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Blogger is not my friend. I hate when I have a lovely post that I have been typing and then it is gone. I can't retype all of that thought! I don't remember what it was! I will try a little. My last post was a million years ago! Since then it has pretty much been wedding wedding and more wedding. It is crazy that even a super small wedding takes over your life. Especially when your wedding is 6 weeks away and you don't have your wedding dress because your friend in Chicago is making it and she is still working on it. I am trying to calm the tiny bridezilla that lives inside me with Tae Bo and chocolate, but it is hard! Oh, but I wanted to show you my ring! 

It has lost a lot of the oxidation, and still looks lovely, but I think I am going to have my jeweler re-oxidize it before the wedding so that it matches my wedding band!  The white diamond is from Ryan's mom from her wedding to his dad. That is so neat to me, because it is where he came from. 

I also bought my shoes! They are knockoffs of the lovely Kate Spade version, and I am in love. They are so sparkly! And they are not super high as to murder my feet on my wedding day. 

And Ry got his suit! It is from the 60's and is a sharkskin suit. I thought that meant real shark skin, but I am naive sometimes haha. It just refers to the shiny-ness of it. It is a really nice green color and it has some shiny blue thread in it. He is a handsome guy! Hopefully he will take care of that gross mustache thing he thinks he has going on. haha

All in all things are really coming along! It is exciting! I have been making a lot of top secret wedding stuff that I can't share yet, but will share once we hand them all out! 

Oh my goodness, I can't believe it is in SIX WEEKS!!! Then I will be a Mrs! Awesome. 

Hi!

There is all sorts of sewing going on in here! I made these jammies!

They are McCalls 5989. So cute, so cozy. I love them!

We also have been working out the details about our honeymoon! We want to go to Kona Hawaii! I can't wait!

hey there!

Oh hi! The wedding is coming along, we got our rings, they are lovely, I will show you soon! I am actually back because I have felt a huge drain in my creativity/sewing. I got a lot of cool sewing stuff for Christmas but the motivation unfortunately did not come with it. And last year, I made a new year's resolution sewing drawing that I stuck to pretty well, so I thought I would make another one this year and see if it helps me stick to my guns. For some reason, posting what I make seems to motivate me to make more! It has been really helpful that Jo Anns has been selling the patterns for $1 or $1.99. How can you say no when they are so cheap! Now I just need to pick out some fabrics!



So, here is the list. Let's see what I can knock off! The first two are from the Colette book.

The ruffle front shirt is McCall's 6518 . I am thinking this would be cute in a fun cotton, like a cow boy or cow girl dress.

Next, is simplicity 2209. It is a Lisette pattern. I really like the dress, it looks relatively simple but adaptable to be more like a shirt/tunic.

Then I have a super cute pattern for a peter pan collared dress. It is Burda style 7494 I LOVE peterpan collars!

Then I saw this strapless dress on a mannequin at Jo Anns and it looked really cute even super simple in a cheap satin. I thought it might be fun to try this in a cotton or even a cute gold satin for my wedding trip! It is Simplicity 0489

Then its back to Simplicity 2209, the Lisette pattern, cause I want to make the jacket too. I found this super cute spider web fabric that I think would make a super cute light jacket!

And then there is this super cute pattern for shorts. All this working out I have been doing lately, it might be nice to actually be able to wear shorts on my honeymoon! So I thought I would try making a couple of pairs of these. It is McCalls 6403

I could also use some new pj's! I found this cute pattern for a robe and pj pants the one I have is McCalls 5989, I think I am going to make the robe just out of a soft knit and lose the ruffle cause I don't really like it. I am going to make the pants out of some cute different flannel. I think I might try making the shorts too, because for some reason lately I have been HOT when I sleep!

And then, something I have been wanting to do for awhile is make a new quilt. I found a super cute pattern for a spiderweb quilt and I am going to make that for our house.

Wow, there you have it! This is what I am going to attempt to make this season! Wish me luck!! :)

It is ok, Ryan has already seen this and he also doesn't read this.

So! I bought a pattern for my dress! I am going for the short dress with either sleeves or not, I haven't decided yet. I don't know if I am going to try it myself or ask my lovely friend Kpoene to make it. She is awesome and actually makes wedding dresses but I don't want to make her feel obligated! And I think it will be fun to try to make it on my own. I am going for a cute fun Vegas wedding look.



This is the style of veil I want! Birdcage, isn't it cute? It is from Glideshadows on etsy! I am thinking they make the cutest ones!

We are still trying to navigate making a ring. It looks like the girl we want to use might be too busy, so we are going to have to try someone else. I am glad I have my tattoo or I would be so sad! I want my engagement ring. haha

So, I am getting married!

Yay! Its been awhile, but I have exciting news! I am getting married! Ryan proposed on New Years Day, on the beach and it was awesomely great.

We are getting my ring made custom, I have Ryan's mother's diamond. I can't wait to show you my ring! We are trying to work with an artist to get it made. So, in place of a ring until I get it, I got this tattoo. I love it. It is the cutest little reminder that I have a finace(what a weird word!) This is what I am thinking something like this:



or this



Now I am planning a Vegas, Elvis style wedding for July of THIS YEAR!!

So, my year is off to a good start! What about you?

Terrible pictures and what's going on

It has been a flurry of making up in here! This is fun, but also I can't share that much of it. I am going back to Ohio in a week or so to love on my nephews and family and hopefully play some Euchre and drink some margaritas with my mom. It is just me, Ryan will be here to hold down the fort, hopefully! We are not getting our tree until next weekend so I can't even share that with you yet, although I might be decorating my mantle today.



Other than that, I joined an ornament swap! This is a terrible picture of my gingerbread peeps, but there they are. Obviously they are sewn up out of fleece. They are really cute in real life.



We also hosted Thanksgiving. All my pictures came out blurry. Which is why this time of year is a bummer because taking pictures when its dark out is hard for me.

Now I am just a flurry of sewing and knitting and shopping. Which is very fun.

But making for me is fun too!

I have been so happy because this holiday season has inspired me to make some pretty fun things. But I still had time to squeak in something for me. This pattern is a New Look pattern. Right now I can't find the pattern to put the number but I will update it later when I do. I am in special love with this peter pan collar and I think I will be making more of these. They are just so cute! I like that in this picture it looks like I am wearing cute cigarette pants even though I am really wearing work capris. I feel very 60's/hotel maid.

I have a couple of other shirts in the works for me, along with numerous christmas presents for my fam. Today is a perfect "make" day too, because the weather is so rainy and cold. That is my favorite! I am just going to put on a movie and knit/sew.