"If you can't be pretty, you might as well cause trouble" – Florence King
Posted in Photo entries, Sewing on Dec 1st, 2009
I’ve been enjoying the little short-sleeved, girly-girl jackets since they came in a few years ago. I even succumbed to the madness during one of my Junior League sprees and bought this little number two years ago: (please excuse the quality of both the photo and facial expression!) I’d had this cute quasi-western, 1970s-esqe jacket […]
Posted in Sewing on Oct 4th, 2009
Well, I’m officially ready for winter, wardrobe-wise anyway. I put up all of my warm-weather clothes and got out the cold-weather stuff. I also just finished up my new winter coat, so I guess I’m braced for the inevitable: As you can see, boy-howdy, is it ever purple and plaid. It’s a pretty significant departure […]
Posted in Art Projects & Making Things, Costumes and disguises, Sewing on Sep 16th, 2009
Yesterday, I was so stoked about my Minnie Pearl dress that I didn’t really go into how I got this rig together. So, tonight, I’m gonna ‘splain it all! This past winter, Joel was helping Calvert shift some stuff around in his studio and Calvert sent Joel home with a big ol’ sack of random […]
Posted in Art Projects & Making Things, Costumes and disguises, Sewing, Utter Silliness on Sep 15th, 2009
Now for the big question: petticoat or no petticoat? (feel free to click any of the above pictures for a bigger view) So feel free to weigh in: DiscussionsView Results
Posted in Adventures, Oh, for fuck's sake, Sewing, Well I'll Be Darned on Sep 15th, 2009
make trashmonade? Yes, yes, I directly cribbed that from Strongbad and piemonade. Pretty much everything funny I’ve ever said was probably cribbed from somebody funnier than I am. Wit by proxy, isn’t it? Anyway, I’ve been makin’ some trashmonade just lately. You’re probably looking at this picture right now and thinking, “WTF does this lady’s […]
Posted in Art Projects & Making Things, Photo entries, Sewing on Sep 9th, 2009
Yesterday, I was ratting around in the garden picking weeds and taking pictures of some of the zinnias, when I noticed a little brown snail intently exploring a fallen leaf. So first, I snapped a few pictures of it, because I thought it was oddly cute. Then I realized, “duh” with this new version of […]
Posted in Family, Photo entries, Sewing on Aug 22nd, 2009
Good grief! I can’t believe it’s already a week since we went up to Omaha and helped my sister and her family celebrate Max’s second birthday, but there it is…I’m such a SLACKER! My niece and nephews are such awesome little kids! Here’s the birthday boy himself, enjoying an ice-cream-cone cupcake. The big kids decorated […]
Posted in Fashion/Sewing stuff, Photo entries, Sewing on Jun 11th, 2009
I’m really bad about starting suits and taking forever to finish them. At least the suit you’re about to see didn’t take me almost four years to finish! It was only back in February when I started this one. Ugh…the skirt looks like I cut it crooked in these photos because it barely fit over […]
Posted in Art Projects & Making Things, Party, Sewing on May 12th, 2009
As You Like It Design hats will be available for purchase at the annual Everything Bicycle swap meet this coming Saturday. Come on down and say “hi” and see what I have on offer. I’ll be darn glad to see ya!
Posted in Art Projects & Making Things, Fashion/Sewing stuff, Home Improvements, Party, Sewing on Apr 6th, 2009
This past weekend was quite the social whirlwind. To start with on Friday night, the Frank Stallone boys had all sorts of shindigs going on. They did another roller race at the Cellar Rat, then rolled over to ACME to run a charity alleycat to raise money for Diabetes research! We didn’t get in on […]