DIY- Jean Jacket to Jean Vest

Let me start off by telling all of you how much I hate my jean jackets. My mom would be me one to wear every year for school and they would sit at the back of my closet because I hated them that much. Now I only have one denim jacket that I sort of like, but wanted it to turn it into something I would actually wear. Behold, the denim vest. Haidyn also has a denim jacket too which I don’t see her wearing anytime soon so I decided that I would re-purpose the jackets into vests! They’re now a lot cuter and usable than before. DIY can’t get any better when all you need is a pair of scissors!

WHAT YOU NEED

• Denim jacket
• Scissors
• Razor for fraying vest * optional

DIRECTIONS

1. Cut the arms off of the jacket as close as you can to the seams. It doesn’t have to be perfect. And you're done!
    
   mama's jacket 
   
   
   
    
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
    baby jacket
    
   
   
   
   
   
    
   
   
2. ** optional **Take your new vest and razor blade. Run your blade up and down the edges where you just cut.
   
3. Rock your vest ! 
   
   
   

I feel now that I can actually wear this denim vest a lot more than I would a denim jacket. It’s just the cover up I need for the summer time! I love being able to re-purpose my old clothes  and I can't help but match my mini. Also, how cute does she look!!?!?

Once Upon a Child EVERYTHING Sale Haul

I can’t help but love a good sale, but seriously who can resist the word SALE?  One of our favorite stores in Reno is Once Upon a Child. This store houses gently used toys, clothes and equipment for children. They buy and resell all of your unwanted items (that have met their criteria) . This past weekend was their amazing sale. The entire store was 25% off and all previous clearance items were 75% off. Our goal was to get Haidyn some 2T and 3T clothes since she’s growing like crazy and her 18m clothes are slowing no longer cutting, but that didn’t happen. We didn’t find clothes that we really liked at the time so we opted for getting her shoes and toys (her favorites). 

She’s fitting into 4’s and 5’s now (I know she has big feet, unlike her Mama) so we had to get her some new sneakers and dress shoes. We found a great pair of Vans glittery sneakers, a pair of black dress shoes and pair of my favorite leather moccasins for everyday.  

 

On the toy end, we scored on the great sushi puzzle Melissa & Doug Puzzle, a doctor kit and a V-tech Laptop. All toys were in great condition and just needed a little bleach wash before she got to play with them. She didn’t play with anything else the entire weekend except for these great toys.

I can’t wait to go back in a month or so to check out their new stuff. Even though, their enormous sale was happening they didn’t disappoint in their service. The line was long enough to go to the back of the store both times we stopped by, but OUAC Staff got through their line as efficiently as possible. This store is such a great asset to Reno community. I love having a local store to count on. 

Check out the business Facebook here and keep up with their sales and events!

** This blog post is not a paid promotion by Once Upon A Child and is simply a review of the business’ products ***