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Welcome to Thrifty to Nifty Thursdays at A Jennuine Life! This week I made a quick and easy e-reader sleeve out of wool felt from a friend and stash fabrics. What did you make this week? Are you taking thrift store finds or items you’ve had laying about the house and remaking them into something.. {…Continue Reading}

Welcome to Thrifty to Nifty Thursdays at A Jennuine Life! I’ve been up to my armpits in nautical flags this last week so I haven’t been able to do much niftyfying (I’m so going to start using that made up word!) so I thought I’d share some great recent projects I spotted around the community: {…Continue Reading}

Welcome to Thrifty to Nifty Thursdays at A Jennuine Life! My thrifty to nifty project for this week was to take a sequined tank and a dress of mine and meld them together into a sparkly party dress for my daughter Arden.  This is the final week of Project Run & Play and the sew {…Continue Reading}

Welcome to Thrifty to Nifty Thursdays.  I am having so much fun hosting this party and getting to see all the creativity you bring to share! My thrifty to nifty project for this week ended up being EVEN THRIFTIER since the two men’s dress shirts I refashioned for one daughter could also be used as a {…Continue Reading}

Welcome to Thrifty to Nifty Thursdays.  New or returning – thanks for stopping by! My thrifty to nifty project for this week was the costume I made my daughter to enter (and win – yay!) the Buzzard Princess title at the Goodland Mullet Festival.  I used all kinds of materials from my Mom’s and my {…Continue Reading}

Welcome to Thrifty to Nifty Thursdays.  If you’re joining from Project Inspire – I’m so pleased to have you! This week I transformed a sweater I wasn’t wearing anymore into a cute cardigan with elbow patches for my younger daughter Hadley.  Everything I used I already had on hand and she is wearing it tons. {…Continue Reading}

Welcome to the third week of Thrifty to Nifty Thursdays!  This week I managed to create two different thrifty projects.  The Love Reverse Applique Pillow upcycled a stained sweater into holiday decor and I used an old pair of my pants and some stash fabric to create The Skipper Dress for entry in week 2 {…Continue Reading}

Welcome to another edition of Thrifty to Nifty Thursdays!  This week I shared my refashion of a thrift store women’s sweater and some stash fabric into a dress for Arden.  This was also my submission for the sew along for Project Run & Play Season 6 week 1: The Pattern Remix.  I made an every {…Continue Reading}

It’s here!  I’m so excited to see what fabulous projects you have to share!  This is my most recent upcycle project – Felted Wool Coffee Cozies – a super quick and easy project that hopefully eased the loss of a cherished sweater of my husbands that I shrunk – woops! Plenty of you are taking {…Continue Reading}