Freezer paper stenciled flowers with buttons

The layered lace, the ruched sleeves;  no doubt about it:  this is a FANCY, well loved, filthy dress.
 The kind of filth that just won’t come out in the wash.  Popsicle drips, yogurt smears and whatever else girls get into.   

I cut off the top portion of the dress and sewed the flouncy bottom onto a garage sale $.50 shirt from the Gap.   It’s not quite as fancy as the original with the fake necklace and awesome sleeves, but she likes it.

We enhanced that plain white sweater with some paint and buttons.  I cut out the flower shape with my Silhouette machine and some freezer paper.   We used craft paint (I happen to know that it stains clothes really well) to stencil flowers along one side of the sweater. 

I sewed on colorful buttons in the center of each flower to make a super unique cardigan.
What do you think?

Thanks for looking!
Love,
Amy Jo at The Little Moments