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Hey y’all! It’s me again! Alida from Alida Makes showing you a fun fashion DIY! Today I have fun project that is sure to get you in the mood for Summer. DIY floral pocket jorts! Wondering what JORTS are? JEAN -SHORTS ;) he he although this would work just as well on a pair [Read More]
Alida wows us again with another amazing DIY post inspired by pinterest!! {to see all the posts from Alida on Love Stitched click HERE} ————————————————— Hey y’all! A while ago I asked a question on my blog: what kind of Pinspiration post do YOU want to see? The number one answer? DENIM. You wanted to [Read More]
As a photographer of little children, I have come to LOVE this technique of swapping heads in Photoshop. My goal is to get a perfect picture that the parents will swoon over. Sometimes, it is difficult to get both children to look at the camera AND give a good expression at the same time so [Read More]
Hey y’all! Today I’m going to show you a fun, girly DIY project, inspired by these sunglasses: I love the ’70s shape of these shades. But I’m not in love with the yellowing white color. I bought them forever ago, so long I can’t remember where I got them! I *think* [Read More]
Hey y’all! Today I have a fun project just in time for Valentine’s Day! Bonus: it looks great all year round. Don’t you deserve to do some selfish sewing? Today’s Pinspiration came from ASOS. Source: us.asos.com via Alida on Pinterest Well, partially from ASOS and partially from Philly’s Fabric Row. If all you’ve ever [Read More]
Hey y’all! Alida here from Alida Makes, and I have a big confession. I have a slight obsession with the Target clearance racks. And by slight I mean I CANNOT STAY AWAY FROM THEM. I found this beauty for $1.63. WHAT?! A dolla sixty three??? How could I say no? So what if it’s not [Read More]
Hey y’all! Today I’m going to show you how to make a simple bow top sweater. Before we begin, let’s take a look at the before picture: Sad. This sweater was on clearance a couple of years ago at Old Navy and I bought it…still have never worn it in public. It’s not awful, [Read More]
Hey y’all! Alida from I Make Stuff here again to share my Pinspiration project with you. Today I’m going to tell you a story: Once upon a time there was a sad little cardi. It was not ugly…just BORING. It had been in the Good Will pile for months. It had never even [Read More]
i hate when a favorite pair of jeans gets ruined by a growing hole, don’t you? worry no longer!! I’m here to help ya’ll out with a super cute and quick patch tutorial!! i’m all for the “holey-tattered-and-torn” look but sometimes those holes get just a liiiiitle too big in a not so flattering [Read More]
I find in life, it is often too easy to nit pick ourselves…to think of the bad, notice the bad – not the good. We don’t often praise ourselves or our accomplishments. I have been struggling with that lately. I have been picking myself apart from looks, to clothes, to decision, you name it I [Read More]