Thursday, July 23, 2009

Day 2: Dress Challenge!

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I thought I would take a few pics...even though this dress is not completely done. This is definitely one of the "harder" dresses I am trying to make. A lot of ripping out and resewing goes on, especially when there is no pattern. I hope to get it done soon and share some photos with Jocelynne wearing it.
Here are the little bloomers which made this dress even harder to resist making.

This is my inspiration for today's dress...from Chasing Fireflies. There are three dresses from thier catalog which I am attemping to make. Of course most of their clothes are way out of our price range, so I feel very vindicated that the total cost was only $10 to make this dress.

Wednesday, July 22, 2009

7 days, 7 dresses...

I decided to give myself a little challenge. This is the first dress I made.

The straps are gathered.

I used some rick rack for trim on the hem. Check back for more tomorrow. :)

The art of Jam Making...

1. pit and chop fruit...in this case apricots.
2. boil fruit with a LOT of sugar...
3. Seal in jars...
well, its not as easy as 1,2,3....but Sharon and I spent most of Monday evening canning apricots. This is the 250lb. tote of the first picking and we didn't even make much of a dent after the 40+ jars of jam!!! Its all worth the effort and satisfaction of a job well done.

Our weekend...

This last weekend was very busy. I went garage saling with Sharon. We also checked out the NEW bistro in town. What a fun place...and very delicious food! Did some boating and relaxing on Moses Lake. Then on Sunday we took a little trip over to Spokane.
A couple gave us the extra bread they had....
So we fed some ducks at the Riverfront park in Spokane...My uncle and his family were also visiting from SD. We spent some time with them and had so much fun! This is my sweet little cousin, Kate. (or Weewa) Such a cute nickname for such a cute little thing, don't you think?

Wednesday, July 15, 2009

Wedding preparations...

the flower girl dress for Jocelynne...
is finally done. :)

What is Summertime without...

... Fresh fruit for a yummy fruit pizza!
... Juicy watermelon for a snack.
...some cool shades.
...having some fun in the sun.

Tuesday, July 14, 2009

4th of July weekend Fun!

We decided to take Jocelynne to the Point Defiance Aquarium & Zoo. I love the look on her face.
The sharks, fish and otters were facinating to her.
Jay and I were invited to the Erlenmeyers at Morton Lake. What a beautiful place! Jay and I took a little canoe ride before the fabulous firework show started.
Jocelynne had fun with her cousins at a park near their house in Mill Creek.
The park also had a little petting farm. All in all it was a very fun weekend!