Cooties

Cooties

Ello Ello Ello!  So it's still flu season and I now have cooties. COOTIES PEOPLE!!! This sucks! Jesse was sick not long ago (his birthday week the poor thing!) And I thought I had dodged it. Alas, I have failed. I w…
Long time no blog!

Long time no blog!

I admit I'm a terrible blogger, good things worth talking about finally happen to me and I disappear without a trace! I like to think I was pretty good at keeping this space updated and I loved having the freedom to express…
Like it's 1954

Like it's 1954

I've never really been into what's 'trending' or 'in fashion.' Growing up I pretty much wore whatever everyone else was wearing because I wanted to fit in. Typical right? But now that I'm an adu…
Confidence

Confidence

I've been feeling a little bit better about myself this past month. I've never been a confident person and I've never thought of myself as 'one of the pretty girls' or even mildly attractive. I'm avera…
Fifty shades of purple

Fifty shades of purple

Today I went out with a good friend of mine! He treated me to breakfast at a place I've never been to before, drove around, watched movies, and just hung out all day. I was probably way too silent at times and for that rea…
FAMILY PORTRAIT DRESS

FAMILY PORTRAIT DRESS

I stayed up alllll night just to make this last minute dress for my family portraits. I'm so pleased with how it turned out! It's my new favorite! Mint green with heart-shaped buttons and a full eyelet skirt. Wha…
The makings of a green dress

The makings of a green dress

I bought this fabric and didn't have a CLUE what to do with it. After looking at it for a million years I decided on a box pleat skirt. I was going to do a copy-cat of a dress I saw on Zooey Deschanel but I ended up…
Got Milk?

Got Milk?

Okay this dress was seriously so much fun to make! Mainly because I got to play with this really fun Oreo cookie print fabric! I used the new(ish) Lisette pattern from Simplicity (which you can find HERE ). All i…
60's Scalloped Shift

60's Scalloped Shift

I really love shift dresses. Lately I've been drooling over old fashion ads and random pictures from the 60s. I picked up this little pattern last November and made the dress the same day. But for whatever reason…