Cool Cutoffs From Mom Jeans

 My mom found these jeans somewhere (yard sale or handed down to her or something) but the problem is, they're really ugly. Like super unflattering. They were too short for either of us, and the legs had weird curves in them that we just couldn't pull off. I was intrigued by the high waist and the button fly, though, so I decided to turn them into something a little more fun.



So first, I chopped off the legs and made them shorts.

 I cut them a little longer than I would wear shorts, thinking I'd roll them up a bit. After washing them a lot, they started fraying all over the place, so I decided to wear them like that. It was good that I cut them longer, because they frayed a good inch.

 Here's the cut-off jeans.

 My next step was to bleach them. Now, I am a youngun and have never bleached anything in my life except my hair. The first time, I stuck them in the washer, poured a little bleach on them, and ran the cycle. What I got was a fat bleached spot right near the crotch. If you use the washing machine, make sure to put the bleach in after it's filled with water, and don't be stupid like me. If you do that, you'd probably get a more even lightening, but I wanted it splotchy, so I put on gloves, filled a bowl with bleach, and dabbed it onto the shorts

 using a paper towel. Much more control that way. Again, though, be careful. Bleach works gradually, so put too much on and you might end up with a white spot you didn't want, even when it looked fine an hour ago. I wanted white spots, so I just went at it.

After I bleached it, I took a razor and cut some slits in it, and then I tossed it back in the wash. That kind of stops the bleach reaction and frays the cuts I made, giving it a ripped look. I also added some

pyramid studs to the pocket.

And here they are! Fun and easy. All you need is jeans, scissors, bleach, and anything you want to stick on it.