Sweater Vests and Duct Taped Hems

I know, it sounds trashy.

and it kinda is. but just listen to the story.

I was looking through some old clothes I was going donate, and I found this adorable cardigan I wore all the time. I was giving it away because it had some holes on the sleeves. Well, I was kind of attached to this cardigan, so I decided to keep it anyway, and just cut off the sleeves to make it a vest. This all seemed easy enough, until I found out that my mother's sewing machine is broken, so I couldn't hem it. I was really upset until I realized one thing - duct tape fixes everything. And I mean everything. So, I duct taped the hem. And, it actually worked out. So, I thought I might as well blog about it.

First, I cut off the sleeves of the cardigan. (don't cut right by the seam. Leave a little fabric to fold over and make your hem.)

Second, I turned the cardigan inside out so I could easily fold the excess fabric over. Once it was folded over, I just stuck the duct tape on.

(fabric not folded over.)

(fabric folded over.)

(fabric duct taped down, and hem formed.)

After that, I just repeated it on the other side. And then viola! You've got yourself a new sweater vest cardigan type thing.

Definitely added a little jazz to a plain black shirt and red pants.

Anyway, hope you try this out when you need a quick hem, and that it's not too trashy. :)

just baylee tonight.

No Bake Peanut Butter Bars

We have major sweet teeth.

it's really no secret.

This whole summer, we haven't made many goodies, which is really weird for us. The reason is mainly because it's so hot outside, and turning on the oven just makes it hotter. So, today we found these no bake peanut butter bars on Pinterest, but we changed the recipe a little bit to accommodate what we had, and to make it a little easier. They turned out quite delicious, so we thought we'd share. (see original recipe here)

1 1/2 cups of rolled oats

3 1/2 cups of powdered sugar

1 cup (2 sticks) of butter

1 1/2 cups of creamy peanut butter

12 oz. (1 bag) of semi-sweet chocolate chips

1 TBS. of peanut butter

Combine rolled oats, powdered sugar, (melted) butter and peanut butter (the 1 1/2 cups, not the tablespoon) in a bowl. Mix well! Put in a 9x13 pan (greased)

Melt chocolate chips and tablespoon of peanut butter in a small sauce pan. Be careful not to burn it! Spread chocolate over the peanut butter mixture. Let cool in fridge.

There you've got it! We got 20 decent sized squares out of one batch.

sarah really enjoyed them. and she really likes posing, so this worked out perfectly.

Hope you like them!

baylee&&sarah