it’s the 2024 costume wrap-up post

Finally! Ok as usual let's start with what I SAID I wanted to make in 2024 at the end of 2023, and see how I did: 1. Honeymoon Leia - YES! This was kind of a given considering it was mostly done when I made this list in December 2023. 2. Star Wars Cruise Dress - YES! Turned out so cute! 3. Baylan and Shin - YES! Though I still need to drag Chase in front ...

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a day late and a dollar short

Well more like 2 days late but at least I made it over here to post. Not a lot to talk about this week but I do at least have new photoshoot pics to share. Last shoot was my 3 retro style dresses plus Pirate Ariel. Like I literally do not care that this is made of parts of other costumes and stuff I bought, I think it's so cute. The Star ...

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~the cruise report~

Yall I had over 1500 photos to go through when we got home. So it's taken me a hot minute to get everything lightened (every iphone photo inside had to be lightened...), uploaded, culled, etc. So let's dig in! Thursday 2/15 we got up bright and early and hit the road. I felt SO BAD the entire time leading up to the trip that Kevin wasn't going with us. It felt weird ...

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watch out for snakes

Well I am back on track but really feeling the time crunch. My fabric and interfacing all finally came in and I dug into the bag project. These took longer than I thought; it took about an hour and half each purse just to sew them into the frames -- mostly because I had so much trouble getting the needle back up through the hole from the wrong side so ...

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