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Tuesday, August 25, 2009

I Love Smart Friends and Cute Solutions

Problem: I have a little girl who is tall enough for size 5 clothing but skinny enough for 24-month clothing. I try to only buy adjustable-waist pants, but even when I do that she grows out of the length of the pants WAY before she's made it to the 2nd button on the waist. (Or she gets holes in the knees before she's grown out of the pants - another problem that can be solved through this great idea!)

Smart Friend: My smart friend, Lisa, gave me a brilliant suggestion for solving this problem.

Cute Solution: You chop off the pants or way-too-short shorts that still fit around the child's waist, and make them into a new and adorable skirt! I think this is the best idea ever! Katelee and I went fabric shopping and chose three fabrics. We spent less than $5 on each fabric. Then I spent about an hour per skirt and - presto! New clothes. And I didn't have to do the waist-band or zipper! She loves wearing them. She's been wearing them with sandals this week, but I doubled the fabric and made them extra long on purpose so she can wear them with tights during the fall and winter.

Yikes - sorry about the wetness in these pictures. I forgot that Katelee had insisted on wearing this skirt over her wet swimming suit, and I didn't let it dry before taking pictures.

The above fabric is the third fabric we chose. I haven't made it into the skirt yet, but I just get so excited about cute fabric that I have to show it.

4 comments:

UnknownAugust 25, 2009 at 9:41 PM
very cute! But whatever happened with the wet spot? You can't leave us hanging like that!!
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The Shill SpillAugust 26, 2009 at 7:50 AM
Soooo cute Jenn! Soooo smart Lisa! Good work Jenn! YOu did a great job!
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Liz and ChaseAugust 26, 2009 at 12:00 PM
So Cute! Hannah is having these same problems, so maybe I will have to do this for her, another idea would be to add extra fabric at each ankle of jeans in a cute flower print. although she is such a girly-girl she would probably prefer the skirts.
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LisaAugust 28, 2009 at 8:26 PM
They look cute. That Lisa sure is smart...or else she just reads a lot of creative people's blogs!
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"Are you going or leaving?!?" She was trying to ask if I was coming or going, I think . . . LOL!
Pulling her eyebrows up in the middle, "Do I look EVIL?"
Gerald woke up one morning complaining of a sore back. "Dad, you need to get a Sleep Number bed," was Katelee's response. We cracked up! Too much TV, perhaps?
I told her I was going to french braid her hair. When the braid was done, she asked, "How does my Mexican braid look??"
We were admiring a beautiful moon on the evening of Gerald's birthday. Katelee said, "I think Jesus put that moon in the sky for daddy's birthday." Aunt Bonnie's birthday was two days later. Katelee saw a cloud that was shaped like a "princess crown" in the sky and said, "I think Jesus put that crown cloud in the sky for Bonnie's birthday."
"Do you know Heavenly Father's phone number?"
How did Heavenly Father create our bodies without spilling all the blood?
While driving past the big glass windows at a local restaurant, "MOM! My vision is SO GOOD that I can see through that wall!"
"I was scared that the cow was going to moo at me. Or poo on me."
"Can you remember all those things that are in my brains?"
"I have 100 pounds of heart in my tummy for daddy. Mom, you only have four pounds."
"I want more tickling and kiss-l-ing!"
"Scripture Power! Keeps me safe from THIN!" Nothing we say can convince her that 'thin' isn't the proper word here.
While serving a German chocolate cake, "I don't want the German, just the chocolate."
In a really sarcastic voice, after Gerald asking if she needed to go to the bathroom, "Dad! I'm NOT two!"
As we were leaving Deseret Book, "Mom, I really like that statue of Jesus and Mr. God."
Me: Katelee, did you just BITE me? Katelee: No, mom! I was just chewing on you!!
To the kid at the playground who climbed to the top of the jungle-gym, "Hey! You are the angel Moroni!"
While saying a dinner-time prayer when the missionaries were eating with us, "...and please bless the...umm...the...the teachernaries."
"I can feel Jesus in my heart. Mom, I think Jesus is hungry."
Trying to make a deal with me: "Mom, if you put my doll's dress on, then you can give me a fruit snack!"
While sobbing about her new splint, "MOM! I REALLY miss my wrist!"
"I want to go to the temple and marry a prince. A prince named Ronald. But NOT Ronald McDonald. Just Ronald."
"Mom, I have to wear my sunglasses when it's dark so I won't be scared of the dark."
"Do you want to play? You be the princesses and I'll be the glass slippers!"
"These are my shoes. Their names are 'glass' and 'slipper.'"
"When I grow up I want to be ketchup."
"Frogs jump like this. Frogs jump on the knee pads. The knee pads float on the water and the frogs jump on them!"
"I want to watch Shampoo." This means 'Enchanted.' Even though we have told her several times that the movie is called 'Enchanted,' she still gets confused and calls it Shampoo. =)
"I'm not hyper! I'm a CHICKEN NUGGET!"
"Dad, don't poop in your underwear!"

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I Love Smart Friends and Cute Solutions

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