DIY king size bed sheet

3 Different Looks Just for Fun.

I have two sisters. Both are beautiful. Both are models/dancers/pageant girls. Me not so much. While I enjoy Polynesian dancing and am comfortable on stage, I tend to shy away from anything else that puts me under the spotlight...including solo pictures (which is why I bought a body form to display my projects after months of taking REALLY awkward pictures of myself). Anyways...when the talented LeeYen Lobendahn approached me and asked if I'd be willing to model some of my DIY projects in a photo shoot, it took a lot of self persuasion to agree. LeeYen was awesome though and made me feel very comfortable. We were able to shoot 3 outfits before the sun disappeared over the horizon. 

This is actually my ruffle dress that I made a couple months back, but my sister (who was my stylist and make up artist) dressed it up a little with a creamy colored top and black vest.

This skirt was an old granny skirt that I bought at secondhand store for $6. I altered it quite a bit and turned it into a high waisted, knee length skirt with ruffles around the pockets.

Another originally granny-styled skirt that I bought at DI. It was quite ugly but I really wanted a red skirt at the time and saw it's potential. I cut, adjusted, and sewed it to exactly how I wanted and it now serves as one of my most favorite and comfortable skirts to wear.

DIY skirts

These were some of my very first DIY projects. I was so addicted as you can tell!

This red skirt was an old grandma skirt that was waaayy to long and little too big around the hips area.

So I made it a little shorter, adjusted the waistband, and brought it in a little. I've always wanted a red skirt, now I have one that only cost me $6!!


Excuse my modeling poses. my goodness. Anywho, I dont have a "before" picture of this blue skirt but it was kind of like the red skirt above so I made a few adjustments to it and now it fits perfect! Another $6 skirt!

I also added ruffles along the edge of the pockets, just to spice it up a little.


Crimson. sorry. green top and brown skirt were also DIY projects. Green top was a long sleeve, high neck top. I cut off the sleeves, lowered the neckline, and added ruffles. The skirt was calf length, I made it knee length.


This by far, was my funniest DIY project. The BEFORE picture speaks for itself. I looked very...homey. As you can see, I cut the sleeves off the top, made the skirt shorter, and added a cardigan (which I made a while back but wasn't sure what to wear it with...now i do!!)


I now have a red, blue, black, and brown skirt as well as a few tops from Deseret Industries (DI). The pieces ranged from $4 to $6 each!! What a bargain!

DIY shirts

This was my first DIY project. I dont have any "before" pictures but it was a high necked, Large, long sleeve shirt.


Same as above, no "before" pictures. The first one was taken right after I lowered the neckline. The second picture is obviously the finished product.


The LIAHONA SHIRTS!!!! My dad bought a billion of these for the Liahona Reunion in July 2011. We had boxes and boxes of shirts in our hotel room and we looked through all of them and couldn't find anything smaller than an XL. So we went to work and made our own sizes. I am sporting the "before" look, Eleni is sporting the "after" and my dad is sidebusting.


This top was explained in a previous post.



David's shirt....now mine!


Just added a little spice.


Two differnt shirts....same principle.




This was a XXL tank top that I made into a fitted top....I didn't like it, so I cut it up and turned it into a necklace. No picture.