Thrift that Trend - Polka Dot Pants

Welcome to a new feature here on the ol blog. I have been accumulating lots of ideas on my pinboard over the past couple of months and I finally decided to do something about it. In the next couple of weeks (and hopefully longer), I will be showing you ways to get the trendy items you want without having to spend a lot. I'm sure not all of my ideas will turn out as well as I planned but hopefully some will!



First up, polka dot pants.  I've been seeing these pop up around the blogosphere lately and I thought to myself, "These are so cute! Let's look at how much money we're talking here."  Here are the ones I liked:

 

      $99                                              $189

$198

Really? Just have jeans with dots on them, I have to spend at least $100? No way. They might not even be cool in 6 months.

So, I headed to the thrift store.  I found these jeans at Savers for a mere $7.99.  Somewhat high for jeans but I was looking for colored jeans that were a slimmer fit so I sucked up the extra cost. Then I headed to Joann. I picked up the fabric paint and brushes for about 8 bucks. Instead of $99, I'm out only about $16. If you already have fabric paint or made your own brushes, you could do this for even cheaper.

WHAT YOU NEED:

1 pair of jeans (any color you want)

1 bottle of fabric paint (I went with white)

1 sponge brush, easier if it is already round
1 paintbrush
Paper plate and newspaper


Stuff newspaper or any other paper in between the two layers of the pants


Dip the dobber/brush into the paint and make sure to knock off the extra paint before making a dot


Proceed with dotting the entire front of the pants




Then I took a regular paintbrush and filled in all of the dots where the circle wasn't quite filled in


Yay!  Do the same thing on the back and you have a cute pair of polka dot pants for mere dollars!

Stay tuned for an outfit post with these babies!