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Thoughts

Fashion Isn’t for Sissies.

Ok--total spoiler ahead.  If you haven't watched last night's episode of Project Runway.....DON'T READ ON.  Go watch it.  Then, come back.I had a $5 Friday post all ready....but we just have to talk Project Runway today.  I am still baffled that two designers went home.  THEY WENT HOME.  I am not getting it.  I don't want to judge them, because I am not in their shoes---but it all just seems so confusing to me?They make audition pieces, go through multiple rounds of auditions and all of the ... View the Post

08.10.12

Thoughts

Thrifted Thursday: The Holy Grail of Thrifting—Diamond Girl

Sooooo last month I got to go to a concert that I have been excited about all summer. That's right ladies...I got to see the one and only... *Neil Diamond* WAAAHOOOOOO!!! No I'm not kidding. Yes I really went. Yes I really wanted to. And no, this wasn't the first time I've seen him in concert. There are three things I want to say about this and then I have 2 questions to ask: #1.  The point of this post: Most people who thrift have some sort of Holy Grail they are searching for---that one ... View the Post

08.09.12

Thoughts

Material Girl and a Lunch Date.

One of the other highlights of going to the Midwest this summer was getting to go shopping and lunching with the lovely Lindsay, aka The Cottage Home Mama.  She is ever as lovely in person as she is on her blog and it was such a pleasure to shop, laugh, eat and chat.  I was actually supposed to be somewhere and we just kept chatting and chatting and chatting that I didn't even realize the time had gone by so quickly and I was late for a family function.  (Shhhhh....don't tell my family that ... View the Post

08.08.12

Dresses· Girls· sewing

I’ll Blame it All on He-Man

 Over the weekend I realized that I have never shared this dress.I made it as one of my final projects in the pattern drafting class that Elizabeth and I took winter semester.Back when I started sewing I was learning to make various quilt squares.  (Which I enjoyed.)  But it wasn't until I started sewing for Grace that I fell in love.I have so much fun sewing for and dressing up my Grace.(Sometimes I wonder if I'm making up for all that time during my childhood that I played He-Man and G.I. Joe ... View the Post

08.07.12

Dresses· Girls· sewing

Another caftan.

So I made another caftan dress.  This time in cotton, with neckhole bias facings, finished sleeves, a cute drawstring detail....but Houston, there's a problem.She HATES it.  Yep.  Totally HATES.I thought it would be so cool and comfortable for summer.  Loose, flowy, and cool.....but nope.  She has clearly stated that she is NEVER wearing it again.  She only likes the knit one.  {Which she has worn almost every other day.....she says it's better than a nightgown.}Fine.  I guess I can't win in ... View the Post

08.06.12

Skirting the Issue· The Art of Homemaking

The Art of Homemaking: Skirting the Issue

"If you can't feed 100 people then feed just one."Mother TeresaEveryday I look in the Skirting the Issue Flickr Group  to see another skirt added here and a few more skirts added there.  Then we will receive an email from some wonderful woman who has organized a sewing group and tells us about the plans they have in their area.  Later in the day I'll stop at the post office to find that we have a package (like the one pictured above from our sweet friend Jessica) full of skirts from another ... View the Post

08.04.12

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