Showing posts with label DIY. Show all posts
Showing posts with label DIY. Show all posts
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Many of you know that I'm new at the whole blog thing and one very important aspect of a blog is photos. So I have been exploring different photo editing apps. I figured learning how to edit photos for social media would be the first step. After using several different apps, a brand new one is definitely my favorite: A Color Story App. It has just about everything you'd want in a photo editing app, filters, effects, tools...
After seeing all kinds of maps on Pinterest to mark your travels, I knew I wanted to find one or make one. The ones pictured above were definitely my favorites, but I really liked the idea of pinning the cities. And since at this point in time I have yet to travel outside of the U.S., I really wanted to show the cities I have been to, not just the states.
2015 has been crazy insane, started off with a minimester and a very spontaneous trip to South Padre. Then full force into one of the hardest semesters ever, that ended in Hawaii - was a tropical paradise and hell on earth all at the sometime, but it was a wonderful experience, non-the-less. Memories and lifetime friendships, the best kind of takeaway from any trip. That and earning college credit all at the same time.
I think getting to be a pattern tester for indie designers is super cool. So after only about two years of sewing, it was a honor to get to test out four different patterns for two designers. It is a lot of fun trying out the pattern before they release it, however one has to remember that when they except the offer of testing it out, they usually have a deadline and cannot alter the pattern unless absolutely necessary.
Every year I feel like I do not think about a costume until the last minute... this year and the last was no different. You can see this years costume here. Last year, was one of the first where everyone wanted to be 'on the same page' and we actually collaborated costumes... D.C. to be exact. My inspiration was from Pinterest (like usual 😆), but more specifically a Poison Ivy costume, actress Bella Thorne wore.
In the past year and half I started sewing, got my own machine, learned about indie designers, and got to be a pattern tester a few times. The only issue I had was my fashion taste evolved too quickly for my learning skills to keep up with. Thus leaving me frustrated, when clothes did not fit the right way or not turning out how they looked in my head. But with that being said, I think I was about to make quite a bit, considering I was/am a full time student.
Omg with in just a few weeks I got to test two different patterns for Hey June and they are so cute! The first one is Sloan Leggings and the second is the Aurora Tee (and I think it's a favorite!!)
School's about to start tomorrow and since it's still hitting the 100's down here in Texas, I decided to try a second attempt at Sew Caroline's Tank Dress and I am loving the result!!! This time I used some nautical calico fabric from Hobby Lobby.
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