Sunday, May 30, 2010

Birth

OK, I spend a lot of time ignoring all the things I want to do by looking at random blogs all the time, it used to be magazines now it is blogs. um.....did someone say procrastinator?

Well anyway this morning I have been reading this one http://www.designmom.com/page/2/. If you scroll down the page you see she has posted a bunch, BUNCH, of birth stories written by other people. Well I have been reading it all morning and welling up with tears during every one. Some of the tears are brought by sadness and others joy.

It is fun to hear other people's stories weather sad or happy because in the end they all turn out fine. They also make you remember the birth of your own children, if you got some or in some sad cases have lost some, and either way remembering that day that little person came to visit or stay reminds you off all those joyful loving feelings you had. Something you will never forget.



P.S. can you believe how much I have been blogging? I have been getting up way before my kids lately and it has been heavenly having some time to myself before I have to tend to my little ones in the morning.

Friday, May 28, 2010

The Vogue Sewing Book

Sorry for all you who don't give a lick about sewing but I just had to show you my fab book.....
Tah Dah!

now lets just open this puppy up
BAM!
table of awesome content

I love these illustrations. It has a section showing all possible shapes of silhouettes, jackets, pants, collars, sleeves, necklines, and skirts and they are all illustrated like this. I love them. I want to copy and frame these pages and put them on my walls.
It has this funny chart showing out of all those things just illustrated which is suitable for each different body type
It even has a chapter on designers categorized by location......It even has their little pictures! Did I say how much I love this book?
Then of coarse the section on fabrics with cute COLOR photos. There is 17 pages of fabrics...front and back! Love it.

The "art" of stain removal...I love the way they word this book.

how to get any stain out

It has a whole section on Fashion Terms and look what else "french" fashion terms

It EVEN has plans to make your own cutting table.....I know, It has it ALL!

This part I love because I am currently making myself a craft nook and this book was dishing out some inspiration. Has a small section on finding even a little corner to set up an "inspirational" space to work in. Love these pics they have too. Gotta love 1973!




That is just all the awesome extras and it of course has a whole bunch of the standard stuff in all the loveliness of the 459 pages. So yes I am pramoting this book. If you ever come across it while thrift shopping you must buy it and if you really don't sew much buy it anyway and sell it on e-bay!

Wednesday, May 26, 2010

Getting on the ball....I hope

Wow first off has it really been that long since I blogged? Naughty me. Sorry to all five of my followers....oh I mean four...one of them is myself.

I am not really sure why it has taken me so long to finally write a post ..... oh wait maybe it is because of a little something called LIFE. Yup and I ain't so good at juggling it.

So much to blog yet so little time. first up I guess will be my schedule. How boring, I know. I am on a mission to organize my life in hopes that it will help me accomplish more of what I want to do. The problem is I want to do it all.

Lets see, I want to vacuum, dust, wash floors, change sheets, deep clean the kitchen, and clean my bathrooms, yes all THREE of them, EVERY week. I guess at the very least I would be happy with every other week. I just want a clean house already! Second I want to do to all these things more, preferably once a week, be crafty (this is a huge undertaking in itself. I want to do all crafts), work in the yard, water my poor plants, maybe get some exercise, go fun places with my kids, and , oh yeah, blog. I am also on a mission to be an awesome sewer/seamstress!

(ok believe me you can skip this whole rambling paragraph)
OK so on a small tangent I was on a mission for the best sewing book because for mothers day my awesome husband got me the Martha sewing book and I was so excited but then as I sat down and went through it I was kind of disappointed with all that it lacked. The book though is really fun to look at and gets you excited to try new things. So any how I started my quest for the best sewing book ever but to make a long story short lets just say that for a second I was going to write the best sewing book ever myself because I was afraid it did not exist. But to my surprise I discovered that It has been sitting right under my nose. Yes I already own it! I have no Idea where I got it, I am thinking my grandma or Mary Arana. Yes I fell in love as soon as I sat down with it. I went through all my books, even the sewing text books I had during my small stint in college but this book is hands down the best ever........are you ready....... The Vogue Sewing Book! Yup that is it! This book is so good that I decided to make it my text book in my quest to become a master sewer. Ladies if you ever come across this book in a thrift store or something (also my new thing...vintage sewing books) you MUST buy it. It has everything you will ever need to know. I LOVE IT. It has a great textiles section and goes through so many fabrics and what they are. I am definitely going to study that chapter. When I was going to school I could not wait to take my textiles class but I never made it that far. I went to beauty school instead. Still kinda lost on that one. One of my fashion design teacher told me I should go to beauty school...... that lady was nuts............Stupid lady. Anyway I don't think I made any long story short cuz this is kind of long..... anyway get the book it is great. I am going to stat studying it. That is what my husband does, studies, a lot, and he isn't even in school. He is my inspiration. Totally self taught never went to college and has a kick ass job (just got a promotion by the way!) and has an awesome title and truly is good at what he does. And he doesn't even stop there ....right now he is studying for his masters he tells me. He he love this guy! Yeah ....studying.... gotta squeeze that in my schedule also.

OK, here is my schedule. I made it last weekend and I have not yet followed one day. How sad for me. I am still going to try though.
So, what do we got, Sunday is the shine up my kitchen day and please mom change my stinky sheets day,

Monday is clean the whole downstairs including dusting and floors and Yup, I am so combobled, I even have to schedule bathing the children and myself. It is also park/adventure/play date day for the kids, which ever I am feeling that day.

That big blank section in the middle is when Isaac is at school so it kind of breaks up morning and afternoon.

oooo...Are all four of you excited for this day BLOG day......oh and laundry..yuck.

Ahh.. you get the picture the rest is pretty self explanatory.

Wish me luck.

And before I go here is s bit of cuteness