- making a new friend
- reconnecting with old friends
- quiet, safe drives
- silly dances
- old movies
- my awesome sewing machine
- caffiene
- unlimited supply of coffee at work
- having a job
- false bravado
- inside jokes
- my boys
- fresh flowers
- lunch dates
Monday, March 21
Today I am thankful for:
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Wednesday, March 16
things i am thankful for and love:
- kittens
- my super amazingly comfortable bed
- having a job that pays well
- being able to choose what time i set my alarm
- milk and cookies
- hula hooping
- being able to go to the beach recently
- my partners laughing with me as i overcompensate for my lack of dancing skills with over-the-top gestures and fake confidence
- cuddling
- hot tubs
- eating lunch in the sunshine
- music
- hot showers
- seeing my mom on a daily basis
- netflix
- being mostly normal and functional on a daily basis
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Tuesday, March 1
Ye ole fashion blog.
The Renfest is in town again, and in honor, I will share a medieval post!
A few years ago, my friend purchased a red peasant top and a blue corset from the festival. She had a friend who was a teacher that asked her to help chaperon a a highschool field trip to the festival, and she decided to dress up for the kids. She didn't have a skirt to go with her corset top, so she asked me to make her one.
We went to the store and picked out a few fabrics that matched the corset top - a dark blue, a dark red, and an off-white to resemble a petty coat. I didn't have a pattern (as usual), so I took her measurements and just started cutting away. We wanted the skirt to look as authentic as possible while staying on our zero-to-none budget.
I essentially made three skirts out of the three different colors, each one slightly different in fullness. I layered the skirts from bottom to top: white (for a petty coat), dark red, and then dark blue.
In order to create some fullness in the skirt, as well as show off all of the layers, I scrunched up the top two layers and sewed them in place. The result was some-what of a curtain effect.
I finished off the waist band with elastic, and the skirt was done! It took several yards of fabric, and just a few hours, and her outfit was complete.
A few years ago, my friend purchased a red peasant top and a blue corset from the festival. She had a friend who was a teacher that asked her to help chaperon a a highschool field trip to the festival, and she decided to dress up for the kids. She didn't have a skirt to go with her corset top, so she asked me to make her one.
We went to the store and picked out a few fabrics that matched the corset top - a dark blue, a dark red, and an off-white to resemble a petty coat. I didn't have a pattern (as usual), so I took her measurements and just started cutting away. We wanted the skirt to look as authentic as possible while staying on our zero-to-none budget.
I essentially made three skirts out of the three different colors, each one slightly different in fullness. I layered the skirts from bottom to top: white (for a petty coat), dark red, and then dark blue.
In order to create some fullness in the skirt, as well as show off all of the layers, I scrunched up the top two layers and sewed them in place. The result was some-what of a curtain effect.
I finished off the waist band with elastic, and the skirt was done! It took several yards of fabric, and just a few hours, and her outfit was complete.
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