Project #1!

One of my gifts from my parents this Christmas was a dress form.  Its basically an adjustable mannequin and slightly creepy to come home to sometimes, but I'm really glad to have it.  You see, its very hard to make your own clothes when you don't have anything to fit them too, other than yourself.  Since pins hurt and I'm determined to let out my creativity more in 2012, a dress form is key.  It also motivates me to workout, since I have a duplicate of myself standing in my living room and I can't say its measurements thrill me at the moment.

Another reason for wanting a dress form is that I really want to learn draping.  Since there are gaps between the panels once I adjusted it, I covered it with an old band t-shirt which I fitted with pins.  It looks like it should work pretty well, I just have to work up the courage to do some free-form designs.

I started my first project of the new year tonight.  I may have only gotten as far as cutting out the pattern, but hopefully soon it will be a dress that I can wear to work.  If I don't have to pick up any more supplies, the dress will only have cost about $30.  Compared to the price tags on dresses at my favorite stores, its definitely a bargain!

My new dress, in its infancy

The Swing of Things

There I go, being a horrible blogger and not updating in forever again...

Work has been especially busy since we've been short staffed, but I don't want to talk about work on my blog, so that's as far as I'm going to take that excuse.  Even if I weren't camera-less once again, I've been too wiped out from overtime, etc. to put as much thought into putting together outfits anyway.  I'm ashamed!

I had a shocking realization yesterday, the 15th: Christmas is in 10 days!  Aaahh! I feel like there are so many things left to do.  I put up my Christmas tree last night while watching Roman Holiday, but I fell asleep before the tree or the movie were finished.  With Christmas now nine days away, this also means that my parents will be here in less than a week.  I've already got a to-do list forming in my head, oy vey.

 What I'm Wearing:

Flutter Tank: Candie's (Kohls)

Open Front Cardigan: Mossimo (Target)

Houndstooth Pencil Skirt: The Limited

Black Pantyhose: Who knows?

Buckle Pumps: Christian Siriano for Payless

I'm sad to report that I've worn these shoes to work everyday this week.  Not that I dislike them, but it tells me I'm lacking creativity in my clothing choices when the same pair of shoes matches every outfit for four days straight.  I think another pair of black shoes are on my shopping list for after Christmas, when my credit card balance isn't quite so scary, or today, you never know. Haha.  The Writer's mom recently sent me Confessions of a Shopaholic to read.  I hope she was just passing it on after enjoying it herself, which I'm sure is the case, rather than trying to tell me something, haha.

Speaking of my dear Writer, he's graduating from college tonight!  I'm so excited for him, especially since he found out a few days that he got a better grade than he expected in his most difficult class.  This day seemed so far away when we first started dating.  I'm glad its finally here and all his hard work (and he has worked very hard) has paid off.  I'm so proud!