I know I should be ashamed! it's been a long while....

Nothing and a lot has happened since my last post earlier this year.  As i posted back in April I wanted to have my room redone.  We started the renovation of the room by packing and moving furniture.

Here is a picture of  the room once it emptied out, the site of a photo before it was emptied out would have been too horrifying, lol!

As you can see from the photos above, the walls are gray with a yellow stripe going across the top (not my idea).  This was my husband's office and i just moved right in without doing any painting of any kind.



Now here are picture after we've painted the walls, taken down the blinds and pulled the carpet.  The floor still has the padding on it from under the carpet.  Also you can see that I've painted the bay window area.

This last photo is the flooring down.  At the time of this photo Hubby was 99% done and I was just so excited that I had to take a photo right away.

So hopefully the shelving will be going up this weekend and i can get started unpacking and also getting Hubby started on the next project which will be building my table.
I'll post the ideas that I have narrowed down.

Hope to see you soon!

-CA

Blog Anniversary

On yesterday there were two special things that happened.  Mother's Day and the third anniversary of my blog.

Had a great Mother's Day.  Just extremely tired from the busy weekend and got to a long time childhood friend.



Not going as strong as I would like but cheers to a better year!

Shelving

One of the biggest reasons I can't keep a clean room is because I need shelving.  I'm very happy to say that I'm getting an estimate this coming Thursday to get an idea of how much this will cost me if I have it professionally done, or do it myself.

I don't know exactly what it's called that i want.  I do know what i want and how i want it to look.  I've been looking at tons of pictures and i do plan to have some ideas ready when he comes. I know what I DON'T want it to look like!

here's a couple of ideas:

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The main idea is the type of shelving that I'm looking for. Hopefully with these pics and a few more he can see my vision

A dress a day....

Now that doesn't sound like a bad idea at all...

I'm giddy right now because I can feel the sewing gods lurking over my head telling me what do with my week, sewing related of course! lol!

I just have to be mindful of how i listen.

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Still Daydreaming

I thought that i would have been able to sew something this weekend but exercising can really take a lot of out of your.  Hubby and I walked 4 miles Saturday morning and I was beat down the rest of the weekend.

Now I'm just daydreaming over my favs from the new Burdastyle May 2011 issue. They have a few things that have struck my interest.  Right now i'm all about: quick, simple, and cute fashions

I've chosen about six different styles that i love right now

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daydreaming....

A few things in mind that I'd like to sew sometime soon.  I should make a plan but I do have others goals that are much bigger so right now I'm day dreaming....

The first photo is from Burdastyle April 2011 #132

The next photo is also from Burdastyle April 2011 #123 for the skirt and #122 for the blouse.

I love both pieces, don't like the shoes in the photo but hey who says she does either, lol!



This outfit is from Burdaystyle March 2011.  The shirt is #138 and the skirt #144.

I want to sew SO bad!

I have a long list of things that I want to sew especially for the upcoming warm weather.
I also have a long list of things that need to be done to my room as well.  I would love to have shelves put up, the room painted and etc.  Where is the time for all that?

Anywhoo!  I want to make something this week because I feel as though my load at school is light right now.

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Purchased glasses online

I heard about a site where you can purchase your glasses online.  After doing some research I made my purchase this past weekend.  The site's name is www.zennioptical.com.  The great thing about it is that you can upload a photo of yourself and try the glasses on to see how they will look on you.  The prices are extremely reasonable compared to the store chains. It takes two weeks depending on your prescription to get to you. Shipping is one flat fee of $4.95!

I can't wait til they get here!

Here is what I bought:

More Posts to come

I have busy and lazy, mostly lazy.  With all the holidays, vacation days, inclement weather, who wants to post pictures... well it wasn't me.  Over my vacation break I made two jackets and one dress for New Years.

I'll give you a preview of what's to come since I don't have any pictures of them to post right now.

From the January 2011 Burda Style Magazine # 126A



From the December 2010 Burda Style Magazine # 126A





I also will have an update on the bags and pillows that I made as Christmas gifts.

Just slow poking around...

I have a lot of things to post and review. I really hope that I can get that done this weekend.  I don't even have an excuse because I have at home for two days this week so it's not like I've been busy.

I can however give a teaser of the things that I've made just to keep your attention for a moment: