Clearance Rack to Boutique Rack

So I found this simple red jacket on the Target Clearance rack.  It was size newborn and my grand baby was born last month, so for $2...oh yeah, it was mine!

BUT!  It is quite boring...very practical, but boring...

So I decided to 'jazz' it up a little bit!

I love black, white and red together so I used fabric that I already had on hand from previous projects HERE and HERE.

I used a bowl to trace the size circle I wanted.

I'm making a 'yo-yo' to use as 'flowers'.  Put a running stitch around the edge of the fabric.  The longer the stitches, the tighter the closer...whichever look you are going for will be fine.  I wanted my 'flowers' to be a closed as possible.

Start pulling the thread and the fabric will start to gather in on itself.

Keep pulling until...

You get a 'yo-yo' or a 'flower' in my case.

Make a knot and cut thread.

I added red buttons to tie in the red jacket and to create the 'middle' part of the flower.

I did a cluster of 3, in different sizes...

Here they are on the jacket...

Doesn't that help that boring jacket go from clearance rack to....

BOUTIQUE Rack!

Here's our future model, sporting her chic jacket!!  Too Cute!

Supplies for 'flowers' - free - I had everything on hand

Making something boring into chic and especially for my grand baby = Pricele$$

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I {{heart}} "CLEARANCE" & this Week's Menu

I went at Wally World this morning to get groceries for the week and supplies for my day of baking.  I was looking for cello paper - which, by the way, is impossible to find - 3 stores and no cello??  What's up with that??  Anywho, I turned the corner and saw these:

on CLEARANCE!!!  And just $1 a piece!!  I wanted to make those cool black pumpkins for Halloween this year...you know the ones with the vinyl silhouettes on them..but didn't have the pumpkins...now I do and I can make them next year!

Also, the little pumpkins are cover with those tiny clear beads, so they kind of have a 'shimmer' to them (it's very hard to tell from that picture)...they are soooo pretty.  I would have bought more if they had more.  I debated on more big pumpkins, but this will be fine for now.

Now to get this crap decorations up in the attic!!!

This week's menu:

1.  Chicken Tacos

2.  Cabbage Roll Casserole

if you like cabbage rolls, you will love this casserole and it's a whole lot easier to make!!

3.  Chicken Pot Pie

4.  Green Chili Burros

5.  Stew

6.  Crunchy Fish

I will link the recipes tomorrow...I. am. tired.

I started cooking at 9:30 this morning, then switched to baking and did not finish until 7 this evening, so I'm going to chill the rest of the evening.

I will also show you what I made this year for my homemade gifts...I was so tired by the time I finished, that I wrapped everything up and didn't take one pic!!!  Will fix that tomorrow :-)

Finding stuff you {love} on CLEARANCE for pennies/dollars = Pricele$$