Handworks Crochet and then Some!

Last Friday was my niece Britney's prom... here she is with her date... love the posing... They do look cute... she said they were the best looking couple there... I know, so modest! She must get that from me!! lol!!! I always say... if you look good... "own it!" but if you don't... gotta own that too!(and better do something about it!!) There's more pics on my mom's blog http://cottonpatchquilts.blogspot.com/ Here she is before the prom. I did her hair and make-up... which I do think she was kinda shocked it turned out good... ha! I've been trying to tell her for years she could learn a thing from her Aunt Ang! I believe in the power of make-up! I mean... I even went to school for it! Ok.... sewing projects now.... There are quite a few pics of me in this white dress.... Because I LOVE it!!!! In a fashion magazine (I can't remember which one cause I read them all) there was a photo shoot titled "White is the new Black for summer" Along with ...

Here is my pink camo!! All sewn up in a mini skirt! With the jacket I bleached and destroyed like the one in Elle I saw... and a tank from H&M ($6) that I added some stretch lace and sequins too. Great Saturday night spring out fit! The first pic is blurry... sorry. I Love my jacket.... it always feels great to do RTW knock offs so cheaply!! You can't really see the lace/sequins I added to the top for the tank.... but check out the awesome shoes I got from DSW on my last ATL trip... ha! they make me super tall!!!! I have a hang up about being 5'5... because my brother, mom and dad are ALL tall!! And now my son is 6'3".... making me feel super short.... though I guess my height is average or a little below.. I love my camo mini.... I also love that I have some left over fabric!!! yeppeeee..... The Bald Man suggested a tank... which I think that would be great with jeans. I'm also happy to say that my clean eating and workout schedule still seem to be working. ...

I haven't done to much this week.... except workout, cook... work at our business for a few hours. I did sew another pair of dress shorts... burgundy color! Just what I needed... and I bleached and destroyed a jacket to look like a designer jacket I saw. I meant to take pics!!! but forgot... I decided this week I needed to start doing up all those jeans and denim jackets I got at Goodwill and Rag a Rama. I mean, I got rid of half of my wardrobe in the Personal style project... there is some room in the closet and this will fill gaps quickly. Plus everything I bought was so cheap!! I came out way better doing this. I love denim and jeans!!! Here's the first doing up project.... a pair of AE jeans... I used designs from Anita Goodesign Cowboy Couture.... and some studs I got from ebay! I love how these turned out and they might be my new favorite pair of jeans. The pictures on the design cd use rhinestones but I thought that was a bit to 'rhinestone cowgirl'.... haha! Pl...

Here is Burda 7550 and S 3684.... now the shorts (7550) fit perfect, as all Burda young pants patterns do! I haven't wore shorts in a really long time. Due to not having shapely legs cause I was to lazy to work out.... that has changed since Dec.09 I have been working out 5 days a week and now have shape back in my legs!!! Hello shorts and mini skirts! I already have the fabric laid out to make more of these simple dressy shorts... they only took a few hours to make. The shirt, another cup size option pattern, didn't fit as well as the other button up I made. Thinking it would I didn't add any extra seam allowance.... the result was it being a tiny bit to tight across the bust... so I put buttons up to the 'stretch point' then added buttons on both sides all the way up to the collar... so it looks like it was meant to be a deep v-neck and I'm not just unbuttoning it! This all means I can't wear it to the super market but its great for a late night dinner in ...