new summer dos and jean skirt number two

At the 4th of July parade last Sunday we scored two free coupons to Sports Clips. Think these boys need a haircut? For years - actually, Elliott's entire life - they have only had their mother and a pair of scissors. It's worked okay. But we couldn't pass up a free haircut could we?



Two coupons. Three haircuts. Dad surprised us all by sneaking out after he saw his boys' new dos and chopping his 8-inch ponytail. He says he can still play guitar as well as ever and he's not hot and scruffy all the time. He's a man of mystery, and cute as ever. But, the rock star and short hair? I'm still getting used to it.



My hair is shorter and redder this summer, too, but I don't have a good photo and since this is my blog, I'm showing the most recent recreated skirt I've made. These were really old, worn-out jeans with two blown knees. But they were comfy and I wanted to salvage them. At our most recent neighborhood clothes swap, I brought a linen dress that was too long, too shapeless and too see-through. No one else wanted it either. I loved the embroidery at the bottom, though, and my friend Heather suggested I keep it and made something else out of the fabric. She's a smart girl, that Heather. It was the exact perfect fit for this new skirt and I like the funky old-jean, flowery-linen combo.


And to solve the see-through issue, I sewed a t-shirt lining. Another clothes swap find and already hemmed. Too much fun with scissors over here.