Olivia

My very talented figure skating friend, wearing the figure skating dress I made :) So proud *grins* :D 

The old photo filter is a photo saver when there's bad lighting :) And it looks good too!

all the sparkles :)

She's so beautiful :)

look at that skill!!! I would be collapsed with several broken bones if I were to attempt this. And she could spin, and lean down and grab her leg, and she could jump into the air-it was amazing to watch!!! 

I had so much fun making this dress. Thank you Olivia for thinking of me and letting me make your dress! :) You're awesome!

Feeding My Sunglasses Addiction

I'm not sure if 4 pairs of sunglasses is an addiction or not. But I'm not saying I won't buy anymore, so then maybe it is. But anyway, my latest pair ($2.23!) arrived in the mail today from Cheenaah (China, for those of you who weren't aware of what I meant there). And it just clicked, I don't have a sunglasses addiction, I have a cheap sunglasses addiction. Which means sunglasses $5 or under typically from ebay. Glad I cleared that up there :) It's a lesson in patience too, because if you choose free shipping (which I ALWAYS do, you may have to wait up until 2 months for your glasses to arrive.  And because I'm smart (or rather have access to smart people's ideas via the Internet) I decided to paint on them with nail polish. Something plain to something decorated. And because it's nail polish, when I get tired of polka dots, I can just use nail polish remover to take the dots off and then do something else like stripes or flowers. :D sweet eh? Plus, then it would save me another 2 or 3 dollars each time I redecorate, because I won't be buying more sunglasses each time! :P

isn't that a cute shape? 

I apologize for my terrible selfie skills. This my friends is why I never post anything on instagram :P

I hope you are having a great day! I will be posting more outfit photos soon, my camera battery died and at this moment I am unable to find it's charger. But I'll find it soon :) If not I'll have to buy one from Cheenaah and wait 2 months for it to arrive. 

Busy As A Broken Sewing Machine

Thankfully my mama's a genius, and was able to fix her sewing machine, and my sewing machine temporarily. I will probably have to take mine to the shop :/, but we are waiting to see if mom can't fix it herself.  But apart from sewing machine problems, I do have a little update with some pictures for you :)  First, is the finished ice skating dress. Just teaser shots really because I'm going to be doing a photo shoot with here in a few days hopefully at the rink.  :D I have to check my schedule for sure though. Olivia, I'll be emailing you :)

rhinestones scattered on the skirt

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And then a little bit of progress on mom's ballgown. I've finished the petticoat, and have begun fringing strips for the actual dress. There is a lot of fringing on her dress, a lot!!! Fringing takes forever, but it's so fantastic looking afterward. 

the fabric is so wonderful

look at that lovely shimmer!!! aaah!!! :D And all that gold orange fringe....

That's all for now...I'm also doing Care's dress, but you won't see any photos of that until April. All of our dresses are staying a big secret until April :P I might put a sneak peak, how I've done here with mom's petticoat, but I might not! Mwahahaha ;)

I've Been Tagged!

To do a Thanksgiving post :) #ThankfulFor Here are 15 things I'm thankful for. Obviously God, my salvation, my family, these all things I'm probably the most thankful for, and food and a car and friends and such, but those things are all kind of no brainers. Things I thank God for everyday. And I think I should be more thankful for other things too, my friend Anna blogged a quote one time that said something that made me really think. It went something along the lines (I'm paraphrasing) of this. What if we woke up tomorrow and the only things around us were the things we thanked God for the day before? Powerful, eh? I will be first to admit my heart is not nearly as thankful as it should be. I'm not saying I'm ungrateful, but I could definitely make a much greater effort.  So on to my 15 thankful things :) 1. My job. It's pretty awesome, and I'm very thankful I have this opportunity, to make mula while doing something I love. Plus my co-workers are pretty fun :D And my teacher is like the best :D 2. Having my license. It will have a been a year, come December. I've been able to do so many cool things since I started driving, and I'm very thankful that I have my license.  3. My fluffy white petticoat. I still haven't shown ya'll yet, but I will soon, and believe me, you will LOVE it too!!! :D I'm also thankful for family members who buy things for me :) 4. My carpal tunnel brace. This has been a very helpful tool for me, and has decreased the pain and swelling a lot. 5. The fabric stash (and zipper stash, and button stash, and lace and ribbon stash, and thread stash) I received from Mimi and Poppy's friend.  6. Photoshop, because I was able to make fabulous glitter font. (Notice the new header and signature?? Glitter baby!) And I'm also thankful for all the computer techs at my house because they can help me do things I can't figure out, like restarting my computer, restarting the wifi and installing new fonts :) 7. Dansko's and orthopedic insoles. Life savers. Or rather feet savers. 8. I know I said family members were no brainers, but I have to say Grandparents because I'm very thankful for my grandparents. 9. My tablet. It's very useful to me, and I'm thankful for it all and all I can do with it. 10. Dancing :) I'm thankful that I'm able to dance (like physically able, like my legs work and stuff), and that I have opportunities to do so. Such as the ECD we do every other Thursday night, and the swing dancing in Winston Salem. And I'm thankful that a lot of my friends enjoy dancing and that they are willing to teach me to (*Bascha and Abe*). 11. My voice lessons. I am so, so, thankful for my voice lessons. My voice teacher and his wife are amazing too. :D :D :D :D :D :D  12. Blogs. All of you are so inspiring. You inspire me in a spiritual sense, in a fashion sense, in a food sense, ya'll are just so cool :) 13. My camera. Well it's actually my Mom's, but I've kind of stolen it in a way because I use it and carry it around with me.  14. Our church. I tell people going to Christ Fellowship is one of the best things that's ever happened in my life.  15. I would say cold pizza, since I just ate some, but I don't think that's probably the best way to end this post. So I'll make it headscarves instead. They are so useful, and they're cute. And they look vintage. So yes, I'm very thankful for headscarves. Happy Thanksgiving!!!! I was tagged by the lovely Ruth, of Sewing Room Tales, and Ruth's Random Ramblings.  Follow both blogs if you will, I assure you that you won't regret it :) She's such an encouragement. :D I love you Ruth!  And since it's a tag, I'll tag in return. I'm tagging Callan, since my other blogging friend Olivia already did a thankful post :) I'm not sure that Callan will get to it, since this is Thanksgiving day, but it would be nice if you did a post Callan :)  xoxo

Turkey Cakes

Just when you think you've done everything right? Well yesterday I made not one but three turkey cakes. Something I must say I've never done before. They are creepy, cool, and a ROYAL MESS  to make. 

To begin you must mold the ice cream. Into the shape of a turkey body. Then you must make the legs, make and color the icing and ice the turkey. No biggie, right? Ah. Then you make a Carmel and corn syrupy glaze and cover the turkey. I learned that this was NO EASY TASK. I had Carmel all over me, my table, my apron, my freezer, my cake board, everything. I still have Carmel all over my apron, which reminds me I need to go wash it. Anyhow, all of this is going on while we are getting inspected and guess what? We got  100 percent! :-D 

I'm off to work again today, and then of course Thanksgiving preparations. :-)  I hope you are having a blessed week! 

Pictures are taken AFTER I cleaned my table :-D 

Talk About Mixing Prints

There is so much going on with this skirt-shirt set it's crazy! But it blends so prettily, I really like it. The colors are perfect for fall too, though I nearly froze in this not fall weather while Caroline took pictures of me :P This is one of the outfits from that stash bin of fabric I recieved. :) Pic creds go to Care, excepting the last three, which I took.

Skirt/Shirt set: stash box Belt: Pink&Blue, Mimi Necklace: gift, Mom a while ago Earrings: Care's

CHEA Concert

A lot of my friends sing in a homeschool choir, including Callan. And since Callan was going to be singing I was going to be going. She ended up being sick and unable to sing, but I didn't get that email til we got back home so :P We did still know people singing (a lot lol) so that was good. And I got to sit with Callan which was also good :D 

The dress code was that you didn't need to dress up, but we all know I don't follow rules right? I dressed up because I wanted to, and to me this was an occasion fancy enough to call for the jumpsuit. Which currently is the fanciest thing I own, apart from the cocktail/ballgown I made.

Photo creds go to Joshua :)

I did my own hair :)

Hair Flower: made by me Necklace: gift Stole: thrifted, VV Jumpsuit: thrifted, VV Shoes: thrifted VV Clutch: thrifted, VV

this choir rocked the harmonies!!!! It was so beautiful :D

It was a wonderful evening, the concert was very enjoyable :D xoxo