Hello!

This morning, I decided that I should journal my activities and thoughts throughout the summer. So, I started a blog! Cool, right? I know that very few people will read this, and that's how I want it, I just wanted a way to keep track of my summer for myself.


So far this summer, I have painted my room, rearranged my furniture, and cleaned like a maniac. Looks nice, right? 

And, yes, I realize those are Monticello High School's colors. What can I say, I have school spirit....still. Or I just like those two particular complimentary colors together. 

Then I started to get crafty. In one afternoon I whipped out this dress (it sort of makes me look pregnant, the skirt was much fuller than expected):

And this skirt:

The dress is weird, probably because I was sewing a stretchy t-shirt onto some pretty stiff cotton. But, the belt covers up all of my mistakes thankfully. The skirt, I love. It has pockets, see?:

Yesterday my mom and I had to make a trip into Champaign to buy some things for a project for her preschool class. We went to JoAnn Fabrics (conveniently enough they have TONS of fabric), and she offered to buy me some more material (score!). I made another skirt last night and love it even more than the first:

I think the thing I like about sewing is the process. I love the uncertainty of if a project is going to turn out alright. I even like seam ripping to fix my mistakes. And the end product is completely worth it! I can say "I made this! It's all mine!" However, fabric is expensive. Although making things is much cheaper than buying them from the store, each project costs me 7 ish dollars, which is no good seeing as I don't have a job for the summer yet. I love getting the most out of my money and shopping on clearance racks. It's worth the extra time and effort to save a few bucks!


I guess this is the end of my first blog post. Sometime in the future, I'll post some pics from the Arcade Fire and The National concert I went to a week ago...