One Dress; So Many Possibilities!!

I’ve been feelin’ kinda frumpy lately.  My go-to outfit is a tee shirt and jeans with my running shoes.  I usually pair it with a hoodie.  Don’t get me wrong, these are usually cute, fitted shirts with cute hoodies, but still…ho, hum…

So, when Sunday rolls around, I am excited to get dressed up for Church.  Dress me up and call me a girl!  I’ve been eyeballing a few dresses on Shabby Apple and instantly fell in love with this one:

It is called Atlantic Fog, and it is on sale for $42.00.  They’re having a 20% off sitewide sale.  Just enter in NEWYEAR in the promo box at checkout.  This dress was a whopping $33.60.  Even better!  Shipping was reasonable, and I ordered it on Tuesday night and had it in my hands on Saturday morning.  Nice.

The website said to order this dress a size smaller than you normally would.  I didn’t, and wished I would have.  It’s a little big, but I like the longer length. 

See?  It kinda hangs off me.  So, to add some shape, I added a “belt.”

Kinda hard to see on my busy quilt, but that is just a stretched out strip of tee shirt.  I did it just how I did the tee shirt ringlet scarf.  Then I wrapped it around myself twice.  Like so:

Ahhh…much better.  Then I added a cardigan and a hounds tooth scarf and couldn’t decide…

…over the cardigan…

…or under?!  Either way, I loved it.  It was at this point I realized I matched my bedroom!  Ha!  I loaded my kidlets into the car and headed off to Church. 

Ashlee inspired me with her sweater refashions.  I’ve got a black cardigan that I loved when I was pregnant.  It isn’t a maternity sweater, but it worked with the baby bulge.  Not pregnant; it just looks frumpy.  The sleeves were all wrong, too.

So, I took it in and shortened the sleeves.

With my excess fabric, I made some little flowers…

…which are completely removable.

I tried it out with my new dress.

I put the flowers on my “belt,” added a necklace and tall boots.  Love it!  See how different the same dress can look?

That got me thinking about all the belt supplies I inherited from Hubby’s Grandma.

Then the wheels in my head started turning…

I can do this!

And this!  With this $0.29 vintage belt package!

And my absolute favorite?!

Love it!

How cute would this dress be with a black cardigan and a thin yellow belt like one of these?

Oooh!  Or this one?

Or a big red one?

You could wear this dress to Church every Sunday of the year and never wear it the same way twice!  Brilliant!  I am so glad I bought this dress.  The possibilities are endless!  If you want one, hurry and buy it while they’re having their sale!

You won’t regret it!