Refashioned: Dress turned skirt

I think my sister bought this dress from K-Mart a while back. Love the pattern...not loving the cut and style on my body type. I tried tucking the straps in one day and wearing it as a skirt...ummm, not so cute because it was waaaaay too large. Yesterday, I decided to actually refashion it so it looked somewhat presentable.

Here's a before picture:

I removed the straps and kept them to the side. I knew that I wanted to use them for something but I wasn't sure what at this point. Once that was done, all that I had to do was take in the skirt so that it fit. (Yesterday, during this, I realized that I am terrible at measuring, partly because I don't have a measuring tape and partly because I'm far too lazy. LOL)

Here's the finished product:

Once I had the actual skirt done, I figured I could find something to do with the left-over straps. After staring at them for a good 5 mintues, I decided I wanted to do something with fringe since that's something I've been into lately. I cut up the straps and found a plain white t to use. I removed the v-neck collar (had I measured, I wouldn't have taken off so much...but that's just lessons learned, I guess). After a bit of sewing, here's what I had:

Once done, I found my cousin's shoes and took some pictures.

 I actually wore this to work today. Minus the heels. Instead, I paired it with white flats that I own.

Overall, I like the outfit. I could have done without the shirt (and so could my sister, Alex....jerkface, lol) I'll have to keep thinking of ways to incorporate the fringe. Any ideas?

PS: please disregard the messy room. and cell phone pictures...again!
Hard to take pictures of yourself with a dead camera! Haha.