Primas Come Over...

My cousins came over last Sunday to celebrate my birthday with a good ol' fashion slumber party! As soon as they got to my house we took off to Jo-Anns to get fabric so that we could make yoga bags! Then we ate some pizza and a ton of junk food. After we were all stuffed with grease and sugar we watched Teen Witch & Hocus Pocus while we made our yoga bags! It was so much fun! I love them so much! Yay for slumber/sewing parties!! : )

(Here is a picture of the birthday banner I made, my friend Tanne helped me by cutting out the letters, I can't wait to get a Cricut! I am awful at cutting things out.)

(Here is a picture of all the yoga bags we made!)

Happy Birthday to Me!

Well I have been 24 for a full day now and I feel old. I had a little party at Shakey's to celebrate. I am so lucky to have such wonderful friends and family, they make me feel so special and loved!! Also, Shakey's is delicious. Even though my birthDAY is over, my birthday week is still going strong! Danny is taking me to Santa Monica for a little shopping spree on Friday, then on Saturday my beautiful cousins are coming over to celebrate with me!
The only thing that could make this week better is getting my 15% discount from Anthropologie before I leave for Santa Monica! Oh please please USPS make your way over to my house and drop off that oh so important letter!

PS I have been crafting a lot, I will take pictures of the stuff I've been making some time this week and post them. My friend Tanne came over today and helped me make a birthday banner, it turned out really cute! Although it is quite large since I cute really big triangles. I also made a Fall wreath, right now it is decorated for Halloween, then in a couple of weeks I'll add some leaves to it and make it a Thanksgiving wreath. We're all about repurposing in this house!

At the Orange Circle...

Emilia: How can you tell if it's a bad economy?
Danny: By how many Halloween stores go up.

Ha ha ha the funny thing is, it's so true! And boy are there a LOT of Halloween stores this year! I swear there's one on every corner!

PS: Danny doesn't like taking pictures so I always have to stand there alone and awkward in all photos. I am going to start forcing him to take pictures with me because I am running out of poses.

Yoga (Pilates) Bags!

I made another yoga bag, I actually made two (one for a friend) and they weren't hard to make! I can't wait to go shopping for "yoga bag" fabric! I have just been using fabric I have in the house so I can't wait to go out and shop for the perfect combination of fabrics to make the cutest yoga bag ever! I like making them myself because I can leave room for my resistance band, my ball, and my toe sox! Now all I need to carry is my water! Perfect : )

Goodbye Shade

When I found out that Shade Clothing was closing their web-store and store I had a mini freak out because that's what I was baking on when I had to wear garments. So I tossed and I turned the night I got their email and then I realized, HEY! I am going to make my OWN undershirt!! So the next morning I woke up with a mission, I marched to my sewing machine and made my own modest undershirt...

Here is the Shade top

And here is MY shirt!! (This is the only fabric I had on hand, it's my tester top)

YAY! So now I don't have to throw away any of my clothes when I do have to wear garments!
Oh Happy DAY!

Feel the Burn!

I am in the processes of getting my Pilates certification, I had the summer off and I started classes again on Monday. I bought a ton of LuLuLemon sweats and shorts and pants but I didn't have many tops to go with them! So I decided to make my own tops! Above I am wearing the Pink and Navy striped one I made, then I went and made a bunch more.

Then I made a headband so that I could pull my hair back in a cute way when I needed to, the headbands come in handy in ballet for sure. Functional and cute!

My final pride and joy is the yoga bag I made for my mat! I haven't been able to find one that I liked so I thought I would just make my own! About three years ago I bought this fabric and I haven't been able to do anything with it until the other day! Dun dun dun dunnnn MY YOGA BAG! (Well Pilates Bag) ...

Danny said I looked silly not facing the camera so he had me take another picture, but for some reason my arm is all tweaked ha ha

All ready for Pilates!!

I need to find a new pose!

Grey Knit Dress

This has been SUCH a hot summer (okay not really "summer" more like "couple of weeks"), so I decided to make a couple of breezy stretch knit dresses that I could just wear with a sports bra underneath or a bathing suit and then take off for the day. Here is a picture of the grey dress I made. The rest look exactly the same but in different colors. These dresses have made my summer much more enjoyable ha ha.

Linen Skirt

Okay so I finally took pictures of the stuff I've been making lately, we can start with the green linen skirt I made. I thought it would be nice for summer, I loved the colors and the pattern on the fabric and it was on sale so I HAD to get it!

RED-y for the Fair

I haven't posted anything in FOREVER! As I was leaving for the Orange County Fair I realized that I was wearing one of the new skirts I made, same old same, just a red knit skirt. So I had Danny take a picture of me before we left so that I had something to post. I still have to take pictures of a cute linen skirt I made, a beach cover up, and a couple dresses - I hope to do that early next week. Thank goodness it is finally getting hot around here, it feels like summer took forever to get here! So, I will be soaking up the rays by the pool while I can and hopefully sewing in the afternoon. On the way home from the fair we stopped by IKEA and I bought some cute fabrics so I can't wait to do something with those! This is a pretty awful post, I know it is poorly constructed but I just thought I should post something since it has been so long.

Happy Tanning!

Chicken Pox ... Boo!

Sorry I haven't been posting, I got the chicken pox (at the ripe old age of 23!) and so I didn't craft for about 3 weeks, but now I am all better!! I made a fantastic beach cover up with the help of my bff Mary and her fabulous mother, the Apron Lady - Jan Lutz! I will be posting pictures ASAP, I also got around to making a couple more skirts. In June I made my first skirt for someone other than myself and I will try and get pictures of that on here too so you can see my skirts on someone other than myself. I don't know how many people read this, if any, but I will be posting a real craft/clothing post this week/weekend! PS Happy late Fourth of July.