. 

Wait for it to DRYYYYYYYYYY!

Using blue painter's tape, make straight lines in different patterns. Paint the next lightest color (I used o.p.i. Monsooner or Later). 

Wait for it to DRY once again.

Then make new patterns using more blue painter's tape, and paint the last darkest color (I used o.p.i. Ski Teal we Drop). 

Put on the top coat and BAM! Done and done.

So basically, the secret to this trick is........ 

Blue Painter's Tape. It's made for the purpose of not peeling off previously painted walls, why not use it for previously painted nails?? Glorious.