Recently, I had the opportunity to shoot some senior portraits for a dear friend’s daughter and her two best friends. This session was an absolute BLAST! What follows is a tiny handful of the shots I got of these adorable gals.
Today I got the most exciting thing in the mail. It was a dress I’d ordered from an incredibly talented designer who happens to be rad and also my cousin. Mrs Emily launched her spring line a few weeks ago and I decided I couldn’t live without the oh-so-adorable White Spot Dress. So I gave Emily my measurements and she cut and crafted the dress just for me with her own two hands and her precious baby daughter at her side. She’s cool like that.
Here we go: my fun new little number!
What I love about this dress BESIDES its uniqueness is its versatility. For example: You can dress it up with a pair of wedges and a big necklace…
You can use it as a chic launching pad for a nice pop of color, such as some seafoam earrings…
Heck, you can even wear this beauty when it’s cooler outside! Break out the leggings and booties, gurrrl!
The one con of this dress: I have other clothes too so I probably shouldn’t wear it every single day. Sigh.
And the comfort. Oh, the comfort. Seriously.
I urge YOU to snag something fabulous from Mrs Emily’s spring line! You’ll be glad you did!
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My lovely sister is getting married in September, and I had the honor of joining my Aunt Lisa in throwing her bridal shower this past weekend. It was an absolute blast to daydream about, plan for, and execute this shower! If I may say so, I am very pleased with how it turned out. Before I post the full album elsewhere, I thought I’d share some details here.
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Lately I’ve really been wanting to try this maxi skirt tutorial from Leanne. Not only is the skirt incredibly versatile, but the tutorial is easy enough that I (or any beginner-ish seamstress) could do it. So do it I…did.
Can I just say how refreshing it is to have a maxi skirt that is actually long enough for me?
I was a little concerned about the “Hello!” print at first since Leanne’s tutorial uses solid fabric, but I love it. Now I have to go find shirts in the hues of the different flowers so I’ll get to wear it that much more often!
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I must admit that when I first joined Pinterest, I was overwhelmed and discouraged every time I visited the site. Too many great ideas in one place. But I have to say that it has encouraged me to try things that I wouldn’t normally try. Like making a quilt.
I saw that one of my friends had pinned this pattern and by looking at the picture and assigning a hypothetical measurement to one of the pieces, I was able to figure out the measurements of all of the pieces, how many I’d need, etc. There is a shop near me that has every single quilting fabric you could imagine – a seamstress’s dream. I picked out several fat quarters of fabric that I liked and then cut them into the pieces I knew I needed. I sewed them together, got some fabric for the back, picked up some batting, and went to work.
Binding the quilt was the worst part. It was easy to do, but because I was stitching through so much fabric and thick batting without a quilting foot (oops…), I could not POSSIBLY get the stitching even. The following close-up is the most even segment I could find (like I’d show you the yucky parts).
It’s a quilt only a mother could love…but it’s mine. I made it.
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