JCrew Necklace Knockoff

I always love getting a JCrew catalog in the mail and perusing it's pages for inspiration!

Normally it's the little girls dresses that make me want to get busy sewing, but this time it was jewelry.

Their necklaces are made with chain-mail.  Here's how I copied the look:

Cut a chain 18" long and add a clasp at the end.  Add two lengths of chain about 5" apart and 1.5" long.

Attach lengths of chain from one side to the other.

You could leave your necklace like that and it would be very cute.  But I love pearls, so I added about 4 pearls per line of chain.

Finished product!

(And yes, I actually love it with my sweatshirt!)

Quick Party Shirt

My sister turned 17 last week, so we had her birthday dinner on Friday.

I had just seen this girls T-shirt up at the JCrew outlet and filed it away as a future project.  

I decided to decorate one of Aevyn's tees real quick so she would have something fun to wear to dinner.  I used sparkly tulle to tie a few bows and then sewed them around the neckline.  

I might add a few more bows for a fuller look.  Sparkly tulle added to anything is Sugarplum approved!