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Mad Scientist Monday #16: Reinventing, Recycling, Reclaimed...whatever its fun

Day 239  Today's villain is Captain Barbossa from Pirates of the Caribbean series...he's bad, he's cursed, he's good, he's a comedian, he's sorta in between quite frankly he enjoys being a Pirate and isn't that whats important in life?  That we enjoy what we do and do it with gusto?  Oh sure we all love the mock drunken chicanery, hair and makeup that is Captain Jack-the person not the monkey-but I think this might be my 2nd favorite character in the movies.


Today we are all about reinventing things.  If Captain Barbossa can do it with such success, so can we.  My youngest found this one piece dress at the thrift store recently and it didn't fit on the top part so we took scissors to it, leaving a band of the knit at the waist and voila'....instant cutie plaid skirt.  NO SEWING and I believe it only cost 50 cents so BONUS.

Adorableness!

These were picked up via thrifiting or freecycle, still in sealed packages.  They had cutesy sayings on them so in order to make them more fun I decided to change the quotes.  I have a few more larger ones and I think I am just going to do this from now on it makes life way more interesting and as the Captains always say "the rules are more like guidelines anyway" ?  That should be my personal creed me thinks.  
Klaatu Barada Nikto
Soylent Green is...

Millicent's Cat  (I hope someone can figure this one out, I think its funny) I really changed this entire piece to adapt the cat to a more magical bent.
I love giggling while stitching and finding quotes that I think are funny.

What will you create today?

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