Archive for May, 2008

Fashion Parade

May 21, 2008

vegas-prance.jpegLast Saturday was my fifth wedding anniversary. Although there is a vacation in the “offing,” (how come that word is usually only used in relation to wedding announcements?) we did go out and do the dinner and dancing thing.

That’s right, I said dancing. OK, it was two dances. But that is probably more than I’ve had in the last couple of years of our marriage. I kind of let Keith off the hook when it came to dancing awhile ago and he usually only pulls out the moves for one dance at a wedding.

Anyway, this is not about dancing.

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Taking Matters Into My Own Hands – Meltdown

May 16, 2008

So. It’s a simple skirt I’m trying to sew. But as usual, I find a way to mess things up and make more work for myself.

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Breaking Free From The Little Black Dress

May 13, 2008

chadwickdress.jpgDo you ever need a dress and just can’t find one? Sick of going to every event in the same black dress? This is the story of my life.

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Creep-Tastic

May 9, 2008

Let me know which clown you’d like for your birthday and I’ll start sewing…

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Pattern Fun

one-piece-dress.JPGI can’t decide what I think of this dress. Done in white, its horrendous. OK, maybe horrendous is a little bit much. But it is sort of a “Third-Times-the-Charm” bridal dress. I so want to draw a cigarette in a holder into her right hand and a martini glass into her left. Doesn’t she look a bit judgmental, like she knows something we don’t? Maybe she knows that if you make this dress in white, you are going to be making a big mistake.

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American Apparel Off Our Backs!

May 5, 2008

powerfist.jpgI went into American Apparel: The Store about a month ago. While there, I felt very uncomfortable. It could have been the blaring rap music with lyrics that went something like this: “When you see a fine nigga, holla, don’t trip!” Wow, that gets me in the mood to spend, spend, spend! Apparently, AA hasn’t heard about the market research that’s been done on what kind of music makes people want to open their wallets.

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Taking Matters Into My Own Hands: Skirt Update

I’m hard at work on making my first skirt from aforementioned pattern. Here are some things I don’t do that make me a crappy sewer:

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