Dress Preview

I am trying to complete one sewn garment a month this year. I think that is a pretty achievable goal for me. For January I made this here dress, but I have not taken pictures of just the dress yet, so until then here's a little sneak peak of it!

Happy Valentine's Day

I know, a day late, but I hope that your day was filled with love, not only from a significant other, but family and friends as well!

Retro Curls

So there's a hair video that seems to have gone viral on the blogs that I follow. I saw post after post reviewing it, so I thought I would go out and spend a whopping $12 and test it out myself. I love the little lift right in front that I was able to get, something that I have a really hard time getting my hair to do. I also had a slightly smaller curling iron. I tried it again with a larger one, but forgot my hairspray, so I will have to try it again to decide if I like it or not with that iron.

Here's the video. It's the John Frieda Retro Curls video.

Here it is all pinned up. I used 12 of the clips and two bobby pins. So I guess14 curls.

All done!

Birthday Plans

My beau loves airplanes. I mean, he really loves them. Before he left we went on a glider ride, and it was great! So for our Birthdays-we are just one day less than a year apart-we went on a glider again! Like the last time, it was really fun. There's something great about being way up high squished next to someone you love.

Sewing 2011

I have realized that I accomplished a lot less this past year than I had thought! I could only find six sewing projects that I completed in the last year. I am hoping to get a bit more than that done this year.

Skirt 1: This was made from a black and white suiting material-I think. I used the full circle skirt pattern from thunderlily.com, though I believe it was called the Marylin skirt and I cannot seem to find the pattern on there now. The waistband is rather funky on it, but I usually just hide that with a belt.

Skirt 2: I used a brown gabardine for this one. I used the same circle skirt pattern for this one. I still do not have a button on the waistband yet. Oh well.

Dress 1: This is my first dress! I used a cotton fabric.

Dress 2: I love this one! I fell in love with the Colette patterns because of this dress. (It is the Crepe dress) I just forgot to leave an opening for the waistband. Oops!

Dress 3: I followed the tutorial on Casey's Elegant Musings. Add some heels and this little number is quite feminine and springy.

Dress 4: I wore this to the CAKE concert I went to. I really like this one, too. I added the sleeves to it and put the lace on the collar.

And here's to sewing more in 2012!

January

I cannot believe the lovely weather we have been having lately. More than one day last week I only needed a light sweater! The skirt I am wearing here is the very fist garment I sewed. I was participating in the Make it With Wool competition and I knit a top for it and decided to sew this skirt. It was a free pattern from the Burda Style website. Not a good idea for a first project. It has been sitting in my closet for about the past two years, then on Thanksgiving I decided to bring it out again and I actually like it quite a bit!

California

The day after Christmas my beau and I went to California to visit a wonderful family he met in Virginia-they were visiting family in California. It was a wonderful vacation! The family was truly amazing and I had a great time getting to know them! Like many vacations it ended all too soon.

My beau and I in Oceanside, CA

Can't you tell they are just awesome!