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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…
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the heart of 90s guilt
Vacation is imminent. Please ignore the black bits on the floor. Our green luggage is reaching the end of its lifespan and everytime I get it out, more plastic crumbles into dust. I haven’t used this wardrobe back since our honeymoon in 2008. Not a lot to talk about this last week, I did get the Star Wars dress hem…
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i can see clearly now
I’m not 100% done… still have one very important thing to finish and one thing i want to do if I have time… but I have finished the dress and the bags and the magnets and I can see the light at the end of the tunnel. So of course I sewed alllll last week. I was honestly feeling a…
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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…
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snowmageddon – the revenge
Well I didn’t expect last Monday’s snow to completely wreck my entire week of sewing, but it did. I was expecting 2 shipments of interfacing – 1 of a lighter weight for the bags and 1 of a medium weight for the Star Wars dress. And as I mentioned in last week’s post, I ordered a couple more yards of…
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snowmageddon
I just realized I didn’t post last week. I don’t think I had anything to say LOL Not much has been going on. The head cold I had over New Year’s came BACK with another round of stuffy nose and drainage. Bleh. It started snowing yesterday and hasn’t stopped! This morning: And the amazing part… no ice! I can’t remember…
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Mid-Century Leia Art Project
Finally posting these! So last fall I wanted a “reference” I could use for my Dapper Day Leia dresses (senatorial and bespin), so I decided I’d just draw them, starting with senatorial and using the vintage pattern illustration as inspiration. I did Senatorial and Bespin and then thought, I have all these other ideas for Dapper Leia looks that I…
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im not sick but im not well
Another weird week. Didn’t go out for New Year’s – that’s not new, we haven’t gone out in years – but we also still didn’t have Christmas because half the family is still covid positive. My mom finally tested negative this morning. Last week we had Cath & family staying with us for a couple of days. We really need…
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2023 Costume Wrap-Up
All rightie it’s that time of the year when we compare last year’s to-do list and see what I got done. At the end of 2022, here’s what I said I wanted to accomplish in 2023… 1. Finish Wedding Leia — YES! I did finish wedding Leia! 2. Rebels Leia — YES! I have been saying I was going to…
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let’s have a covid christmas
As I mentioned in last week’s posts, I had a stomach bug or something last week after getting back from NYC. Even after getting past the pukey-ness and stomach cramps, I still was exhausted and had no appetite. Saturday we had to run a few errands and that was the end of that day for me. We were supposed to…
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The not NY Post
So like I said, I didn’t post last week, just didn’t have much to say and we were busy getting ready for the trip. Not a lot happened out side of trip preparation, so I’ll just touch the few highlights. First off I got sick as soon as we got home from NY Tuesday night. I was up all night…
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The New York Post
Get it? The New York Post? Haha Sorry I didn’t post last week; didn’t have much to say and we were busy getting ready to leave — but I will make a separate post of updates after this one, just to have the vacation content separate from everything else. So let’s start with Wednesday! We went out to my parents’…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
