More Minor Wardrobe Stuff

Here's a quick couple of embellishments. This first is a kind of toss-off: a large shirt that isn't really my style but that I couldn't resist: long enough to wear over leggings, colorful, and with bling! It had some beads and sequins, but the Mandarin collar wasn't going to work for me, so I folded it down and added more beads.
Here's a shot before--you can see the collar:

And here's after:

 Here's that total deer-in-the-headlights look I told you about: it was so bright out there that I kept my eyes closed until he said, "Ready" and then opened them wide and tried not to squint. I hate these posed photos--I could crop them all, but that's cheating.

Here's what I did to the collar.

Then there's this, my current favorite garment ever. It's Bryn Walker, and it's soft and faded. I didn't do anything to it--I'm really liking chambray and denim colors. I know: yikes!

I hatehatehate when the facing on a jacket is loose and flops out and shows when the jacket's not buttoned. I used some Misty Fuse to hold it in place, but that won't last through lots of launderings, so I added beads. I was going to stitch, since it's really casual, but for the life of me, I could NOT match floss to this color. Next to blue, it looks purple. Next to purple, blue. There wasn't a single color of floss that worked with it. These multi-colored beads, though, were perfect. And they were already in my house--always a bonus!

 I squinted on this one. My god, what dorky posed photos. We'll never do that again. And you wonder why I'm always wearing shades--this is the only day in FOREVER I went outdoors without them (did you know you have to have your eyes checked for melanoma, too? Wear those shades!)

I'll probably wear this unbuttoned over a tank or a t-shirt. If it had pockets, it would be The Perfect Garment. No, I don't think I'll add them--I've got enough projects in line to last me through the winter, and Trish gave me more stuff this week (she offers me stuff she's going to bag up and take for donation after it's been in the shop for a couple of months). For some odd reason, beading is soothing to me. I don't know why--I fight with the thread, and the beads slither around the bowl, and some are bound to come off sooner or later (although, you know, I have that first journal skirt with the beaded yoke in the back, and I swear it's never lost a single bead. The skirt itself has many layers of patches over almost all of it, but the beading has held up magnificently).

If you've got things you're altering, please give us a link--I'd LOVE to see photos!