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Featured on Insider

August 26, 2020~ PRESS

I was featured on Insider in an article, Before-and-after photos show how 6 women have transformed thrift-store clothes into stylish outfits. Thank you so much for including me with all the other talented seamstresses!

Sarah Tyau started transforming thrift-store finds soon after she got married as a way to save money.

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Tyau estimates she’s worked on around 400 pieces. 

Tyau is a part-time content creator who shares her clothing transformations on her blog, “Life is Beautiful.” Since starting in 2010, Tyau told Insider she’s probably worked on around 400 pieces. 

“We throw away so much, and with fast-fashion, it seems to be more and more as time goes by,” she said. “Not only will you be helping to save the environment, but you’ll save money and also hone in on your sewing skills and expand your creativity and a sense of accomplishment. A win-win-win-win for all!”

Tyau doesn’t just shop at thrift stores for herself. She also transforms secondhand clothing for her children.

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Tyau has been transforming clothes for 10 years. 

She told Insider it can take her anywhere from 30 minutes to six hours to finish working on a piece. Her main goal with the transformations is for people to see all the potential in clothes that are already out there. 

“I hope to spark inspiration and creativity in people and give them ideas on how they can refashion their outdated or ill-fitting clothes,” she told Insider. “To see the potential in something people might call ugly and instead look at the beauty and turn it into something you love!”

Check out the full article to see the other talented seamstresses, so honored to be included!

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My sewing went viral…again! Featured part 3

October 10, 2018~ PRESS

 

 

I was featured this morning on NowThis News, which reminded me of all the other features I haven’t posted about from the past few months. I keep track of all the places that I know of that have featured me for my own record so if you come across a feature about me anywhere, please let me know! Many of these were found because one of you kindly emailed or messaged me letting me know, thank you so much!

This is the second year my sewing went viral, last year a couple months after launching my YouTube channel, I went viral(see the features here) and now, again. There’s part 4 coming too after this post. This is crazy! I do not believe this is a coincidence however with the timing of it going viral, I will have to share with you the long story with you another time but I know I was inspired to start my YouTube channel and it’s all a stepping stone to getting to my biggest dream, which is to help orphaned children.

So thank you so much for following along and hello to all the new readers, thank you for being here! It means so much to me.

 

 

NowThis News Facebook page

 

My Modern Met website

 

My Modern Met Facebook page

 

Bored Panda Website

 

Bored Panda Facebook page

 

 

 

Epoch Times FB page

 

Epoch Times website 

 

Epoch Times in another language(?)

 

Tetty Betty website

 

Tetty Betty Facebook page

 

 

Bright Side FB page

 

Bright Side’s website

 

 

Next Shark’s website

 

NextShark FB page

 

 

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FEATURED Part 2

October 10, 2018~ Etc., PRESS, SEWING

 

*So this was a compilation I was working on last year in 2017 but I never published it! So here it is, a year later.

 

The features keep coming, this is so crazy(see the first set of features here)! And the comments are so kind and supportive, I’ve already cried twice while reading them, thank you so much! This is mainly just for me to keep track of all the places that I know of that has featured me. I know there must be other ones that I am not aware of so feel free to contact me when you see a feature, I’d appreciate it!

The biggest feature I got so far, which has given me 25,000+ followers on Instagram in just 2 days is from People.com!

 

People.com

The morning show was shown live on People’s FB page(shown at 21:46)

 

 

People Facebook Page(4.3 million views, 9253 shares, 1.2k comments and 40k likes!)

 

People on Instagram

I couldn’t help but crack up at their feature on their Instagram page, there’s Beyonce, Kate Middleton and Prince William, Jennifer Gardner, Kim Kardashian, and then wait, who is this random girl? She’s not a celebrity! Hahaha. 😀

 

 

People Style

 

AOL website

 

AOL Facebook page 

 

 

 

TIPHERO website

Tip Hero Facebook page

 

In The Know Facebook page

 

Dude Perfect Facebook page

 

Nicer Days on FB

 

Nice Things Website

 

 

Merry Christmas FB page

 

Alfa News FB

 

Oh My Mag

Onedio

 

Popularne

 

 

Scribol website

 

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BUZZFEED

August 22, 2018~ PRESS

 

 

I am so excited that I was featured on Buzzfeed! I have been featured on their site 6 times in the past but it was never a dedicated post about me, usually my one article of DIY refashion was included in articles such as “25 Ways these Anthrologie knock-offs blew our socks off” and so forth.

 

Click the photo or read the article here “This Woman’s Upcycled Wardrobe Is So Dang Inspring”. Thank you so much Buzzfeed for featuring my work!

 

This Woman's Upcycled Wardrobe Is So Dang Inspiring

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I WAS FEATURED IN PEOPLE

July 12, 2017~ PRESS, SEWING

 

 

 

 

I still need to publish a blog post of part 2 of all the places I’ve been featured in(see part one here) but the biggest feature has been when People.com featured me, which I gained over 25,000+ followers from on my Instagram and 8,000 FB followers in just 2 days. It was insane! My brother recently found out about the feature and was like, “Did you blog about it? Or email the family to let us know?” Which I had not, so here it is, Joe!

 

 

 

People.com

The morning show was shown live on People’s FB page(shown at 21:46)

 

 

People Facebook Page(4.3 million views, 9253 shares, 1.2k comments and 40k likes!)

 

People on Instagram

I couldn’t help but crack up at their feature on their Instagram page, there’s Beyonce, Kate Middleton and Prince William, Jennifer Gardner, Kim Kardashian, and then wait, who is this random girl? She’s not a celebrity! Hahaha. 😀

People Style

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Hello! My name is Sarah and I am so happy to have you here! Here you'll find DIY sewing, DIY home building & decor, honest and vulnerable posts of motherhood and snippets of my family. We are building our dream house and will update you regularly on our whole process from start to finish and I am also starting a mother-daughter sewing series. So I hope you stay awhile!

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