The Old-Fashioned Way

The last week and a half of July I spent my time on vacation in PA visiting family. We had a family reunion over the weekend. It was great to see my grandparents and all my uncles, aunts, and cousins. We did a lot of swimming and we even did our long-time tradition: Homemade Ice Cream. For as long as I remember we've made ice cream at our family reunions and it's always the best.

 I'm pretty much an ice cream making pro.

My adorable nephew Xan enjoying the ice cream.

And my handsome nephew Aidan

And my cute little nephew Caspian

Me and my Daddy

My bro and I 

And flowers to make your day brighter

Livin' it Large

This last Tuesday the American Idol tour was in town at the Sprint Center. The thought of going hadn't crossed my mind, UNTIL my brother-in-law's mother offered us 2 FREE tickets. Not only were they just 2 FREE tickets, but they were 2 FREE VIP SUITE tickets with great comfy seats, food, and drinks. Of course my mom and I jumped at the opportunity to have a big night out pretending to be rich and famous. I didn't even really watch this past season, so I wasn't familiar with the stars, but the once in a lifetime experience was so fun. Here's some pictures I took of our big night out:

Our Special Suite

My mom and I enjoying our night

Scotty singing the night away

Too Much Vacation

I must first apologize for breaking my promises of soon to come sewing projects I've worked on. My busy life protested and refused to let me blog. As of the past week in a half I've been on a family reunion/family vacation in PA. The reunion was great and I got to see and catch up with all the family while swimming on ridiculously hot days. After the reunion my family (mother, father, sister, brother, and their families) all trekked out to the middle of nowhere PA where we are now residing in a HUGE cabin. Unfortunately there is no internet and zero cell phone service. I happen to be sitting in a quaint little library with wifi at the moment in order to type this post. It's been a good vacation, but I'm ready to go home. I can't wait to sleep in my nice cozy bed all by myself. Aren't you supposed to feel really relaxed and rested during vacation? That's how I thought it worked, but I guess when you share a bedroom with your nephew who is scared of the dark and has a knack for waking up before the sun every morning and pouncing on you while begging for you to read Curious George to him, relaxation and rest tend to go into hiding. Now the vacation hasn't been all that bad and I have lots of fun cute little pictures to show off on here when I return home. However, I do have to admit that yes, I've had too much vacation.
I also must announce to my great excitement I have officially finished my summer college fashion fundamentals course. I am eager for the fall, for the hot weather to be replaced with a cool crisp breeze, for leaves to change color and gather around the trees, and for my 1st year of college to start.
One last declaration I insist upon making is that sadly tonight I will be missing the first episode of a new season of my favorite show Project Runway. I'll have to catch it on Hulu later. So anyone who gets suddenly inspired to watch it tonight in my place should and then you can tell me how good it was and I'll be thoroughly jealous.
And finally, because it feels weird not to post a picture on here I thought I'd post this one. This is one of my favorite dresses and the red vintage clutch I snatched up at a garage sale for 50 cents. I love little red accents.

New Desk. New Projects.

Just the other day I got a new sewing desk. The previous desk I've retired because it was very hard to sew at. I love this new desk and now that I have a more comfortable sewing situation, I should be sewing a whole lot more resulting in a bunch of little project posts on here. So, I know you are all dying to see this fantastic desk I found. Here it is:

Isn't it beautiful?

                                            

 

I snatched it up for under $100. I'm pretty sure it's an antique.

I've also been busy working on little projects, but I've just been lazy about getting around to taking pictures. However, today inspiration came to me, and I dug out the camera. I've sewn a lot of little onesies. I happen to think they are adorable. 

This is the front and back. I though a little butterfly on the back added a nice touch.

The boy onesies. I personally find it more fun to make cute little girl onesies, but I couldn't leave the boys out, now could I?

Heartsies 

Cupcake Cuteness

I have more sewing projects to come, so be very excited. I hope to find much more time to post, but no promises. Working, taking fashion classes, and sewing seem to take up much of my time. 

Here's To You, Dad

First off I must say, "Happy Father's Day, DAD!" This is a little shout out to my wonderful father. I'm so thankful for the wonderful dad I have and I am such a blessed girl to have someone who loves and cares for me so much. I love you Dad. Thanks for everything.

Aside from Father's Day...life has been great. I've been busy working. I have also been busy sewing. I have some new things to show off on here, I just need to take pictures. Hopefully, that will happen very soon. Stay tuned. 

Sunflowers= favorite things

I was quite pleasantly surprised a couple days ago to find a vase of beautiful sunflowers in my room from my parents. Sunflowers are such gorgeous, bright, happy flowers and can make any day brighter and draw a smile from even the grumpiest individual. I'm not saying I'm often grumpy but if I was they would make me very cheerful. Anyway, all that to say, is that here are some sunflowers to brighten your day:

Doesn't that just make you smile?

Aren't they just so intricately beautiful?

Doesn't this just make your day happier?

JJ Heller

Last night I went to a JJ Heller concert. It was really good. I was so excited when I saw that she was going to be in Manhattan. My mom and I drove 2 hours to go see her. It was really great and at a neat venue. Here are some pictures from the concert:

Mom and I at the concert!