Final 2...

Of Kelsey's dresses that is...

I'm really bad at the whole posting thing, and I feel that now that I have started my actual work, my posts may be even less.

Anyway, without further delay here are the last two dresses I have hemmed for the now Europe bound Kelsey (jealous much?). Oh, and please ignore the random quality of these photos...I need a new camera badly.


Became:


And this:


Became this:



In other news, I was in a car-on-car collision today and am pretty much just pleased to be alive and uninjured. And by that I mean, I hope you're all enjoying life to the fullest!

xo

Crafty

Sometimes I like to make people things. Actually, I like making things for people a lot. There is something to be said for putting in a little effort into making something that you can give away to a person who you know will be grateful.

The following are just three wee stuffies/pillows I made for my Erin, Heather and Kelsey.

Erin moved away to SFU in the spring for school, and as she is rather attached to our cat Smudge I chose to make her a little 'bean cat' replica of him that she could take with her.


That lead me to just wanting to make something cute for Heather too. So flying elephant it is!


And well, as for Kelsey, she likes owls. I like owls. I especially like making owl pillows. Especially when they look kooky like this one:


All stuffy/pillow's are made of arctic fleece with felt for detailing and regular ol' pillow stuffing for the cushy goodness. As far as making a pattern goes, I would recommend using newspaper to cut out ideas and from there alter to your requirements.

Floral

ALRIGHT! I've finally gotten around to posting a couple of the dresses I've altered for Kelsey; breakthrough non?

Both of these items we discovered on a lucky visit to The Patch during their 10 bones per stuffed bag of clothing sales. When you really put the effort in it is amazing what you find, and more amazing what people get rid of. Which reminds me, the next time I visit my Granny I'll be bringing home all of my mother's vintage dresses.

Anyway, on to the dresses:

The following one is a lovely flowing thing smocked at the waist with ruffles around the neckline and a decorative tie.


Seeing as Kels just wanted it chopped all I had to do was take some fabric out and hem it.


The second one I hemmed was a homemade beauty, it looked lovely as a maxi dress, but maybe not so good on us tall ladies, so hem hem away.


Et voila, c'est bon!


I adore the pattern on both, and secretly (or not so secretly) wish I had been the one to find the homemade post-maxi dress. I'd like to say Kelsey and I will swap clothing and share, but she's off to Greece and then London in less than 3 weeks for two years. Bummer. Oh well, at least now I have the excess fabric that I can make things with. I'm thinking...mini skirt with the darker fabric, and...head bands or other decorative accessories with the lighter?

MOSAIC

Seemed like a fun way to procrastinate and take up some time while Astrid's dad is over ripping apart our kitchen.

Take your answer for each of the following 12 questions and do a google image search of it:

• name -- Robyn Scott
  
• favorite food -- Strawberries
  
• hometown -- Yellowknife
  
• favorite colour -- Purple, especially Aubergine
  
• favorite movie -- Pan's Labyrinthe
  
• favorite drink -- Any type of smoothie, mmmm fruit
  
• dream vacation -- Greece
  
• favorite dessert -- Chocolate Banana Cake
  
• self description -- Vintage lover/dreamer
  
• how you are feeling -- Romantically confused
  
• favorite thing in the world -- Chocolate, nom nom
  
• what you want to be when you grow up.-- Occupational Therapist
  

- then go here to make a mosaic of it all!

In other news, I have finished a couple of dresses, and WILL post the pre/post pictures. I swear.

The Beginning

Well friends,

I created this blog in hopes that I may actually use it to showcase my current obsession with recreating old clothing.

I've only just now noticed how all of my planned amazing DIY rehabilitation projects may actually take longer to create and dedication to completing them rather than simply moving on to the next fad of the week. With that being said, I suppose we will see how it goes, won't we?

On another note, considering I've pretty much left behind the ol' livejournal (blogspot is the new craze, and I'm hopping on that wagon), I'll also be using this to keep track of other aspects of my life (aka baking, traveling, reading, music and adventures).

Stay tuned :)