Singing in the Rain Giveaway

A blog party is happening over at Singing in the Rain. The stuff being given away is super cute! You should totally check it out and follow her blog. Here's my entry:

• Favorite thing about summer? No school, shopping, my birthday
• This is a bit overdone, but, what's your clothing style? Girly and classic
• Deep question time: vanilla or chocolate? Chocolate
• Favorite quote? "If you don't like where you are then change it. You're not a tree."
• Traveling: where would you want to go? All over Europe, I'd especially like to go to Paris
• Flipflops, bare feet, or heels? Heels
• Do you like old black and white films? It depends
• Skirts or jeans? Definitely skirts/ dresses

DIY: Distressed Shorts

The jeans I bought to distress and cut. $2.50 at a thrift shop. Brand: Bitten by Sarah Jessica Parker

My fabulous new pair of shorts!:)

Level of difficulty: easy

Cost: <$5

Materials: Cheese grater, jeans, scissors, soda can, pencil

Method: First, find a pair of jeans that you want to turn into distressed shorts. I got mine at my favorite thrift shop for $2.50. Next try the jeans on and mark how short you want them with the pencil and afterwards cut them. What I did was marked and cut the jeans by my knee to begin with and gradually cut them shorter and shorter. You can't undo a cut so be careful. After the cutting was done, I used a cheese grater to distress the jeans. To guarantee that I wouldn't grate both sides of the jeans, I placed a soda can underneath the area I was distressing. Finally, I threw the jeans in the washer and then the dryer and voila! A new pair of shorts. An article in a past issue of Justine inspired me to use a cheese grater for distressing as shown above.