Blog Schmog

So at dinner last night with my husband and in-laws I was explaining the blog. You know, journaling my adventures, etc. How shocked and amazed I am to have actual "followers" (don't drink the kool-aid...)
And my husband threatened to start commenting on the blog also. So if somebody starts saying things like "House sure could use a good mopping" or "Can you sew me some arm-pit pads?" or "This laundry isn't folding itself", you can rest assured that it's my hubs just keeping me in line. I'll try to keep him in check if he starts crashing the party!

Oh yes, and Welcome to the followers~!

-S

Wha-What? Finalist!?!

Okay, so I get this message that my top has made it into the STW2010 finalist pool for tomorrow!!!

Vote for me! Yeah, vote for me! Mine is the sweet yellow one. Yellow doesn't look good on blondes, but luckily my hair was cut off in this photo. Did I just say that?
Hmmm, do I look like I'm about to fight crime in this pic. Because I am. Oh yeah.

Cinco de Birthday

Dear Mom,

Thank you for having me on such a fabulous party day! I guess I have no-one to blame but myself (and maybe the hubs)- that I have been pregnant or barely post-partum on all but 2 of them since I have turned 21. Not this year. Hee, hee, hee. Although the down-side is now I have 3 kids under 5 who won't understand when I'm out of commission. Alas...

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Oh yeah, will someone make me this cake. Because it's totally rad.

And I got a cricut for my birthday- watch for lots of cricut-ty things in the weeks to come.

-Shannon

Vintage Mod Swing Top

Vintage Mod Swing Top
Originally uploaded by Blueberry Kisses

Entry 3 for STW2010
McCalls 5388. I'll definitely sew this pattern again, with mods. It is really comfy and flattering! I used a vintage sheet, and some really cool mod fabric I got for sewlovefabric, my favorite etsy fabric shop! I picked her "Scrap Pack", and she totally let me tell her what I wanted in it! LOVE it!

Boho Chic halter

Boho Chic halter
Originally uploaded by Blueberry Kisses

Entry 2 for STW2010
Found this awesome knit fabric on the clearance table at Joann's. Whole top cost less than 2 bucks! I sort of modeled it after Adrianna's top over at Crafterhours. Super comfy!

Blue Heather Tunic

Blue Heather Tunic
Originally uploaded by Blueberry Kisses

Entry One for STW2010
Okay- so maybe not like a scrub top. Actually quite comfy and flattering! I love the "Kimono" style combined with the shirring in the back. All trimmed in lovely twill tape! I sewed the twill tape on in matching blue thread, it's really quite pretty!

Not very on top of things...

Well, as far as Spring Top Week goes: one top looks like a nightie.
Although it does have some really cool hot pink bias tape going on


One looks like a skirt .



Hmmm, this is the actual Spring Top from last year. Maybe it just photographs well on a model...


One looks like scrubs

Although I think it has potential. I made my own pattern by tracing my favorite GAP top. Great for nursing, too! And trimmed in twill tape. Which the Crafterhours gals would appreciate.


This is what I really want to cut into. But I'm afraid I'll ruin it, too. Sigh...