tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24215458364549042612024-03-04T23:11:10.526-08:00Wax EloquentWhen did crafting become cool? The musings of a sassy college student covered in glue.hing12133http://www.blogger.com/profile/16434729425921914312noreply@blogger.comBlogger67125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2421545836454904261.post-31265251587006593162013-02-07T13:11:00.000-08:002013-02-07T13:11:27.518-08:00She's Back! Can you Guess Why?<span style="color: magenta;"><b>Big surprise</b></span>, but I am back and will be posting here on W.E. once a week. I wanted to start with that so I am accountable all my readers... read my lips, Once. A. Week!<br />
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So now that we have gotten that out of the way, you may be wondering. What inspired you to come back after 2 years on silence? Well, I recently got engaged!! Yay!<br />
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I thought I would use this space to post about some wedding facts and projects I am working on. Planning a wedding is kind of a pain in the ass so I thought if I could help someone have to research less that it might be appreciated :) I know I will take every possible shortcut I can!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">George and I testing out my new DSLR in the mountains between Palm Springs and San Diego </td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">May 2012</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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Stay tuned for my first weekly post later today! <br />
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Happy to be back!<br />
-Heatherhing12133http://www.blogger.com/profile/16434729425921914312noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2421545836454904261.post-92027349723543635742010-06-01T22:03:00.000-07:002010-06-01T22:03:10.344-07:00Where Have I Been?Well readers I have been a lot of places since my last post. Finals, presentations, graduation, the highways and freeways between San Diego and Seattle, Lower Yosemite Falls! Yep, quite a few thing, but not too much crafting sadly. <br />
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But I am pleased to announce that I have graduated, and I have to brag a little bit, I got straight A's this semester. I defiantly was working hard down to the end and was able to pull off good grades! Finish strong right? But I was able to sneak a little craft project in between the end of finals and walking across the stage. I don't have the time tonight to write up the tutorial, but it will be up soon. Here is a sneak peak...<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ_A2nKvZHi3ffU6yBNKh6tg6WZKsWoAK23fpsqyCTsgqAiQ2PyEWxzX-C-naOnzQZWFpQV4wvXkU4JVLBIB4I0SrWAcxM0t30Q_pDKyucBm2jxOI4unLt14Kb7OMSB97T-_H9-HZVh566/s1600/cathy+action+plane.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ_A2nKvZHi3ffU6yBNKh6tg6WZKsWoAK23fpsqyCTsgqAiQ2PyEWxzX-C-naOnzQZWFpQV4wvXkU4JVLBIB4I0SrWAcxM0t30Q_pDKyucBm2jxOI4unLt14Kb7OMSB97T-_H9-HZVh566/s320/cathy+action+plane.jpg" /></a></div>My roommate and friend Amanda had her commissioning ceremony to become an officer in the navy so three of us made shirts! Since she will be reporting to Pensacola in the fall for flight school, we channeled a classic, Top Gun! I really loved how they turned out and can't want to show you how easy they were to make, and how great they looked!<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><i>In other news</i> this is what I have been working on remotely, for the last few months. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwSQY7tRvOKhTDipAn8lVFWVsQYscXsZJfowoPi2c00np_lu4m_G7SmZXIUhlEyAxytXtDdmFgq4lPRHQEuwXjuA1SiRU21b459uYTjOnzutBlih0pPrkGhpAHgHT8MdWwnR38t-m2U3vP/s1600/ShorewoodSaleFlier.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwSQY7tRvOKhTDipAn8lVFWVsQYscXsZJfowoPi2c00np_lu4m_G7SmZXIUhlEyAxytXtDdmFgq4lPRHQEuwXjuA1SiRU21b459uYTjOnzutBlih0pPrkGhpAHgHT8MdWwnR38t-m2U3vP/s640/ShorewoodSaleFlier.jpg" width="508" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">More information to come! </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Night!</span></div>hing12133http://www.blogger.com/profile/16434729425921914312noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2421545836454904261.post-39488532425007518912010-05-06T00:47:00.000-07:002010-05-06T00:47:41.780-07:00...And ThursdayAs a knitter I have always loved scarfs. You really have to, when you first start knitting you don't have the guts to make more than a simple rectangle. In addition to putting yourself in the scarf box, most beginning knitters think of knitting as a purely winter sport. But over the last few years the spring/summer scarf has become a staple in many a wardrobe. Well, I am ready to take the plunge with this awesome project from <a href="http://www.marthastewart.com/article/gradient-dyed-scarf">Martha</a>! She calls it the Ombre Scarf, but its just a cotton scarf that you dye yourself. The directions look kind of complected, but a video accompanies so you can watch it before to make it easier. Pretty much you are taking some <a href="http://www.amazon.com/LIGHT-Powdered-Concrete-Plaster-Cement/dp/B001TEACSQ?ie=UTF8&tag=waxel-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">dye</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=waxel-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=B001TEACSQ" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important; padding: 0px ! important;" width="1" /> and putting it in a <a href="http://www.amazon.com/LOT-LARGE-CLEAR-SQUEEZE-BOTTLES/dp/B000HOCFPW?ie=UTF8&tag=waxel-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">squirt </a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=waxel-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=B000HOCFPW" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important; padding: 0px ! important;" width="1" />bottle. You go from the ends to the middle and dilute the dye as you go to get the gradient effect. I think that set up is what really takes the most time and that maybe it would be more time efficient to make a few, maybe to give as gifts? Mother's Day perhaps?<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">What you will end up with is something really fun and ready for all your summer escapades. </div><div style="text-align: center;">Here is some inspiration! </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<u>The Mitchel</u><br />
-Tequila<br />
-Fresca<br />
-Grandine<br />
-Lime<br />
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Fill a tall glass with ice, add a shot of tequila. Add a splash of grenadine and fill glass with fresca. Garnish with lime. <br />
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<u>Fizzy Tequila Lime</u><br />
-Diet 7up<br />
-Tequila<br />
-Lime<br />
-Ice<br />
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Same as above, fill glass with ice, add a shot of tequila, add a splash of margarita mix, and fill glass with the 7up. Garnish with a couple lime slices.<br />
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Both of these drinks are pretty awesome and not too calorie heavy, both diet 7up and Fresca are 0 calories. But of you are craving a more authentic margarita drink try these sugar free <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Baja-Bobs-Original-Margarita-2-1-Ounce/dp/B000G0U5K4?ie=UTF8&tag=waxel-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">dry mix ins</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=waxel-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=B000G0U5K4" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important; padding: 0px ! important;" width="1" />. They are like crystal lite but for cocktails. They are great to have on hand for when you want to unwind guilt free on a warm summer evening! Delish!<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><i style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: large;">Happy Cinco de Mayo!</span></i></div>hing12133http://www.blogger.com/profile/16434729425921914312noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2421545836454904261.post-17892935186243635962010-04-29T13:46:00.000-07:002010-04-29T13:46:42.631-07:00...And ThursdayWith my last round of tests over until finals, life in San Diego is easy and fun once again. It's spring time and while the sun is out the wind is keeping me in coats and jeans, instead of the V-necks and skirts I prefer this time of year. Sitting inside looking outside at the pretty blue sky has me itching for all the things about summer I love. I am daydreaming about events that are sure to be mentioned in detail while they are happening. One of my favorite summer events is my annual 4th of July party. Everything about the party is a surprise until people arrive. I plan the menu and decorations way in advance. As in- I already have the main and side dishes planed, still working on desert and drinks! I have been working away on different ideas for a few weeks now and when I stumbled upon this dress, I knew that I would be wearing a version of it on the 4th!<br />
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Isn't it amazing? It is the perfect mix for nautical and patriotic, something I can wear all summer long! But there is no way I am paying over fifty dollars plus shipping for this dress. So here is my plan. Find a suitable tank top replacement and add it to a skirt in a similar cherry red. I will probably make the skirt myself. It is a fairly simple A-Line number with a little extra volume in the form of pleats/ruffles at the top. Sounds pretty easy and fun, I hope to keep the entire look under 20 dollars. I am currently debating between two different tanks, one about five dollars and the other ten. I might actually go into forever 21 and see what I can try on in person as well. But here is where the fun feature come in! I am defiantly not going to rock a huge bow on my waist, like some pretty package waiting to opened...UM ICKK! Bows are one trend I cannot get with! Instead I am going to make this...<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i>Totally Awesome Rose Belt!</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://emilysparks.blogspot.com/2010/03/rose-belt-diy.html" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrVvLtyL3SyrwFKAmCdXZrFXEqInkNWEUHeDLoB04hp61GJDvN62rDEZ0MRnjw6FYLl9WxS0BKWT5mVEb6mlwy6Pivzd3IkU_gA72nUYlBQyPh_jrGyDBnS26d-ujZdE_8t18jE4-uIF0V/s320/rose+belt.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">I think this belt would be the perfect topper for my tank dress. A fun detail at the waist, but not a huge bow like a bride's maids dress! The belt is simple to make, all you need is some fabric, interfacing and 2 D rings. Another positive about this over the bow, is that I can wear it with more than just my dress. Hop on over to <a href="http://emilysparks.blogspot.com/">Emily Spark's blog</a> and browse the fun other fun tutorials she had. But don't forget the <a href="http://emilysparks.blogspot.com/2010/03/rose-belt-diy.html">awesome rose belt!</a> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;">In other news, I graduate in less than 30 days! 23 days and 19ish hours according to the senior tab on my school's website! Once I return home this blog is going to be SO MUCH MORE AWESOME!! I will actually be able to sew some projects! I will have all my craft items in one single place, instead of split between California and Washington. Needless to say I am very excited! But I will keep crafting and sharing and writing in the meantime. A big thanks to all the readers who have supported my baby blog, which is growing up everyday!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div>hing12133http://www.blogger.com/profile/16434729425921914312noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2421545836454904261.post-77404389955910185282010-04-25T15:24:00.000-07:002010-04-25T15:24:19.946-07:00The Sunday FiveThis week is going to suck. I realize that by making this statement, I<br />
A. sound like a grade schooler via my use of the word suck, & <br />
B am guaranteeing that the week will indeed suck. <br />
Here is my week, and let me mention that I have literally have only 12 days of class left this semester. I have two tests tomorrow, one in operations management, and one in real estate finance. I have a paper due Tuesday, in my interpersonal relations class, I also have a business law test either on Wednesday or Friday, and I have an event about BEER I have to go to for my strategic management class on Thursday night, as well as the second to last round of the business simulation competition due on Thursday night. But I digress, even with the insane amount of work I have I still have pleanty to be happy about. Getting past all the complaining/venting here is my Sunday Five!<br />
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1. John Mayer- it seems that this amazing singer/songwriter/guitarist has had some bad press recently. I pretty much just ignore it and think what I want, the phrase <i>I do what I want </i>comes to mind... But I hadn't listened to my extensive collection of John in a while. I was in my roommate's car yesterday and Heartbreak Warfare came on the radio when she turned on the car. If you follow me on <a href="http://twitter.com/hing12133">Twitter</a>, you will know exactly how this made me feel. But since I have more the 140 characters to express it here let me tell you again. Hearing that song come on the radio was like running into someone you LOVE but haven't seen in a really long time at the grocery store. You didn't expect to see them but your heart just fills with joy and you want to run up to them in the middle of the store and hug them super hard. I have know idea why I reacted this way but it was the image that went along with my feelings right at that moment. I wish I could have hugged, John in the flesh, his music makes me so happy, reminds me of great times and some of my favorite people! Ok I will stop sounding like a crazy fan now. But In case you were wondering this is what I am listening to now... <object data="http://www.lala.com/external/flash/SingleSongWidget.swf" height="70" id="lalaSongEmbed" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="220"><param name="movie" value="http://www.lala.com/external/flash/SingleSongWidget.swf"/><param name="wmode" value="transparent"/><param name="allowNetworking" value="all"/><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"/><param name="flashvars" value="songLalaId=504684648075004738&host=www.lala.com&partnerId=membersong.58674%4028292"/><embed id="lalaSongEmbed" name="lalaSongEmbed" src="http://www.lala.com/external/flash/SingleSongWidget.swf" width="220" height="70" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" wmode="transparent" allowNetworking="all" allowScriptAccess="always" flashvars="songLalaId=504684648075004738&host=www.lala.com&partnerId=membersong.58674%4028292"></embed></object><br />
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2.The sunny weather seems to be making a reappearance, although weather.com says it's only temporary. Knowing my days in California are numbered, literally 28 until I graduate, seems to make every sunny day that much more precious. Seattle summers are gorgeous, but usually include more than enough rain. Every second I can be outside in the warm sun the happier I am.<br />
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3. Glee! Have you seen the most recent episode? Well it was totally Madonna themed, and super amazing! Sue says that Madonna is empowering and well, the episode was just that. I mean its a musical TV show, so the stories are going to be exteme, but the message was clear! I love love love Glee, and adding Madonna to the mix just made it that much better!<br />
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4. I had a comment this morning on my blog on my dollar store post, the <a href="http://waxeloquentbyheather.blogspot.com/2010/04/what-in-world-zippers.html#comments">Zipped Cuff</a><br />
<blockquote> "<a href="http://www.blogger.com/profile/14097093248872091000" rel="nofollow">Michelle L.</a> said...<i> This is beautiful! Extra thank you for the no-sew part. Also (first time reader here) you are an amazing writer. If I'd been drinking milk it would have come out my nose.</i>"</blockquote> What an amazing complement! I try SO HARD to be funny and most of the time I fail, so when people actually laugh it makes me feel incredible. In addition she said I am a great writer, which I always love to hear. Now if my teachers all saw it that way... But the comment really made my morning!<br />
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5. I had a wonderful relaxing walk this morning with my friend Denise, in Coronado. I love walking the boardwalk, and the beach. It was a great way to get the morning started, and since I have been so busy lately it was nice to catch up on the goings on here at USD. It was just what I needed to start this week off strong and kick butt on my tests (3) and paper (1). <br />
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Bonus #6. The Vampire Diaries was AMAZING this week. Only two episodes left!! I just watched it this morning and it totally rocked my TV world. I am always in such shock during the episodes. I even did the Home Alone Face...<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">Seriously, I do that, just ask my roommates! I know I say this all the time but I love the show so much, I am addicted. I spend so much time reacting to all the craziness, I am constantly caught off guard by what happens next. I never see anything coming. My only prediction is that Elena is going to become a vampire. But my guess is that won't happen this season. I can't wait for the next episode!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Okay party people, I have shared what is making me happy this week, its your turn! </div><div style="text-align: center;">What is making <i>you </i>happy this Sunday??</div>hing12133http://www.blogger.com/profile/16434729425921914312noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2421545836454904261.post-35814372862897861802010-04-24T11:37:00.000-07:002010-04-24T11:37:33.473-07:00Coupon Clipping?I love saving money, it's no secret. Although I currently feed myself using gift cards from Trader Joe's, when I would shop for my whole family, I was always trying to break my max savings record of sixtyish percent. You know at the bottom of the receipt where the checker circles, you saved.... Well I love seeing how big I can get that number to be on a grocery trip. So when a new coupon web<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">site </span>invited me to<span style="font-size: small;"> peruse their vast supply of coupons last week, I happily said yes! </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"> Although I had never heard of</span> <a href="http://www.couponchief.com/">http://www.couponchief.com</a> before, it is a large site with A LOT of coupons. It is the perfect place to go when you are buying something online and want to check around for a free shipping code, or a 10% off offer. The site itself is more efficient that just typing discount codes for The Gap into your search bar, which is what I had been doing previously. For example, I do a TON of shopping on <a href="http://www.couponchief.com/amazon">Amazon</a>. All you have to do is type the store into their search bar and up pop's forty four coupons!<br />
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Adding to my excitement, is the ability to rate the coupons. I love sites that let you rate the coupons, because then you can look at other people's ratings, to see if the codes even worked! They even have a page of coupons for <a href="http://www.couponchief.com/ebay">Ebay</a>, I didn't even know Ebay coupons existed! As if I need another reason to feed that addiction... Members add new codes all the time, and by becoming a member you can get alerts for stores that you shop at most! So if you are looking for <a href="http://www.couponchief.com/">coupon codes</a> to keep that online shopping budget in check check out Coupon Chief!hing12133http://www.blogger.com/profile/16434729425921914312noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2421545836454904261.post-46034117382099165922010-04-22T14:12:00.000-07:002010-04-22T14:21:08.469-07:00What In The World?? Zippers!You may remember from my last post I received quite a few zippers in the envelope of random sent from Heather at <a href="http://dollarstorecrafts.com/">Dollar Store Crafts</a>. These zippers have been keeping me up at night, what could I do that hasn't already been done a bazillion times by the other online crafty folks. I have seen zipper necklaces, and zipper flowers, exposed chunky zippers in place of invisible zippers on skirts and pants. Well last night inspiration struck. I didn't write down my idea, which usually means it will be forgotten by the morning, but when I woke up, I still remembered. It is craft destiny! Insert really epic music <a href="http://s0.ilike.com/play#Survivor:Eye+of+the+Tiger:18436:s367714.12707344.4367774.0.2.181%2Cstd_5687f0d72ea94fa4942fe6d05309f7b0">HERE</a>!<br />
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Here is what you need<br />
<ul><li>Cardboard roll- I used a paper towel roll</li>
<li>4 zippers, in coordinating colors- they need to be a few inches longer than it takes to go around your wrist</li>
<li>Ribbon- I used two colors but you could use one, use colors that go with your zippers</li>
<li>Hot glue</li>
<li>Elmer's glue</li>
</ul> *** A note on supplies and colors. Everything I used I had on hand. However if I were to do this craft again, I would make some changes. I would use different color zippers. I would probably go toward neon, or more bad ass colors like gray, black or gold. One of my new years resolutions was to be more bad ass... I thought that yellow and the pink and teal would look good together but I think that the finished product looks slightly like an Easter egg. I might have used black or gray ribbon for the center stripe and the ends if I had some. I would also make the cuff a little less wide, I am not sure my little wrists can pull it off...<br />
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<b>Here is what I did-</b><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><ol></ol>1. Cut the cardboard to size you want your cuff to be. I made mine quite wide, still not sure how I feel about my length. The skinnier yours is the closer the zippers will be, or you can use less zippers.<br />
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2. My cuff didn't quite go all the way around my wrist so I added a bit of extra cardboard the same width to make is a bit bigger. I glued on the extra with regular Elmer's glue.<br />
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4.Remember you have a lot of laundry to do, and go throw it in the washer. This step is optional...<br />
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5. Set your zipper design. I decided I wanted to do stripes with the pink and teal zippers I was sent from Heather. The pattern certainly doesn't have to be symmetrical like mine, it could be totally random. I set the pattern out on the floor, with the zipper part facing out and set my cuff base on top to check out the fit.<br />
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6. Next I glued a strip of yellow grosgrain ribbon down the middle. I would not do it this way again. In the end it looks better to have the ribbon down the middle cover your zipper sides, not the other way around.<br />
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7. Now I started gluing. Working from the outside in, glue the zippers down in the pattern you chose.<br />
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As you begin to layer the zippers you might notice that the fabric sides are bubbling up a bit.</div><div style="text-align: center;">As you glue press firmly down and slide your finger to even out the zippers.</div><div style="text-align: center;">You can also add a tiny amount of glue to keep everything flat.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">9. To finish the raw edges, I encased the edges with white ribbon. To do so, I put a line of hot glue on the very edge on the zipper side and placed the ribbon edge on it. Then I put a glue line down the inside of the cuff and folded the ribbon over and pressed the other edge of the ribbon into the glue. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfVd-2OFLsvSGAIMFzhufyUJ96wSF3MDn7B6fZaufWi3y2ZXC7U88iKgEKM-vEB52gSxtFvjj-HrxTRzt7geijIJh9X6pSU4uQ0giJslMpkFeHjbiK-Z05F-4xv9EmuhYHKahsz-HcVeGl/s1600/Zipper+Cuff,+Storm,+kettle+corn%21+043.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfVd-2OFLsvSGAIMFzhufyUJ96wSF3MDn7B6fZaufWi3y2ZXC7U88iKgEKM-vEB52gSxtFvjj-HrxTRzt7geijIJh9X6pSU4uQ0giJslMpkFeHjbiK-Z05F-4xv9EmuhYHKahsz-HcVeGl/s320/Zipper+Cuff,+Storm,+kettle+corn%21+043.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">10. Trim the edges of the white ribbon and burn quickly to seal them. Be careful not to catch the rest of your project on fire. Wait, I think you probably had figured out that you shouldn't burn up your bracelet...</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">11. Now depending on your cuff base, and how large you made it you could have a slight problem. The weight of the zippers and glue was causing my cuff to <i>uncuff</i>. As in it was getting less circly. So I glued a part of a rubber band to keep the cuff together. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM7iFhiTPFJY39yqiy4eX7f8ry6YO9fnDb9yVR47yp809uJvsMdhQjvPLapKnn17Ea6EJ_T7FoXoBK6ILqczfKFqb5VQeKJj7GCGnibhHxJ2Sa4_ZiaLzTDElSbon7_rj9TmQvb7LfBNrn/s1600/Zipper+Cuff,+Storm,+kettle+corn%21+048.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM7iFhiTPFJY39yqiy4eX7f8ry6YO9fnDb9yVR47yp809uJvsMdhQjvPLapKnn17Ea6EJ_T7FoXoBK6ILqczfKFqb5VQeKJj7GCGnibhHxJ2Sa4_ZiaLzTDElSbon7_rj9TmQvb7LfBNrn/s320/Zipper+Cuff,+Storm,+kettle+corn%21+048.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">12. Unveil you finished product to all your friends!!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNR9nb3FlEmIDMpfeDJWA6-4f36JWp64loB9nCH0rUGd-yhxKG9mcZe2StrgH40QT0-FKnY1xjqYx_bU7lTs9VN5lDT7_BVJq-hANbZoMtH272WuC8YRlQ9mYHjhwF2Mut1YBpkTwz5H89/s1600/Zipper+Cuff,+Storm,+kettle+corn%21+056.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNR9nb3FlEmIDMpfeDJWA6-4f36JWp64loB9nCH0rUGd-yhxKG9mcZe2StrgH40QT0-FKnY1xjqYx_bU7lTs9VN5lDT7_BVJq-hANbZoMtH272WuC8YRlQ9mYHjhwF2Mut1YBpkTwz5H89/s320/Zipper+Cuff,+Storm,+kettle+corn%21+056.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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<ul><li>A really sweet letter from Heather</li>
<li>A large manila envelope</li>
<li>Five zippers</li>
<li>two pieces of red shiny paper</li>
<li>two red birds</li>
<li>A bag of blue buttons</li>
<li>A tattoo sleeve </li>
<li>a giant red bead</li>
<li>Some weird magnet things, Not sure I havn't opened them yet</li>
<li>A pair of really red long gloves</li>
<li>A really big plastic thing with snaps</li>
</ul><div style="text-align: justify;">So Heather said she sent me a bag of purely, random stuff because she thought I could make do with it. I am glad she believes in me. But seriously... I have no idea what I am going to do with all this stuff! I have a few ideas, zipper flowers, or some zipper jewelry/embellishment maybe? The real kicker is that tattoo sleeve, what the heck am I going to do with that? </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Well look forward to some fun tutorials using these supplies with some of my own stash thrown in!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Just for fun, a few pictures of my day trip to Disneyland. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSmfKD93XyfLUEbe0xsWKmiabrGKiCGFU_ClyhFGtC1TmY8cbtHUvsfhE2LIGPhEjH_TtVe2fiSiKqN7EThxBc7Cd25xF7lrVBBPrHMNXtk9OCmV9DHTU9mWygk-AuYouBIMGjivSD1ySU/s1600/April+2010+PS+Crafts+Disney+050.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSmfKD93XyfLUEbe0xsWKmiabrGKiCGFU_ClyhFGtC1TmY8cbtHUvsfhE2LIGPhEjH_TtVe2fiSiKqN7EThxBc7Cd25xF7lrVBBPrHMNXtk9OCmV9DHTU9mWygk-AuYouBIMGjivSD1ySU/s320/April+2010+PS+Crafts+Disney+050.jpg" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRqFkpvrSQSaluNEX_uFQMh3owBoBA272BnE5qGp_8B7m8uI1iyuJTvxyeEaGZ6EHlyIMH35Z5i5vSRB4i7D2neIA-YIx82lnkD6y9EE1-mwgJs6KBhDseWZOyZmTWkHUQoGlcf8_ajudq/s1600/April+2010+PS+Crafts+Disney+065.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRqFkpvrSQSaluNEX_uFQMh3owBoBA272BnE5qGp_8B7m8uI1iyuJTvxyeEaGZ6EHlyIMH35Z5i5vSRB4i7D2neIA-YIx82lnkD6y9EE1-mwgJs6KBhDseWZOyZmTWkHUQoGlcf8_ajudq/s320/April+2010+PS+Crafts+Disney+065.jpg" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoOhdarPfUyt87u-oGFJIoXWS8GqM6-ARlIHiwflca1OWiNjFNxrHyzmlhzm30IVeiOLIOsofqSKwoZeqA9vtcv01-T7Us3DTh5Mi8RY1lzvKr3t8xzAd9gc5zRi8wZYQ7evwgGutxZdl8/s1600/April+2010+PS+Crafts+Disney+035.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoOhdarPfUyt87u-oGFJIoXWS8GqM6-ARlIHiwflca1OWiNjFNxrHyzmlhzm30IVeiOLIOsofqSKwoZeqA9vtcv01-T7Us3DTh5Mi8RY1lzvKr3t8xzAd9gc5zRi8wZYQ7evwgGutxZdl8/s320/April+2010+PS+Crafts+Disney+035.jpg" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA1O2FnF53tKagjB7rzpXLcJB307lucwYlBvgWd6u8cMjmZMUE-HXeu3mgr038sUVC3lCeJrsgXS9LliPx4QXgPUSY1GoWUkV5tie9iFd6Wypth1TtG7bfRHBis6BIZjqM9GpeVpJ69xjU/s1600/April+2010+PS+Crafts+Disney+066.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA1O2FnF53tKagjB7rzpXLcJB307lucwYlBvgWd6u8cMjmZMUE-HXeu3mgr038sUVC3lCeJrsgXS9LliPx4QXgPUSY1GoWUkV5tie9iFd6Wypth1TtG7bfRHBis6BIZjqM9GpeVpJ69xjU/s320/April+2010+PS+Crafts+Disney+066.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>hing12133http://www.blogger.com/profile/16434729425921914312noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2421545836454904261.post-39759769226783518632010-04-18T20:54:00.000-07:002010-04-18T20:54:51.323-07:00The Sunday FiveWhat a week! So much to be happy about in life right now! So lets get started<br />
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1. Disneyland- I spent yesterday with two great friends at the happiest place on earth! My current roommate and my former roommate headed out of San Diego yesterday at about 7AM and spent the day on rides; alternating between laughing and screaming! We had an amazing time!<br />
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2. I could probably write this every week, but the Vampire Diaries really really makes me happy. I don't watch too many TV shows regularly anymore, but I look forward to TVD every week and it just keeps getting better and better! Only 3 episodes left until the season finally!!!<br />
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3. I have a few things coming around the bend that are also making me giddy, just looking forward to them! One is my friend Jackie is coming to visit me in San Diego, and I am so excited to show her around, while I still call California home!<br />
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4. Another thing I am looking forward to is the NFL draft. I don't think many people are as insane as me, but I pretty much watch it for 48 hours straight. I am really nervous and excited to see who goes where. The draft is really exciting especially when you follow college and NFL football, its like you really know the players!<br />
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5. Even though they always make me happy, I just want to throw a shout out to my roommates! They make me so happy and we just have a great time together. We watch movies, play card games, and even do insane workout DVD's together! I am so lucky to have great roommates, it make school SO SO SO much better!hing12133http://www.blogger.com/profile/16434729425921914312noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2421545836454904261.post-2385894893416460142010-04-15T14:41:00.000-07:002010-04-15T14:41:47.886-07:00...And ThursdaySo far in my pursuit of gathering the fun and easy fashion projects out on the internet I have focused on actual clothing. But everyone knows accessories are a girl's best friend. So today I am happy to feature a great, easy, beginning project that can go with so many different outfits. <br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>Jersey Necklaces!</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibIojTRyXw7LNYboKgJIRmzNyrAO9LuK2QtySHaJSs1E0mJoZUPjxPHzRcbkd8cwmcEep0j63WKRQ7tjwB6OWGR0ZEuPxMzMfyK2So0Zw0yw8wBp8llkHUjwCqD3fMionw-cLeVf6D4Cjj/s1600/Tshirt+necklace.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibIojTRyXw7LNYboKgJIRmzNyrAO9LuK2QtySHaJSs1E0mJoZUPjxPHzRcbkd8cwmcEep0j63WKRQ7tjwB6OWGR0ZEuPxMzMfyK2So0Zw0yw8wBp8llkHUjwCqD3fMionw-cLeVf6D4Cjj/s320/Tshirt+necklace.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
<a href="http://melissaesplin.com/home/2010/03/t-shirt-refashion-jersey-necklace/">Click here for the tutorial</a>,</div><div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-size: x-small;">picture via <a href="http://melissaesplin.com/home/">I Still Love You</a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">For minimal effort you get an amazing professional looking versatile piece of jewelry. This project is perfect for beginners, grab a some jersey, some scissors and your sewing kit, that's all it takes! Another theme of the projects I feature, customization! She makes these out of T shirts, imagine all the different possibility, you could even braid in something sparkly for a more after five look. Anyway, use your imagination, and before you cut up that shirt, pick something that will go with your most worn outfits and tops! </div><div style="text-align: center;"><i style="color: magenta;"><span style="font-size: large;">Happy Crafting! </span></i></div>hing12133http://www.blogger.com/profile/16434729425921914312noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2421545836454904261.post-72800102838210987972010-04-14T16:50:00.000-07:002010-04-14T16:50:42.154-07:00Fashion Forward Wednesday<div style="text-align: justify;">Onto the fashion...finally! I have been an avid reader of <a href="http://adventuresindressmaking.blogspot.com/">Adventures in Dressmaking</a> for quite a while now. The blog features great tee shirt make overs and drool worthy home dec pictures for inspiration. I totally admire the great woman who runs the blog, she makes something new practically every day, I would be exhausted! One thing you must check out if you click on over to her site? Her <a href="http://astore.amazon.com/adrada-20/detail/1581808720%20%20">Amazon Store</a> in the top section of links, she has a great selection of books for the sewing and craft minded person. </div><div style="text-align: justify;">So back to project! Have you seen the rolled cuff slightly longer than normal jean shorts out there? </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlUMIHBpgzS5sAkjpl-AEjiHQQ1mWQIA2QTAeAw4DgyS2lnePoMwPjyuWn5hxUFWt33CbaJA0NoFbP0DF_xN6oUkCW1EdGrQ1JUBXsdEhXLOwFDEFL7yefjnzxC6SEZn6AIcfju3EA909G/s1600/Denim+short+3.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlUMIHBpgzS5sAkjpl-AEjiHQQ1mWQIA2QTAeAw4DgyS2lnePoMwPjyuWn5hxUFWt33CbaJA0NoFbP0DF_xN6oUkCW1EdGrQ1JUBXsdEhXLOwFDEFL7yefjnzxC6SEZn6AIcfju3EA909G/s320/Denim+short+3.png" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-size: xx-small;">Via Adventures in Dressmaking</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Seems like a trend for only the super fashionista, right? WRONG! That short is amazing, the inseam is a bit longer so its age appropriate for people who have are past the booty shorts age, and a great weekend look for any young lady on the go! Sometimes picking up a trend piece is just not worth the money, especially for artificially destroyed jeans, but this is a great way to add a fun spring and summer trend piece from something you already own. Grab a pair of jeans that still fit, but you might not wear so much any more and click on over to the amazing step by step <a href="http://adventuresindressmaking.blogspot.com/2010/03/we-need-to-learn-to-make-these-shorts.html">tutorial </a>and hack away. Come the warm days of summer, you'll be glad you did. A great variation to this trend? have the cuffs lined in a soft plaid so the rolls contract the jeans a bit. I have seen some great ones in the April/May fashion magazines! If I make the lined version I will be sure to let you all know how I did it! </div>hing12133http://www.blogger.com/profile/16434729425921914312noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2421545836454904261.post-67532876471510060282010-04-13T18:48:00.000-07:002010-04-13T20:04:03.766-07:00Reliving SixteenFor the last week or so I have been reliving a lot of things from my 16th year. Not on purpose, but I have the craving to watch How to Deal, which I saw in theaters when I was sixteen, I have even been listening to the soundtrack. This yesterday I listened to my birthday mix, which I was given when I turned sixteen. Once I started noticing this, I saw that for some reasons I have been doing a lot of 16ish things. I am having a huge garage sale this June, probably the biggest since the one I had when I was 16, it was also the first year I had my friends from high school come help. One still helps, a lot!! I even started drinking soda again. I am re-reading the Sloppy Firsts series. It is just really weird that 16 is coming back to haunt me. While that time in my life was <i>very </i>fun most of the time, it is also marred with somethings I would rather forget. Birthday, they seem to serve as reminders.<br />
Take a listen to my favorite song from How to Deal <br />
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I decided to postpone the Sunday five for one day. Two reasons: 1. its my birthday so its the best day to celebrate all the stuff that makes me happy, and 2. I was really tired yesterday. Driving in the dark is a major energy suck! So what is making me happy on my 22nd birthday? Read on to find out...Hint, its more than five less than a million!<br />
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<ol><li>My new Whirley Pop popcorn popper. If you know me personally or have been reading the blog for a while you probably know how much I love bacon, but my love for popcorn is a close second place. A while back I read an awesome post about kettle corn over at <a href="http://www.chicaandjo.com/2008/03/13/make-your-own-kettle-corn-at-home/">Chica and Jo</a>. Well for my birthday I asked for the popper and my parents came through. I already tried the movie theater mix that came with, AWESOME!! I love it!!</li>
<li>My Birthday play list, which I tried SOOO hard to upload here for you guys to listen to, but I will just had to add some links so you all can listen! This is just a 5 song sample from the birthday mix I got when I turned 16! I am very lucky to still have the giver in my life! <a href="http://s0.ilike.com/play#No+Doubt:Six+Feet+Under:16621:s162874.14302.7184207.1.1.79%2Cstd_5d5a3de03c54746f80b867c6c49ba5b5">Song 1</a> <a href="http://s0.ilike.com/play#Five+For+Fighting:100+Years:10664:s505129.8082905.5440345.0.1.85%2Cstd_0e882ef731b99905f4d9c4d7b2c64726">Song 2</a> <a href="http://popup.lala.com/popup/504684680784399010">Song 3</a> <a href="http://s0.ilike.com/play#New+Radicals:Mother+We+Just+Can%27t+Get+Enough:96567:s15063.2166.1792804.1.1.70%2Cstd_d3f174ec73dc5dfe6e4bde37d1873807">Song 4</a> <a href="http://popup.lala.com/popup/432627047888739818">Song 5</a>. Happy listening!</li>
<li>Vampire Diaries. Are you following me on <a href="http://twitter.com/hing12133">twitter</a>? Well if you are you know I am totally obsessed. The last episode literally drove me insane. I can hardly wait for the next episode, the show is just so good, I can't put it into words. </li>
<li>Palm Springs. Over Easter and this past weekend I was visiting my parents in Palm Springs that is where I have been with no internet access. But it was super relaxing and a great way to celebrate with my parents. </li>
<li>My new favorite drink! Diet Mug Root beer with some no sugar added vanilla ice cream. SO amazing low sugar and low cal root beer float! Tasty! </li>
<li>Living at the beach. Sometimes San Diego feels just like any other city. But 80% of the time the air has a hint of salt. The morning starts with a hint of onshore flow and some pretty white clouds keeping the spring just cool enough. I love everything about the beach, except sunburns. </li>
<li>LIMES!!! My roommates and I are totally obsessed with anything hint of lime. Hint of lime chips, popcorn and beer have all been approved here! SO SO SO tasty, cannot even convey! We are currently in search of a lime salt so we can give a hint of lime to even more foods!</li>
</ol><div style="text-align: center;">Get ready for some awesome posts this week, and some fun pictures of my trip and some of the trinkets I acquired along the way! </div><ol></ol>hing12133http://www.blogger.com/profile/16434729425921914312noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2421545836454904261.post-41170990045494104322010-04-09T01:28:00.000-07:002010-04-09T01:28:24.106-07:00SorryEven though I missed quite a few days blogging I am going to make it up to you all. Soon, I promise. I have so many fashion projects just waiting to be featured! I have fun sunglasses postes and knitting posts. But they all will have to wait. I am heading back to Palm Springs again this weekend which means no internet again. But I promise you all a great Sunday 5 once I get back on Sunday evening. It maybe even 5+!! So don't give up on me yet, fair readers, I promise to return to blog life once my internet conncetion is secure and pictures are uploaded. Once I start uploading the posts again, keep hitting refresh, I'll be writing as fast as I can!<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"> Sending all my Friday love your way! </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: magenta; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;"><i>Happy Friday! </i></span></div>hing12133http://www.blogger.com/profile/16434729425921914312noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2421545836454904261.post-1754297163273959292010-04-01T09:43:00.000-07:002010-04-01T09:43:48.818-07:00...And ThursdaySpring has sprung in the hearts of fashionistas around the globe. Anything and everything from television adds to magazines spreads, even bloggers are sharing the latest spring pieces. But as most know, spring can be a difficult time to dress, one second its sunny and the next it is blowing rain in your face, and messing up your hair, uggg! Pieces that are just a bit on the warm side are perfect for spring and summer evenings. A perfect transition into summer is a knit dress, good with tights, leggings, or even jeans now, and great for summer evenings later. Enter on of my favorite free knitting pattern blogs out there <a href="http://www.pickles.no/">Pickles</a>. This is the third Pickle's pattern I have featured, so you know I must visit the site often, I do. When I am there I usually stop over at the store to droll over the yarns too. Someday when the amount of yarn I own can fit in just one <i>SMALL </i>box, I will buy from the store. I really recommend their yarns, as buying the yarn helps support the free pattens, plus they are reasonable in price and the colors are amazing! <br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><i>But back to the dress...</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi16qaEc5bwjuYHPS6cGSbFLux63QGDfpU0mkbJVpiKi2oXa9bMBYDd92bFi_axuMri6bajuhXVsy6sSJ6EbYzCAME2Dz63QA2nJlfXmEjs-lsz1GTEziMCgSH7u5yRRUvcHtXFjjehaBoe/s1600/Sweater+dress+stripes.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi16qaEc5bwjuYHPS6cGSbFLux63QGDfpU0mkbJVpiKi2oXa9bMBYDd92bFi_axuMri6bajuhXVsy6sSJ6EbYzCAME2Dz63QA2nJlfXmEjs-lsz1GTEziMCgSH7u5yRRUvcHtXFjjehaBoe/s320/Sweater+dress+stripes.jpg" /></a></div>Is is a sweater, or is it a dress? It can be anything you want. Since your are knitting it you can control the length, a little longer if you want to wear it as a dress alone, a little shorter if you are short like me, or super confident, or plan to wear it as a tunic style sweater. Another great way to make this fun dress perfect for spring, knit it up in the nudes and pinks that seem to be everywhere. One tip when choosing colors, if you are fair stick with pinks, roses and warmer colors, if you have tan or olive skin the lighter cooler colors work like gray, and if you have dark skin think bronze when choosing yarns or any nude pieces for that matter. Knitting the trim in a black or navy would be a great way to get a pop of dark in the dress! Another idea, you could knit it in two colors, color block style, with the change at your waist and then belt it to exaggerate the color block style. The possibilities are endless. Have I convinced you yet? Simple stated this dress is quick and simple to make and sure to become a spring favorite! <a href="http://www.pickles.no/dressy-sweater/">Click here</a> to visit Pickles and the sweater pattern!hing12133http://www.blogger.com/profile/16434729425921914312noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2421545836454904261.post-16531002842354131812010-04-01T00:18:00.000-07:002010-04-01T00:18:08.022-07:00Fashion Forward Wednesday<div style="text-align: justify;">Today's Fashion Forward post comes from a blogger who's style I have admired since I stumbled upon her blog once upon a time. I encourage everyone to go take a peak at <a href="http://alisaburke.blogspot.com/">Alisa Burke's</a> blog, she is totally unique, unlike anything I have seen on the web, and I mean that in the best way possible. She is so creative and I am sure I will be featuring her in future posts! Today I am showcasing a project that involves no sewing or knitting, just the willingness to let your creativity go nuts, with paint!</div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><i><a href="http://alisaburke.blogspot.com/2010/03/messy-dress-tutorial.html"><span style="font-size: large;">The Messy Dress </span></a></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrzQb3Lsza6_PCfd-yuMPu2U9RfrG5KeTY-IiCBEWv6bM2YvktPS_1eAwrLK-W62x32HWWs9WOY63aytEupEGtKwiDTejgXgxunTPW3d38tnhUF3EF7XTJgLrzPA_hIc5UyZw8LPHPMGYe/s1600/messy+dress+1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrzQb3Lsza6_PCfd-yuMPu2U9RfrG5KeTY-IiCBEWv6bM2YvktPS_1eAwrLK-W62x32HWWs9WOY63aytEupEGtKwiDTejgXgxunTPW3d38tnhUF3EF7XTJgLrzPA_hIc5UyZw8LPHPMGYe/s320/messy+dress+1.jpg" /></a></div>If you head over to the <a href="http://alisaburke.blogspot.com/2010/03/messy-dress-tutorial.html">amazing tutorial</a> to create this dress, you will find that with a few tools and some fabric paint you can turn a plain target dress, into your own custom work of art. Like most of the other projects I have featured, you can customize the final product with different dress choice, she shows a gray and green dress, and different paint colors. Another perk of this project, you start with a fairly cheap dress, and end up with something totally fabulous looking, <b><i>so </i></b>much craft bang! Once you have tried her method out you could even expand the technique to tee shirts or skirts. Let your imagine run wild! Check out her awesome tutorial <a href="http://alisaburke.blogspot.com/2010/03/messy-dress-tutorial.html">here</a>! As the artist said both the dresses are "<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0000ee;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'trebuchet ms',serif;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">simple, graphic and a little edgy" a perfect addition to you spring wardrobe and sure to become a dress you will love to wear!</span></span></span></span></span><br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0000ee;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'trebuchet ms',serif;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: small;"><i style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">See you tomorrow! </i></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0000ee;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'trebuchet ms',serif;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;"> </span></span></span></span></span>hing12133http://www.blogger.com/profile/16434729425921914312noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2421545836454904261.post-66139879704484306212010-03-30T10:17:00.000-07:002010-03-30T10:17:18.551-07:00My Dollar Store Challenge!!As I mentioned a few days ago I am participating in a themed challenge going on over at <a href="http://dollarstorecrafts.com/">Dollar Store Crafts</a>. I love making stuff from Dollar Store finds because everything is only a dollar (when I went last time they come on the loud speaker to remind us...), need I say more? So this week the challenge item was placemats. On Friday I headed out to the Dollar Tree and got two different placemats, I wasn't very impressed with the colors or the styles but I grabbed up this blue one. I guess the real question is, what did I decide to make with it? <br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">A picture frame! I take an extreme amount of pictures and often I buy prints at street fair that are in non-standard sizes. Custom made frames are expensive so a dollar store revamp is a great money saver. </div><br />
Materials<br />
<ul><li>Placemat</li>
<li>Matching needle and thread</li>
<li>Hot glue</li>
<li>Ribbon</li>
<li>Add on's like sequins, beads, or thread for embroidery</li>
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</a></div><div style="text-align: center;">First decide on the picture you want to use. You will want the opening on the inside of the frame to be slightly smaller than your picture, or you can make the opening bigger and create a mat for your picture. Since my placemat already had a border going on, I used that as my frame and chose a picture to fit. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAgmJZ4CFXagnxhU5sfNcGSGp_izgbZlEuGOpprno3kQ44n8p6Tk72h5EGUs007o8MGXwI9aU3mqDD0yr4ncc48pBukhXhbkhoEkL58g5_ovQY7ufC2Viq7CaJQ-A2dS6Y1v3776VIWt4O/s1600/Placemat+Challenge+007.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAgmJZ4CFXagnxhU5sfNcGSGp_izgbZlEuGOpprno3kQ44n8p6Tk72h5EGUs007o8MGXwI9aU3mqDD0yr4ncc48pBukhXhbkhoEkL58g5_ovQY7ufC2Viq7CaJQ-A2dS6Y1v3776VIWt4O/s320/Placemat+Challenge+007.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">I cut a half inch border around the outside of three sides, the bottom and the two vertical sides. On the top I cut right along the pattern. On the three edges, I folded the half inch over and sewed along the fold. Make sure you sew along the fold, it creates a pocket that you can slip the back into. Ironing might help create a sharp fold. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Once you sew all three sides you will have a a slot to slide the back of your frame into. Now, fold you frame in half and cut out the middle section, try and cut it out in a single piece, you can use the middle to create a mini frame, two for the price of one, dollar!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>See the pocket?</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><blockquote><blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaSlzEsXZ3ikKQo5SitCfMRL-MbfxLQeTeOOLvP7LxVq5GNySPdbuqozKAxUbHLN3PZ2x6NixWxgnFAkKUUsVPF8HNo7Sw1dv_NBqB2rwhJ5GObx-15z46B_S-VBB_hW8i6sGjaSnmin2A/s1600/Placemat+Challenge+011.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaSlzEsXZ3ikKQo5SitCfMRL-MbfxLQeTeOOLvP7LxVq5GNySPdbuqozKAxUbHLN3PZ2x6NixWxgnFAkKUUsVPF8HNo7Sw1dv_NBqB2rwhJ5GObx-15z46B_S-VBB_hW8i6sGjaSnmin2A/s320/Placemat+Challenge+011.jpg" /></a></div></blockquote></blockquote><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0g0AIUHx2nLucPC5jga_Fz9P1MhchOpFJx-CLYtjmzLRrf9CLgOrl588pSWLb5ujo1wHb5ttqRD92mONrYJ9TmepHq1pRnMtRS-xiPSIdsQCdfhmcoI4gLmTE_t-e711hq8fsUSjhyvUd/s1600/Placemat+Challenge+012.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><br />
</a>For the back I used a cereal box that I cut open. Trace the outside of the frame and then trim it down from there. Start big and slowly trim it down to the correct size. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">On the inside edges I bound the raw edges with ribbon. Since I had no ribbon and thread that matched, and I was feeling super lazy, so I hot glued it. Measure inside edge to inside edge and cut some ribbon. Fray check the ends with a lighter really quickly. Start with a short bead of hot glue near the edge and place the top half of the ribbon on in a straight line. I placed the ribbon on top to check placement first then ran a thin bead of glue on the front and held the ribbon taught to ensure a straight line. Flip the mat over and repeat on the backside, to encase the raw edge. Repeat for all four inside edges. Once you are done it will look like this. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">I added some table confetti I got a Pier One a couple years ago for the corners. For the top I added some yellow grosgrain ribbon tied in knots. Sadly I could not print the 8X10 I wanted to fill this frame but here is my finished frame.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOfsH_K3qWOe5UPxuRBRdz7iYidpIRLTKWkDdaL46jJdS5kIHiY9O_35YJi9-MpeOQ-hzq-YY6vz44EKbr4tBCAzHjZCiw9xFQofAy-vlBgPwSiaY5cjiPo08TmADRLOCbaFAfM76J7Ihy/s1600/Placemat+Challenge+017.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOfsH_K3qWOe5UPxuRBRdz7iYidpIRLTKWkDdaL46jJdS5kIHiY9O_35YJi9-MpeOQ-hzq-YY6vz44EKbr4tBCAzHjZCiw9xFQofAy-vlBgPwSiaY5cjiPo08TmADRLOCbaFAfM76J7Ihy/s320/Placemat+Challenge+017.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">1.The Beautiful San Diego weather. The constant warmth of the sun, got me out the door and to class this past week, and sitting in the sun made studying much more enjoyable. I have to say, I am a bit of a tan-aholic. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Can you tell how tan I am?</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>Note the UW shirt and the messy spot in the back corner- that's my bed...</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiru-hJyhR_ycBi9yCNJHdVClyvWHsC3yHM2hKzIrb2Szluwi-dwsXJlMMhXC-BDp3gFUOujXucRBCkigHjOsofydMRmSVzZV-1m2adKOV7nFvp2w-W1qLStvO-odsrdO3LWl-gAHt88hK5/s1600/New+Yarn+003.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiru-hJyhR_ycBi9yCNJHdVClyvWHsC3yHM2hKzIrb2Szluwi-dwsXJlMMhXC-BDp3gFUOujXucRBCkigHjOsofydMRmSVzZV-1m2adKOV7nFvp2w-W1qLStvO-odsrdO3LWl-gAHt88hK5/s200/New+Yarn+003.jpg" width="150" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">2. New yarn! Although I am poor, I went on a thrift store adventure with my friend and former roommate today, and two of three were closed. But we were close to The Grove in the South Park neighborhood of San Diego. I bought two skeins each of a minty multi-colored Blue Sky Cotton and some slightly variegated blue silk and merino from Louisa Harding Yarns. I know they look pretty similar, but this is what I am into right now. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvVz0Yz2gneFGGYXHgv6ty15yrixKwBKrsb_OAlbFL8nSwIubU0rxvcwOz0BYJmVk6ScquV44gdnGdKG3x_F55rhcXThxaVDwn1QLKP8cK3-YOA-3jfrtf8An-ae8UE2YgSEOvmCFArwTm/s1600/New+Yarn+018.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvVz0Yz2gneFGGYXHgv6ty15yrixKwBKrsb_OAlbFL8nSwIubU0rxvcwOz0BYJmVk6ScquV44gdnGdKG3x_F55rhcXThxaVDwn1QLKP8cK3-YOA-3jfrtf8An-ae8UE2YgSEOvmCFArwTm/s320/New+Yarn+018.jpg" width="240" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb4y0SMdeL7gNNrHe65E7YkBPnfrlMtkxLGOjQLY0MozP4M9QP0iKO3qChOBIjN7kmfcz_PyTYf5toKQR3Ci06mepdlRyc9Fo0hF0EZlYENLnvOXHpBbzR_9ed-O4W9geVZxRkhlt1HlzR/s1600/New+Yarn+009.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb4y0SMdeL7gNNrHe65E7YkBPnfrlMtkxLGOjQLY0MozP4M9QP0iKO3qChOBIjN7kmfcz_PyTYf5toKQR3Ci06mepdlRyc9Fo0hF0EZlYENLnvOXHpBbzR_9ed-O4W9geVZxRkhlt1HlzR/s320/New+Yarn+009.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqhvm39zuzbn4gtQPSX4ZZ_cgXjIhiRN_cWsPsQaSzg6y0Umu0sVPyOoqQPaoXk_CKTznnQ3AKjSXfJ4J7wd8iOD8pE2EPemGGYDfOkaPGuvfTEbaSkigpKzwzFvryeCd4uQvUuUv08Ti2/s1600/New+Yarn+011.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqhvm39zuzbn4gtQPSX4ZZ_cgXjIhiRN_cWsPsQaSzg6y0Umu0sVPyOoqQPaoXk_CKTznnQ3AKjSXfJ4J7wd8iOD8pE2EPemGGYDfOkaPGuvfTEbaSkigpKzwzFvryeCd4uQvUuUv08Ti2/s320/New+Yarn+011.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">3. Did I mention midterms are OVER! I Cannot even express how happy I am that the tests are over. I still have a quiz and a paper on Tuesday, but doing your work in advance is for, well not me. </div><div style="text-align: justify;">This is what I was taking to the beach all last weekend. Ya.... Business Law, that book weighs almost twenty pounds, almost ripped the seams off my towel/beach bag. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ1KpmNJmwDAKcg3IkxhKtO09j-VZyD2wNOf4BnFD3EFHCLl_nobGCxp1ODc3PVMUp-lo8rKqauqeY4oZupg_g74fPcugTj8_QnnySJHmtlshZIwi6drkc1iP-aLOYKJP0WwZ-Zd_8AfkP/s1600/New+Yarn+005.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ1KpmNJmwDAKcg3IkxhKtO09j-VZyD2wNOf4BnFD3EFHCLl_nobGCxp1ODc3PVMUp-lo8rKqauqeY4oZupg_g74fPcugTj8_QnnySJHmtlshZIwi6drkc1iP-aLOYKJP0WwZ-Zd_8AfkP/s320/New+Yarn+005.jpg" /></a></div><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;">4. This weekends Harry Potter movie marathon. Between yesterday and today my roommate and I have watch Harry Potter 1, and 4-6. I love Harry and CANNOT wait for the last movie to come out. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">5. Working on a new pattern for the new accessories line. Not many people know about this, but I am in an early early stage collaboration for a line that I hope to start on Etsy later this spring and hopefully into some local stores eventually. Here is a sneak peak...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW28IrAMcK4iRDvD59oUwnCWB19-TwXnm55mrerQG7ieJ50nITcrNoerXkj94NwsVKlBq3cK6o13CGXlb2SqbK1bGvbTH9M8iPYEmo27jeODPlJNKhZLT1AsT5-xxowHA5jOaC0W1vToW8/s1600/New+Yarn+019.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW28IrAMcK4iRDvD59oUwnCWB19-TwXnm55mrerQG7ieJ50nITcrNoerXkj94NwsVKlBq3cK6o13CGXlb2SqbK1bGvbTH9M8iPYEmo27jeODPlJNKhZLT1AsT5-xxowHA5jOaC0W1vToW8/s320/New+Yarn+019.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Hummmm... the colors look similar to the yarn I had up top. I am REALLY grooving on the teal, mint greens and blues.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Make sure you tune in tomorrow for my take on the place mat for this weeks Dollar Store Challenge!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #134f5c; font-size: large;"><i><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Happy Sunday!!!</span></i></span></div>hing12133http://www.blogger.com/profile/16434729425921914312noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2421545836454904261.post-17974993016830870882010-03-27T21:18:00.000-07:002010-03-27T23:45:53.103-07:00So Much To Say...<div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDOYFLrs3L4wEdWRIMn3Rg-HMnN9odHlRwy5_kHkEzF7ewbY5y_yB5yJEioS_rrPVz_x9iUN3YzVBQO12vxXMDtCimb31l1q-ThqYcHy03hbX2xiPJChPHTVuL74_lLG5KsWadDJOcO6mB/s1600/March+2010.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDOYFLrs3L4wEdWRIMn3Rg-HMnN9odHlRwy5_kHkEzF7ewbY5y_yB5yJEioS_rrPVz_x9iUN3YzVBQO12vxXMDtCimb31l1q-ThqYcHy03hbX2xiPJChPHTVuL74_lLG5KsWadDJOcO6mB/s320/March+2010.jpg" /></a></div> <br />
Well my midterms are over for the time being. In case you are interested out the the four I got A's on two and the other two I don't know the outcome yet. But the good news is they are <i>OVER</i>. Now I can get back to what I like to do, blogging, crafting, and not doing homework. But another reason I have not written is that I just haven't felt inspired to create much this past couple weeks. Crafting just for the sake of crafting isn't really doing it for me anymore. So in order to remedy this I have decided to focus my blog a little bit. </div><br />
<div style="text-align: justify;"> Since my aspiration within the realm of creativity is to build a successful line of accessories and maybe clothes in the future, I think gearing my entries towards fashion will unleash my creativity more. Not that I am a fashion expert, by any means, but I will be sharing my thoughts on how we can all be a little more fashionable, without heading to the nearest deparment store or empty our wallets. Part of what makes fashion so amazing, is that everyone can express themselves differently and still look great. I think that when we customize the plain stuff from a store, or make something from scratch ourselves, it is much more a pure expression of our own style. In this vein I will be adding a post called "<i>...and Thursday</i>" This post will be in addition to my Fashion Forward Wednesday post. I will now be featuring two patterns or projects, per week that I think will make a stylish addition to any wardrobe. In an aim to please every kind of crafter/DIYer I will try to feature a mix of projects for sewers, knitters, and beginners. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"> I will also be adding a post in conjunction with a very style minded friend, called "<i>How do I style it</i>?" Here I will ask a close friend who works in the fashion industry to help me style an item of clothing each week. My plan is to post the clothing in question a few days ahead and then have her write how she would style it, giving some helpful links to the clothes to pair with the item being styled. The post will end with me, or who ever is asking how the item will be styled, pictured rocking the new style. And yes, if you have a styling question I encourage you to send me an <a href="mailto:heather.ingersoll-10@sandiego.edu">e-mail</a> with a picture of the piece you need help with. I would really love to have some readers be featured in these posts.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDOYFLrs3L4wEdWRIMn3Rg-HMnN9odHlRwy5_kHkEzF7ewbY5y_yB5yJEioS_rrPVz_x9iUN3YzVBQO12vxXMDtCimb31l1q-ThqYcHy03hbX2xiPJChPHTVuL74_lLG5KsWadDJOcO6mB/s1600/March+2010.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br />
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Finally I am participating in the Dollar Store Challenge over at <a href="http://dollarstorecrafts.com/">Dollar Store Crafts.</a> This week the theme is place mats. I am currently working on my project and will have it posted with a tutorial before the deadline of March 30th. I think the challenges are going to be ongoing, one every two weeks, so I will keep going with the challenges for a while.<br />
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Oh... just a last thought, I am going to continue with The Sunday Five. I just love it so much, remember to add your five every Sunday too!<br />
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<div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"> <b><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: small;">Lots to look forward to here, so please stop by as the future unfolds!</span></b><br />
<b><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: small;">Hope you enjoy my new look/layout! </span></b></div><br />
</div>hing12133http://www.blogger.com/profile/16434729425921914312noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2421545836454904261.post-54046973280451582622010-03-24T21:40:00.000-07:002010-03-24T21:45:45.848-07:00Fashion Forward WednesdayMost ladies out there often find themselves in the "<span style="font-style: italic;">Dressing Room of Doom</span>". Where you pull something off the rack and drag yourself into the dressing room, even though you hate trying on clothes, or are not is a shopping mood, etc only to be slapped in the face. You really have to like something to even make it back to the dressing room and then once you get under the florescent lights your own image assaults you. <span style="font-style: italic;">Dang</span>, you think to yourself, <span style="font-style: italic;">if only this were looser here, or shorter there, or the print wasn't hideous. </span>Once I get through all the if, ands or buts, I usually leave the store empty handed, with slightly lower self-esteem and a bad mood. Do you need any more reasons to sew your own clothes? Have I painted a bad enough picture of shopping yet? But then you cut out a pattern, based on the same, often insane, sizing as retailers and what do you get a slightly less bad version of something you could have bought at a store. Well, dang, what is a girl to do?<br /><br />The obvious answer to to design patterns and clothes ourselves. Perfect! Oh wait, you can barely thread a needle let alone <span style="font-style: italic;">design</span>, and <span style="font-style: italic;">sew </span>your own clothes? Enter the sewing blog I discovered a bit ago, <a href="http://petitmainsauvage.blogspot.com/">Petit Main Sauvage</a>. Heaven for the sewing obsessed, like me. Even better is the simple directions and inspiration to take on this crazy craft called sewing!<br /><br />But I digress, a simple, and straight forward tutorial is what awaits you at <a href="http://petitmainsauvage.blogspot.com/">Petit Main Sauvage</a>. With the easy gored skirt pattern, you can have a pattern tailored to you specific measurements in no time, and a skirt pretty quickly after that! I know this is the second skirt I have featured, and I promise that I will diversify, but I implore you to <a href="http://petitmainsauvage.blogspot.com/2010/03/gored-skirt-tutorial.html">click here</a> to make your fit fantasies come true! Everyone can use another skirt in an fun print!<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center; font-style: italic; color: rgb(51, 204, 0);"><span style="font-size:130%;">Come on ladies...Get Your Spring On!!<br /></span></div><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="http://petitmainsauvage.blogspot.com/2010/03/gored-skirt-tutorial.html">Here's that link again</a><br /></span>hing12133http://www.blogger.com/profile/16434729425921914312noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2421545836454904261.post-10354716582425453162010-03-17T13:15:00.000-07:002010-03-17T18:51:41.724-07:00Fashion Forward WednesdayToday's Fashion Forward Wednesday is so simple that even non-crafters will want to break out the scissors. When I first came across this post I thought to myself, wow this has a lot of craft bang! You see craft bang is a project that is easy, fast, or cheap and produces great results. So things, like mittens on size zero double pointed needles are tedious, and while the result are often worth the effort, it is refreshing to start a project that will take very little time start to finish, and give you something amazing afterward. Hence today's choice...<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0);font-size:180%;" > </span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0);font-size:180%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">The Leather Clutch</span></span><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8yMKXRgTbexE3I3Lk-nOBPXjxXl2PFDJKlZX0rG70iHWaGDk_i49HNEk60OAZKbcJAIZeN3_fMas5la8UWustWM_rdl5sM73OU-CVGm_mps5N8qqO46l6EkJjYcPS1zO-r29sgoVzadhi/s1600-h/leather+clutch.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8yMKXRgTbexE3I3Lk-nOBPXjxXl2PFDJKlZX0rG70iHWaGDk_i49HNEk60OAZKbcJAIZeN3_fMas5la8UWustWM_rdl5sM73OU-CVGm_mps5N8qqO46l6EkJjYcPS1zO-r29sgoVzadhi/s400/leather+clutch.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5449779319417408818" border="0" /></a><br />Head on over to <a href="http://myevaforeva.blogspot.com/2009/07/leather-clutch-tutorial.html">EvaForeva</a> and look at the simple and straight forward directions with pictures. While I am with the author, I like the look of leather alone, you could easily add some pretty extras, like embroidery, or beading. This is another great project that can be tailored to suit your taste and (growing?) wardrobe. Another way to make this clutch your own, add a simple pocket to the lining for your cellphone, or chap-stick. I think you all should make one and grab it when you head out on the town to your local farmers market, who needs a huge purse and a big bag of produce to carry around? While I don't have any leather to cut into here at school, I am on the look out and once I find some, I will definably be making this clutch! Break out that spring top and slip on your jeans and head out the door to enjoy the day, but don't forget your new leather clutch! Don't worry we won't tell how easy it was to make!<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >*Picture via <a href="http://myevaforeva.blogspot.com/2009/07/leather-clutch-tutorial.html">EvaForeva: Leather Clutch Tutorial</a></span></div></div>hing12133http://www.blogger.com/profile/16434729425921914312noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2421545836454904261.post-9833083343402661852010-03-15T23:32:00.000-07:002010-03-15T23:46:48.527-07:00Hey Hey Hey Its Monday<div style="text-align: center;">So far midterms aren't <span style="font-style: italic;">quite </span>as bad as I made them out to be, but I haven't actually had one yet....<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Another revelation today, spring has sprung here in San Diego. Tomorrow and Wednesday's high is supposed to be 78 degrees! I can't wait to soak up the rays! You can really tell I am feeling the happy...this is how I took my diet 7up today. I poured it out of the can and everything....<br /></div><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-ojEIYflJeDwr0x3FXCpER6NLI_d3eLnSJG7xKxE1I4vRDxeoOmjVnC9cr_0eMCNiWOadXJQwb2ImSgFSWwuO-R_hFr4Nn8E8-GYFYdB2YDqjToZJAuxa8Ob0s4HWtpocIML-1YtrzX7l/s1600-h/Lime+away+003.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 390px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-ojEIYflJeDwr0x3FXCpER6NLI_d3eLnSJG7xKxE1I4vRDxeoOmjVnC9cr_0eMCNiWOadXJQwb2ImSgFSWwuO-R_hFr4Nn8E8-GYFYdB2YDqjToZJAuxa8Ob0s4HWtpocIML-1YtrzX7l/s400/Lime+away+003.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5449118709561943282" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">I have some amazing things to share this week, so remember to stop by!<br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" ><span style="color: rgb(51, 153, 153);">Happy Monday!</span></span><br /></div>hing12133http://www.blogger.com/profile/16434729425921914312noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2421545836454904261.post-53742792672786307252010-03-14T19:18:00.000-07:002010-03-14T19:26:40.254-07:00Sunday 5I am just going to cut to the chase... here is my Sunday Five<br />These are the top five songs that are making me happy RIGHT now! Make sure you add your own in the comments section!<br /><ol><li>Breathe Me- Sia</li><li>Cut- Plumb</li><li>Wait Til You See My Smile- Alicia Keys</li><li>One More Time- Daft Punk</li><li>Alice (From "Alice In Wonderland")-Avril Lavigne</li></ol>Fair warning, these songs are addictive! Another note: I have midterms for the next couple weeks. I will still be posting fashion forward Wednesday and Food Friday but I am not sure how much time I am going to have after studying and going to class. Well see. But don't worry I will be crafting!<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);font-size:180%;" ><span style="font-style: italic;">Happy Sunday!</span></span><br /></div>hing12133http://www.blogger.com/profile/16434729425921914312noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2421545836454904261.post-50635990337819865452010-03-13T11:37:00.000-08:002010-03-13T13:14:36.107-08:00Can I Get a Heck Yes?Last night was a wonderful evening. It was so special because I finally finished the yellow eyelet skirt I have been working on forever. This thing has been a pain in my butt, first it was too small, so I added two panels, then it was too big. But I had already sewed the zipper and the lining in, I sewed the lining in backwards too. So I had to try and remove the pleat in the lining so the eyelet would lay right. The skirt was way too long for me so I had to cut off about two inches there. But I made it! Getting it done has inspired me to finish as many half done projects as I can today. So after this blog post I will be running around with a mad glint in my eye looking for projects to finish. I will post some photos of all my finished projects later today, or tomorrow.<br /><br />But first I have to show you the skirt. I thought that after I finished it I would never want to see it again, but I have to admit, I can't wait to wear it and whisper to whoever, oh hey, I made this...<br />Note: I do not like taking pictures of myself, but I wanted to show you all the skirt so badly that I did. Even when I am sick, and just cut my bangs myself this morning. So just ignore me and look at the skirt!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieN4-KsjOYNPImLHq50hON55977MF3XYqosMEOEUOCFUSftqjgrNN0oeyFd2E8TcGda7t9h5N1KHNkvtb8O5skILZvYPMsRXl1xEnDGBm-RRi3iwC1zTXlZw5FYtWbzAvubz5OBSOzXDDg/s1600-h/Yellow+Skirt+002.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 394px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieN4-KsjOYNPImLHq50hON55977MF3XYqosMEOEUOCFUSftqjgrNN0oeyFd2E8TcGda7t9h5N1KHNkvtb8O5skILZvYPMsRXl1xEnDGBm-RRi3iwC1zTXlZw5FYtWbzAvubz5OBSOzXDDg/s400/Yellow+Skirt+002.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5448215110567223090" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu8lVE0Gk9F-eaU-dj-hRxnA4C-5L2aAKAOG5mUIL8H6s7haapjRRMrnmKpsi5VxCrMIgCkUPNsfyHoUGBcNDe_1W968j58e4ITzpaZWrvCppm3icsyCS8lgKBk1nGKt0WMUPE-BtYcT9D/s1600-h/Yellow+Skirt+008.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 298px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu8lVE0Gk9F-eaU-dj-hRxnA4C-5L2aAKAOG5mUIL8H6s7haapjRRMrnmKpsi5VxCrMIgCkUPNsfyHoUGBcNDe_1W968j58e4ITzpaZWrvCppm3icsyCS8lgKBk1nGKt0WMUPE-BtYcT9D/s400/Yellow+Skirt+008.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5448215120682951442" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF9sfS55zsPEn9xxi8dVwJXIG3aooKwmoYvgUvfRKU1M1jBklwmrhkb-Co6akvGMjDzDf5cIaXScjJKO0NeFSLnQCcPe1ec9OTEpOejUVW2-C7cuVO6XOhnMx0YYpYk2ocyI6Vg-OwOYYH/s1600-h/Yellow+Skirt+010.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF9sfS55zsPEn9xxi8dVwJXIG3aooKwmoYvgUvfRKU1M1jBklwmrhkb-Co6akvGMjDzDf5cIaXScjJKO0NeFSLnQCcPe1ec9OTEpOejUVW2-C7cuVO6XOhnMx0YYpYk2ocyI6Vg-OwOYYH/s400/Yellow+Skirt+010.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5448215128416065202" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8D-5pK5dI8br2QU4VF3W3VyKk2WrROYONeG0jGTiLt0kabEhu4eVu4XdVOJL-rr5-GCozknXmLYyxt3czItKwR90m6OdZEJt4-KUdvf7wwiX9Kr3cDqqoap5qSMZUv222Kjom8LyIDyrd/s1600-h/Yellow+Skirt+014.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 211px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8D-5pK5dI8br2QU4VF3W3VyKk2WrROYONeG0jGTiLt0kabEhu4eVu4XdVOJL-rr5-GCozknXmLYyxt3czItKwR90m6OdZEJt4-KUdvf7wwiX9Kr3cDqqoap5qSMZUv222Kjom8LyIDyrd/s400/Yellow+Skirt+014.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5448215134597157090" border="0" /></a>hing12133http://www.blogger.com/profile/16434729425921914312noreply@blogger.com0