Tulle Skirt

I've seen this tulle skirt all over interest and have been dying to have one. My fabulous and talented friend Rainey and I got together to make it. We followed this tutorial:

http://bowtiesandbaubles.wordpress.com/2013/02/06/diy-anthropologie-karinska-tulle-skirt/

It was easier to sew than I'd anticipated.

This fluffy, floaty, dreamy skirt is fun to wear.  I just wanted to twirl and bounce all Sunday and I did.

Here's this pretty, pretty, pretty skirt that I can't get enough of.

This is the hundredth time in a row where I didn't have the perfect shoes to compliment and outfit. I think shoe shopping excursion is in order. While I love these shoes ( I probably should've done a close-up but my photographer has a limited attention span due to her age), they just weren't getting the right vibe. I'm starting to realize I need some updates in my closet.

 I think I'll make another tulle skirt in black to break up the dull winter office inspired black clothes I've managed to acquire. But that's another story. Another blog.

Closet Redesigned

Ta Da! Closet is re-styled and much more useful.  however I'm currently involved in sewing Halloween costumes and can't be bothered to stop to move all the sewing stuff into my workroom so its all functional. I spent an hour making this space pretty as my closet is my thinking place. A picture says a thousand words so here is the updated closet.

I'm storing seasonal clothes inside the Steamline Luggage set. When I saw these, I couldn't stop daydreaming about this beautiful set so my husband spoiled my with them as a birthday/Christmas gift. The pink may be too Elle Woods, barbie, etc. but I love it. 

Same thing for the Louis Vuitton. I

Its an investment.

 Yes, the civil war rifle is going to be a permanent item. The kids can't seem to get playing nice. So, now its mine.

First day of School-officially

Can I just say how much I love all the creative and adorable back to school pictures I see on Facebook?  I love the back to school season!  We started this week so naturally, here's the obligatory first day of school photo.

I am biased, but aren't they adorable? 

We are homeschooling and its our first official year of doing school. I've been stressing out about it because I feel that these early years are important for the future of their education. If I mess up, those mistakes will have to be fixed down the road, but a public school system could do the same and, as the parent, I have more interested in their outcome as adults. I have done my research and know that I can teach my kids because I'm prepared. Still, I've been worried all summer. 

However, I chose to use the Memoria Press Curriculum and the first week has been fine. While I don't believe that school should be 'fun' we had some fun moments while working.  I feel that school is supposed to be a challenge, stretching ourselves farther in the pursuit of knowledge and becoming a more refined person. However, I do believe that we should enjoy school. It should provide the satisfaction that we are improving on our skills and talents. That is how this week went. It was stressful, we worked hard and we loved every minute of it.

New Studio Plans- Before Pictures

I've been watching old episodes of Project Runway lately because I'm a little late to the party. Before the last three years of my life, I haven't been a tv watcher. I did watch Friends as one of my friends had all the seasons on DVD and I had a marathon to watch them all. I was late to that party too. Better late than never. One day though I clicked on Project Runway on hulu to see what all the excitement was about and I love it! I won't blab about why ( right now anyway) but you should know its inspired me to set up a studio of my own. I've been sewing in my living room.

 Here's the current set up.

 

This photo is from when I was making a Rapunzel dress for a friend's daughter. All the pink and purple satin and lace made me feel like a fairy godmother.

I have small , curious children which, as you can imagine, makes an open corner of the living room less than ideal. 

While watching season 4 of Project Runway, I realized that Christian Siriano's work space was tiny but he still made pieces of art. He's an incredible designer who made use of his resources and made beautiful clothes. 

Well, my house isn't huge but I do have 2 walk-in closets. My husband has one and I have the other, where I have kept all the clothing for myself and the kids. (It cuts down on the mess. Pick your outfit, go get dressed, dirty clothes in the hamper, and nothing ( almost) gets left on the floor.) Since our house has been in motion, getting cleaned and organized,  the workspace situation has been no exception. I've moved a large dresser out of the closet into my room and moved all the fancy hang-up type clothes into kids closets. I need a place to sew! Time to make it work.

 Here's some photos of us playing dress up in the closet. I hope its enough to give an idea of what it used to look like because I'm no hauling the dresser back in to take a before picture. I'm too lazy for that.

Hope you enjoyed!