i’ve dabbled in being a bitch

I actually don't have much to talk about this week EXCEPT a little bit of progress on honeymoon Leia. I can finally see it coming together! Sleeves! So last week I mentioned I gave up on lining the skirt and just did french seams. I planned to finish the edges with white bias tape - machine sewn on the edge and then flipped up and finished by hand so the ...

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dont lose your head

Well. What a week. Last Monday was HVAC install day. Our front yard with all the old stuff was a disaster area. They were here for nearly 12 hours that day. The new ductwork takes up SO MUCH more attic space :( I could just barely fit everything back in. I had just cleaned this space and our closet spaces out and was proud of how much room I made... now the ...

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the horrors persist, but so do i

Whelp. Remember how last week I talked about my dressform breaking? Well, it broke AGAIN. I was readjusting the waist measurements and the entire interior waist components popped off. Ugh. Guess a new form is what I'm spending my christmas money on -- though apparently they dont make the burgundy one anymore? I'm going to have to get the beige one and hope it works ok without the wheels. But ...

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shake it off

What a weird couple of days. Monday we went to the Tiger game. Fun times. I spent the last week slowly getting christmas set up. I told Chase I'm doing "Maximalist" christmas this year. Basically I have never put up ALL of our christmas stuff. I decided this year i was putting EVERYTHING out. Everything ended up being less than I expected. Really it doesn't look any different. It's all ...

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let’s circle back after the holidays

Halloween now feels like a month ago. But it was just a week ago! Since it was cold out I wore Leia so I could layer under it, and it's comfortable to sit in while waiting on trick or treaters. I ended up being home alone most of the night. Chase had to go over and help my aunt and uncle with something so I figured I was in for ...

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spooky spectacular

Hey hi boy have the last few days been busy! Earlier last week I did finish up Stevie: But more on that later. Wednesday had dinner with the girls! Thursday a mysterious box showed up. Well, mysterious to Luna, not to me. Tiktok Shop finally got me, I said I'd never buy anything from there but... I did. This cat scratcher furniture thing. She has never liked actual cat scratcher ...

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Fall For Costume – The One Costume Edition

1. Introductions Every year in October I do the Fall for Costume challenge, which always has a lot of fun prompts for posting different costume pictures. This year it wasn't vibing with me and I gave up on it last week, the prompts just weren't doing it for me. I'm still checking the prompts each day to see if it's something I want to post, so it may make a return ...

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what a weird week

No, i don't have the christmas trees out yet - I probably mentioned it in the last post, but we got a new hot water heater last monday! YAY! Our old one hadn't gone out yet, but it had gotten very inconsistent, like one time the water would be piping hot and then the next 5 days lukewarm. It's nice to consistent hot water again. But because we had to clear ...

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its finally fall!

It finally got a little chilly here. Went outside yesterday morning to get some catgrass for Luna and it was COLD! I'm normally a summer girlie but I'm ready to wear my hoodies. (I'll be ready for summer again by december LOL) Let's start with sewing updates -- I started on my Stevie top. I thought I'd get this in one go, because I based it on my duct tape ...

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spooky scary skeletons

It's finally FALL YALL I finished getting the inside mostly decorated. I still have a few more lights to put up and I plan to put one of my dressforms in the front window in a spooky costume again. Thinking about using my Edith costume with my Donna Noble runaway bride veil for a spooky bride look? Gonna wrap the form in blue lights. Outside is partially decorated too... Put ...

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