Thank you for all the sweet encouragement about our house, that's nice!

Hooray!

We are buying a house!

this little beauty will be our home in about a month or so

: )

dernit

I went to JoAnn yetserday and really struggled over what fabric to get, and got some blue and white seersucker-ish fabric to make a long flowy skirt. So I ripped into it today and now i am pretty much done and it looks dumb. DANGIT. I think my crafting success level is about 65 percent good, 35 percent bad.

Sewing clothes=difficult

In other news I got a manicure 10 bucks the other day.

Bulletin board

I covered a canvas with fabric and ribbon and made this cute thing
last night.

Wore my new skirt today!

Skirt in 34 minutes

Got my fabric, same grey jersey I have been using.

(stretch is key)

cut out a waistband

2 long pieces sewn together

pin sewn waistband to main skirt fabric

check fit

sew pieces together and cut hem

and there you have it

another layering piece!

maybe ill add something else to it...

sorry about these ugly pics

I apologize

The video hasn't been working!

I will post a better on later on

A new one

name my co-star!

not quite as up beat as others, but it's pretty drizzly and yucky today

gotta love that point at the end too...

Yep!

Portugal sounds pretty good to me,

let's go there!

Hmmmm...

Sarah-Louise Yarbrough

Professional Hostess

Personal Stylist

Specialized Shopper and Taste Consultant

Creator and Innovator

These all sound good to me...

This one turned out well!

Took all these polaroids and photo booth strips and put them together
in this box. Cool!

Scrap boxes

A new thing my mom and I are excited about. We found these shadow
boxes at Tuesday morning and bought a few!
This is one of my favorite bridal portraits and I thought this was a
suitable way to display it.

An extra special and weird iphone case, new design!

So the party went well...

We had a lovely time at Paul's 30th birthday party on Saturday night and we were so happy to see our good buddies and have time to nibble, chat and of course have some libations!

Here are some details...

treat bags included photos of guests with Paul

homemade cake AND pie for dessert

my LADAYS

Paul with Andrew and Nathalie

Meg looking fab in the dress I made

The big moment

It was fun!

the QUESTION is

what am I gonna wear for the party?

So easy!

The construction of this dress involves two pieces of fabric, and 4 seams. I used a pattern and just skipped all the tricky little extras. Since I used jersey, I don't have to worry about fraying. Now I have a lovely little T-shirt dress, ripe for accessorizing!

There's a party coming!

Isn't He Something?

My Husband...

is extremely handsome (obviously)

is funny

is sweet

is genuine

is loving

is hard working

is loyal

and...

is leaving his twenties behind today as he turns 30!

Paul I love you like crazy, as your next 30 years unfold I will be proud to be your partner

as we try our best to grow our family in love, patience and joy!

Here we Go!

(let's do this.)