okay, so heres the deal. i've decided that guys are A LOT harder to buy for than girls.

think about it, guys never really want anything, or if they do they tend to already have it.

girls are so much easier cuz as long as its something cute or romantic or meaningful we'll like it. it doesn't even have to be expensive, meaning is what we like.

so here's the deal.

i need to figure out what i'm going to buy for the rest of my boyfriend's xmas present...  i've already bought him part of it but he already knows hes getting it since he picked it out..

he doesn't really do much that i can like, buy him stuff for.. know what i mean?

he's a big fan of video games and skateboarding and playing airsoft.
and my budget is -extremely- limited.
 

this is proving to be a lot more difficult than i thought it would me

any help at all would be appreciated, i guess i just need an idea to be like, ooo that would work!

Some of you may have seen my first renassiance dress post:
http://www.craftster.org/forum/index.php?topic=119794.0

that dress was made for my little sister, and after i finished hers i figured i'd have enough time to make one for myself 

First let me explain where the fabric came from
-black: from a short cocktail type-dress (awful 80's-ness, wish i had pics...) i basically just tore it apart to use the fabric, no shape was really retained, in fact the top hem of the dress i made -was- the bottom hem of the former dress.
-burgandy: a thrifted burgandy brides maid's dress, was formerly strapless and acutally quite pretty, but alas, it had to be incorporated into this dress (it was 2 sizes too big for me anywho ^^)
-Gold/white: fabric i bought at the upholsterly section of joann's on sale for cheap.
-Trim: also from joann's
-Buttons: joann's(can you tell thats where i get my stuff?) they're decorational only, theres a zipper on the right side.


yeayeayea, booring stuff. now, here's THE DRESS!


Front:



Back:



it looks better on my dressform... lol.  i can take more pictures if i get enough requests for more.. ^^

the originals were 1)the dress my grandmother wore to my mom's wedding and 2)the dress my aunt wore to my mom's wedding.

and they were UGLY A$$ big poof sleeves big bow 80's dresses.
^^

PICS:


(it had really HUUUUGE black puffy sleeves and a big ole bow in the back.. i had already taken off the sleeves when i remembered to take a pic)


(and this one had a huge bow on the butt of it too...)


annnnndddd....


TA DA!



front


another of the front


the back


and the petticoat which i also made.  the skirt i found, and the tulle i handsewed on so it has this nice little ruffely detail on the top.



and.. thats it!

thanks for looking!

yes. so this all began when one of my favorite pairs of jeans grew a hole.  idk about anyone else but my jeans tend to wear in the crotch/inner thigh area before anywhere else.  so eventually they grew a hole that simply forced me to retire them.  i had a patchwork jean skirt when i was little, so i figured i'd make another one.  heeere it is:

ze floor wearing ze skirt:




front patchwork detail:




annnnd finally, me wearing it:




any comments/questions appreciated, thanks for looking!

what i started with. the blue one has stains towards the bottom end.
and the black one which i -loved-, all the studdy-thingies started becoming un-shiney. idk what happened or what i did. but it turned ugly.




and this is a close up of the beatles shirt. you should be able to see what happened.




AND.....

ta da! *the front* (please excuse my bored look and need of a dye job*




*the back*




its reallly simple and easy. but its my frist shirt. and i'm proud of it. ^^

any/all comments welcome!
thanks for looking!



  patriotic smilies ^^
teeheehee

this is how i made my cons my own.

Both:



Left(sorry for the screwed up image, wouldn't upload right):



Right:

First of all, thank you to stencilry for the emu stencil.  simply awesome.  i put it on a word doc and then put the words underneath.  it hadn't dried yet, thats why it may look kinda shiney.  i was too impatient to wait to take pics

now on to the shirt:


and a close up:


thanks to all for looking!

About how many yards of fabric will I need to make a floor-length circle skirt? 

found it in a magazine. had to make it into a purse. sorry i only have one pic:


thanks for looking!

here it is:


and the inside w/ pockets for papers & cell phone(sorry for the blurry-ness):


thanks for looking!