Let me Introduce Myself... LaLaLauren!

Greetings Refashioners! Hi! I am Lauren (otherwise known as LaLaLauren) and I am so excited about the Refashion Co-op blog and excited I can contribute! I love to see everyone's creativity in the refashion world!



So a little about me... I live in Mobile, Alabama. I have always been a crafter since I was little. My mother always loved making crafts and sewed a costumes for us. When we got older, she didn't sew much but focused more on crafts. In undergrad college, I did lots of crafts in my sorority and scrap booked. But when I started graduate school, my creativity kind of tanked so I could study science. I did not get into sewing until I started to bellydance. Costumes were expensive and even though you would spend good money on a costume, the instant you put it on and began to dance things began to fall apart. So I learned how to sew to fix and make bellydance costumes. That's when I first began refashioning. I searched thrift stores for material for skirts and appliques for bra/belt sets. And that's how it began...

I just recently began refashioning clothing not for bellydance costumes but for actual wear. I am a post-doctoral fellow in ovarian cancer research and I am trying to find more work appropriate apparel but not break the bank since I need to pay off grad school! In 2011 I made the resolution to not buy new clothes but only thrift, refashion, and sew my own clothing (did I mention I'm a self taught sewer, I really don't know what I am doing)! I thought it would be really hard but so far its March and I really enjoy it. Let's see come summer how I feel! :)

Ok enough about how I started let's get to the goods! I have my own blog at http://laurenphd.blogspot.com where you can find everything from crafts, refashions, sewing, etc. Its an adventure so that's why I call my blog "Adventures of Lauren". My tag will be LaLaLauren on this blog. Yay!

Here's one of my first refashions... I found this beautiful teal cardigan at the thrift store but it needed some work...


Kind of big, no shape, blah! I used some teal fabric I had in my stash (did I mention I am a bit of a fabric hoarder and bought 60 boxes of fabric off a crafter-it fills an entire closet of mine) that matched perfectly. I took it in and added ruffles to the front of it to now turn it into...


I love wearing this cardigan to work! Yay for more work clothes!

For more details about this particular project follow this link.. http://laurenphd.blogspot.com/2011/01/ruffle-cardigan.html

Thanks everyone for reading and letting me be one of the contributors! I love seeing everyone's creativity! Stay tuned for more! Have a happy Mardi Gras!

XOXOXO,
LaLaLauren