Saturday, May 30, 2009

Footloose

Show weekend!
Cut Footloose! whoa whoa Cut Footloose!
Or my fav
I need a hero, I'm holdin' out for a hero to the end of the night.

Be back on Sunday for more blogging fun!

Thursday, May 28, 2009

I have lots of things to get done, or start, or finishes. I'm in between a lot of things right now and my summer is just about ready to start, so all I can think about or want to do is stuff that involves camp.

That's right this chick works at a camp in the summer with kids, but not just any camp an arts camp. I'm the head of Technical Theatre, and love doing what I do. I leave for camp in exactly 3 weeks and I have a ton of things to prepare and a ton of things to finish before I move to Jersey for 9 weeks. (That's also right I will be spending my summer in the swampland of South Jersey.)

First off I must sew, sew, sew some of it is things for myself I have in the workings, but most of it is tote bags that I've planed to make for my etsy shop. I also must finish one of my three knitting projects that are hanging about the living room. It would be ideal to finish two, but that might be asking a lot of myself right now.

Then there is all the real world stuff that isn't fun at all. Student loans, rent, credit card payments. Poo on all of that. So today I am going to be half a responsible adult and laze around the other half. Maybe go knit in public just to get myself up of our couch and seated on a couch in a cozy hip coffee shop. Of course this will be after I call about my loan and after I sew something. See I'm being an adult!

Wednesday, May 27, 2009

Vintage: Rainy Day

It looks like rain.

Vintage All Weather Houndstooth Plaid Fedora

By HighDesertRose

Purple Rain Earrings

By itsastitch

Vintage LONDON FOG Stitch Detail Trench

By bsochic

Vintage 1930s Umbrella, Olive and Pink Plaid with Lucite Handle

By calloohcallay

Large vintage scarf op art flower print by Simone hand printed

By ThatsAFineOne

Splish Splash Vintage 50s Rubber Galoshes Rain Boots

By bigyellowtaxivintage

Tuesday, May 26, 2009

Back From the Long Weekend

Sorry I haven't been around. I worked most of the weekend, and had my usual Monday off. This Monday though was a very special Monday. Yes it was Memorial Day, but it was also the day of my first surf of the summer season! And boy was it a good surf. The water was a warm 58F (thank goodness for my brand new wet suit) and while the waves were only about a yard they pack some punch and I caught some great waves. I was also teaching my friend Luke to surf and he did well, and almost had it but our board was a little too short for him it being 7'2".

Sadly I have not made my duct tape dress form, but do not fear I hope that sometime this week it will matrialize.

So now I must be of to work so I leave you with a link to another treasury that I'm featured it! Check it out.

Friday, May 22, 2009

Weird Week

I must say that this week has been a bit odd. I have been working, but I have what feels like a lot of down time, that I have no been productive with. I haven't sewn one thing this week and I have today off and all of next week off from babysitting. This is in part from designing "Footloose", which is what I'm going to blame this weirdness on.

Today will be crazy as I have a ton of stuff I want to get done, as well as actually sew something new. I have to do the usual things like pick up groceries so our cupboards aren't bare. I also need to start getting my camp stuff together. I need to email my staff and finish the equiptment list for Cori as well as map out the new cirriculum for the summer. Sometime today I must get to a hardwear store as I need duct tape so I can finally make myself a ghetto dress form. (I attempted to make a dress from only my measurements and no pattern and the results were dissastorous.) On top of all of this I must start cleaning and sorting through my winter and summer clothes and figure out what to donate what to keep and what to put in storage. I have to start packing for camp in about two weeks time.

After all of this is done I can then maybe sit down and sew something. Simon is working today, but might be done around lunch. I'm hoping he is done at lunch time so he can assist in the days errends. As well as cutting my out of a duct tape cocoon. By the way here is the link to what I'm talking about. Duct Tape Dress Form

Well I'm off to start my jam packed day! (hopfully there will be silly pics of me stuck in tape!)

Thursday, May 21, 2009

Pounce: Random Bits

I wasn't feeling like a theme today so I just browsed and pulled three brand new shops looking for their first sale.

onesweetorange
Illustrations by Iveta Abolina. Beautiful Illustrations, colorful and intricate. Check out the listing "Stay Awhile"

StudioSeven20
Interesting jewelry, hammered sterling silver, and brass O rings are arranged and strung together in a series of beautiful necklaces.

MateriaTextil
Wonderful cowls. Hand dyed and sewn, rayon linen blend. In this shop there are also hand knit scarfs made from 100% merino hand spun and hand dyed wool. Lovely colors and textiles.

Wednesday, May 20, 2009

Vintage: The Beach

Thought I'd mix it up and find some vintage items that are beach inspired. I am gearing up for my first trip to the shore in a few days and can't wait hopefully the water temp will be in the high 50's so I won't freeze too much. Also I was inspired by this treasury I'm in, it's called "Beach", check it out.