The Bazaar!

Sorry the Picture is so blurry, my camera was dying!

Again it has been around 2 months since I have posted a blog.  But my reasons are really good.  You want to hear them?  Of course you do!  Well I have been so busy with this bazaar at a local church and, oh man, it takes a lot of time and effort.. effort what's that?  Yes folks effort, sweat, blood, and tears.  But I thoroughly enjoyed it. -I'm smiling right now.

SOLD!

Well the bazaar lasted from Friday Nov. 2nd to Saturday Nov. 3rd.  I made good sales and had a really fun time.  I was right next to my sister's piano teacher, her and her sister, were selling baked goods, (YES!  I don't have to get up and move to get my lunch!)  And also next to this guy who made things out of wood.  He said that he just started the craft.  Across from my booth was this guy who had the most detailed and amazing paintings ever!  If I had the money, and the space, one of those paintings would be hanging in my room right now.

This was my 3rd bazaar and my best one yet!  I made a good profit, and got my name/ stuff out there.  I received some orders and had a great experience   

Well, like a lot of shows on TV have that one show called the filler show.  It is the show that fills the gap giving the writers and staff a little break so they can gear up for the next great episode.  So that's what this is folks, see ya later. 

Fairies and Felines

 O.K., I have a whole bunch of new skirt designs for you all!  And I have chosen only three to show you.  But never fear for Lady Nicole and her trusty side kick Sir Brother Machine, will show you the rest some other time.

So let me introduce you to the felines skirt (as foreshadowed in the title.)  This skirt was inspired by... Wal-Mart!  Forgive me, I am a traitor!  Oh my dear Joann Fabric store!  How I am sooo sorry, but the fabric was so conveniently on the way to whatever else I was shopping for!  And the colors looked great together, and, oh Joann, they were on sale for only $2.00 a yard!  Can you ever forgive me?
         And that is how I got that fabric.
Moving on....

The rest of the fabric was all given to me by my sponsors   (Thank you Grandma, and sewing consultant!)  They are like my fairy god mothers of fabric!  This pink and black polk-a-dot one is totally cute, just for that little baby on the go!  Now I am smiling like a person who thinks babies are so cute.  Wait a socond... I am that person!  Hey what do you know!?!

And now for the skirt you have all been waiting for... it's, dralalalalalalalalalalala, this one!  I was so excited to create this skirt.  First time doing pick-ups on a skirt or anything for that matter, all by myself, just figured it out. (with some helpful tips from other blogs.)  And BAM!  It was supper fun to make.  Did I say I liked it?  Oh ya, it's one of my favorites.
Oh Joann Fabric store!  How I love you so much.  For it was you who was selling this fabric!  It was you who inspired me for the greatest of them all!  And yes it is you I will always love!  Oh Joann Fabric store!  Thank you for being there for me in times of need!  I'll see you next week!

And that was another episode of Lady Nicole and her trusty side-kick Sir Brother Machine!

See ya later!

Hunting for Treasure... Arrgh!

(My Sisters Closet) 

I do believe that it is high time I posted something.  And what a better thing to write about than a back to school, blog... post... thing.  Yes this may be a bit late, seeing as some people have already started school, and most are done shopping.  But hey this can always become great knowledge for shopping any time of the year, even next year's back to school shopping.  Whether you are in high school, grade school, collage, a mom with kids, or just a person who likes to shop right before school starts, and... you want to save a ton of money, keep on reading.

(Angle Birds Antike Mall)

A group of girls and I thought it would be fun to do some thrift store shopping.  Well we went to four thrift stores, (My sister's closet, Plato's Closet, Value Village, and Union Gospel Mission)  and 1 Antique mall, (Angle Birds Antike Mall)

I will present my wonderful treasures by giving you what the price of it would be, what the price is, and what I actually got it for.  So, with out further a do.

O.K. so... these little black heels were bought at a thrift store I went to on my own.  It's a new thrift store in our town called Restyle Resale.

They are Nicole Miller brand and have a cute little flower thingy on the toe of the shoe.  These shoes could have been baught at JCPenny's for around $30-$60.

                   I got these cute things for only $6.00!

So now back to shopping with the group.  We went to Plato's closet, and all of us loved the store.  Since I don't like to spend money I thought their prices were a bit spendy.  But then again every thing that they had was new used, so it over all was a pretty good deal.  And what is also really cool, is that on some of the items, they will put the original retail price and then their price.
So these teal wedges would have been $17.00 at payless.
They were selling them for only $5.00 instead.

Also at Plato's I got this awesome dark cheetah print shirt.  Polyester and spandex mix.  My favorite fabric to wear.  I paired it with some jewlery that I already owned.
I wasn't able to find a good original price for this and the store didn't know either.  The brand is XXI and you maybe could have found it at rue 21, just to give you an idea of what it could have been.  Well I got this awesome piece for $8.00.  For me that's expensive but hey if you could feel this fabric you would pay for it too!

We went to this one thrift store called Union Gospel Mission.  The money goes to a good cause and families in need.  Well they were having an awesome sale!  Red and white tags were 75% off, and blue tags were 50% off.  What a deal!  So naturally I go searching for the right colors of tags.  In my search I found this adorable jacket.  It still had the original store tag on it.  Once this wonder was $44, and then it magically became, $5.47!

 This was bought from the same place.  A nice polk-a-dot shirt.  For it's original, original price, I had no clue.  The tags had been cut out completely!
Well the stores price was $2.97, with their 50% off I got it for only $1.48!  A great deal!  I love sales!

Another store we went to was The Value Village.  They were also having a sale.  $2.00 blue tag day, and half off of green tags.  So I again was in the zone to find these colors.  And I did!  This Worthington shirt would probably retail at Macy's or JCPenny's for around $20-$40.  They priced it for $9.99 and I got it for only $2.00!  Again, I love sales!

"Soooo.... I know that you have totally been noticing that I have been wearing the same pair of jeans in every single picture."  She said sarcastically.

If you really did notice, then I give you a thumbs up! There I just did it for all of you noticers of detail!  Anyways, I had to save these jeans for the end,  I always need some kind of a grand finally, an amazing ending paragraph, an exclamation point at the end of every sentence!

This is again for you noticers of detail!  On the back pockets there is an M and then a K.  Do you know what those letters stand for?  MICHEAL KORS!!!!!
And then some of you ask, "Who is he?"  Well to those of you who don't know.  He is a fashion designer, a judge on Project Runway, (which I watch faithfully every week) and he has won a life time achievement award.  But the most important points to remember are Fashion Designer, and judge on Project Runway!
Micheal Kors jeans are designer jeans and they run from $70 to wait for it... $700!!!  Value Village was selling them for only $9.99 and since they were a green tag, I got them for only, drum role please, drlalalalalalalalalalalalala, $4.99!
In all agreement best buy of the day!  Maybe even the Century!

Well this treasure hunt has gotten very long.  Maybe I should edit it down?  Nah!  Well if you should leave this post with any knowledge of thrift store shopping it should be that when shopping at a thrift store don't just expect every thing to be cheep.  Some stuff can still be a little spendy.  Always always always try and look for the sales, if they have any; never buy something that is $10 unless you absolutely love it, and keep on digging through the sand for that treasure, because you never know if those designer jeans are just $5.00 away.

This is Micheal Kors, the Designer Judging on project runway with Nina Garcia Edditor of Mair Clare magazine (On left) and super model/ host of project runway Hiedi Klum (On right).

"Poof" It's a Skirt!

Once upon a time there was a little girl who wanted something more than just her uncomfortable shorts.  They fit her great at the waist but horrible at the bottom.  She new that the ball was getting closer and closer and she had nothing cute to wear to this awesome event.  Until Lady Nicole and her trusty side kick Sir Brother Machine came to save the day!  With a snip and a snap, a sew and a serge, Lady Nicole and Sir Brother Machine conquered those awful shorts and made some of the cutest skirts in all the land.  The End

 Well my little sister really didn't like her shorts, and I had been wanting to do another project so I made her 2 cute skirts.  All I did was cut off the legs and add on some fabric with a couple of ideas and poof!  Just like the fairy godmother transformed the servant girl into the enchanting princess; I transformed my little sister's shorts into some adorable skirts.  In the future I hope to have some more cute jean skirt ideas and show them off to you!  Until next time, see ya later!

Retro Remake

One fine day my mom was getting ready for our garage sale.  This sale happens once every 2 to 3 years. We go through all of our stuff and get rid of treasures that no longer posses a luster to our eyes.  Mom invites our friends and family to drop of their unwanted treasures and then she invites our other neighbors to jump on board and make it a sale day for the neighborhood.  Well, on this fine day, mom was looking through her closet throwing out this and that.  Then suddenly, she asked me to try on her old 1990's dress.  I did and I thought that it was not my style, it was out dated and awkward looking.  Yet I saw potential.

Mom didn't want me to redo this dress because she wanted to get $3 dollars out of it at the garage sale.  But my dad said he wanted to see what I would do with it so mom and I made a deal, I get to redo the dress, if she gets to receive her 3 dollars.  So I began on creating this Retro Remake.

I went into my room and began designing.  Ideas came into my head and I drew them down then it was time.  I was to create a master piece!  With my scissors in hand and my tape measure around my neck I cut, measured, then sewed, cut, measured, and sewed some more, until finally my work was complete.  Mom and dad were amazed and I was proud of myself, because this in fact was the second remake project I had done.  I had sewn a lot of patterns and some of my own designed bags and stuff.  But sewing free hand was an awesome challenge and a lot of fun.

Here is what I did.  Reshape the neck line, shorten the dress, take the lining and dress that I had cut off, gathered them into ruffles and sewed them on.  Then I surged everything for a finished look.  To top it all off I took the weird necklace thing that was connected to the dress and made those into earrings.  Pared it with a black belt I had, and some adorable black heels from a thrift store.  Well, I hope you enjoyed reading this Retro Remake.  See ya later! 

                                                 Sorry if the pictures are a little blurry.

Allow Me to Introduce Myself

Hi there! My name is Nicole Pearce, and I am aspiring to be a fashion designer.  This blog is just for me to have some fun with the things I make and show them off to a little old page on the internet.  I love to sew and it is a great gift that God has blessed me with.  I have so much fun when sewing a project.  I also have fun shopping at thrift stores, and feeling so proud of myself when I create an outfit for under 10 dollars!  Some people I notice will go to a thrift store look at one rack and think every thing is gross, but no fear my friends I am here to help you in this economy and go on a treasure hunt and dress up for less!