Friday, August 5, 2011

Teacup Tops!

Hey everyone, I've been going crazy trying to get wedding planning started-it is nuts. Right from the start. But it'd good :)

I rounded up my friend Sonya to model for me this afternoon 'cuz I REALLY wanted to put up my new teacup tops (and cuz she's GORGEOUS-you're a natural Sonya)!! Here's what went up in the shop today:

Teacup Top in Pink Roses


Teacup Top in Toffee


Teacup Top in Chocolate Layer Cake


Teacup Top in Fancy Lady


Woo! Check 'em out and more in my shop!

Tuesday, August 2, 2011

EXCITING NEWS!

I'M ENGAGED!!! To the most wonderful man in the world. He proposed on Sunday night and it's been a whirlwind already!

Here's the story:
I had just come back from a very long weekend of doing the 'Beauty and the Beast' musical, driving back and forth from town to town, getting up at 6am to curl my hair because I had to work all day and then drive half an hour right after to make it on time WITH my hair still curled (it worked, but I don't know how!).

Matt's mom had supper waiting for me so I went to their house and Matt almost immediately asked if we could go for milkshakes that evening. 'Sure' I thought, getting milkshakes is a fun thing to do on a summer evening. So I took my time eating supper, little did I know how antsy Matt was getting and I kept apologizing for eating so slowly but I was EXHAUSTED. So then I needed a shower to wash out the curls and the lipstick so that was another 15-20 minutes he had to wait anxiously..

SO-I'm ready to go, SUPER tired, he asks if I still want to go for milkshakes, and so I said sure because he was really adamant about it. So we head over to the drive-in and he parks in the parking lot of the neighboring building-not unusual, he likes to park where nobody else parks :P-and we walk over to stand in line at the window.

So a little bit of back story: We'd been dating 3 weeks when we stopped at this same drive-in for milkshakes after I'd met his family, and this is where he told me he loved me for the first time :) So I can't have a lot of dairy and this particular ice cream of theirs does not sit very well with me so I wasn't going to have anything. Matt ordered a peanut butter chocolate milkshake and I smiled to myself because I remembered that was what he'd ordered that first time. He asked what I was smiling about to which I answered 'nothing' and then he asked if I remembered when was the last time he'd ordered it and I say yes of course.

Then we walked back to the vehicle and I asked him if it reminded him of when we were falling in love (little did i know). We got back into the vehicle and he has a strange look on his face so I asked 'what?' and he said 'just deciding how bold I want to be' which is exactly what he said before he told me he loved me that first time :) So I laughed cuz it was cute and then he asked if he could be bold. And that was kinda odd so I said 'sure?' and he reached into the back seat, pulled out the ring box and asked me to marry him :D I was shocked to say the least. Here I was, barely coherent after such a busy weekend, I couldn't comprehend what was going on, and I believe there was a lot of 'ARE YOU SERIOUS?' going on ;)

YAY! There's the story. What a sweetheart. AND, here's my ring!


We spent all day yesterday running around telling friends and family, and finally we could relax and start some planning! Matt made us Strawberry Mint Lemonade (I picked a winner :D) and bought me my first bridal magazines! We sat on the couch discussing some plans :) I AM SO EXCITED TO PLAN OUR WEDDING!!!!


He picked a Belgium diamond so we got a box of Belgian chocolates from the jeweler which came in a chocolate box!


I am so excited I get to marry my best friend :D YAY!

Friday, July 22, 2011

What's New!

Wow this holiday week blew by! I can't believe it's almost over :( How sad. BUT, I made some LOVELY new tops, I'm calling them Tea Cup Tops, they're SO CUTE, I have to say. They're made out of recycled pillowcases, and I've already sold one! I made myself one of course which I absolutely adore. I can't wait to photograph them on a model!
But in the meantime, here's the first few :)





More close-ups on my facebook page! Don't forget to become a fan and get all the news first! :)

Happy Weekend!

Tuesday, July 19, 2011

Holi-Day 1

Today was my first day of holidays! Woo! I started it off by going grocery shopping, followed by cleaning my room, laundry, and then some sewing!

One thing I really wanted to do this week was try a few recipes I've been collection on Food Gawker. So the first one I tried was Pesto mushroom and chicken pizza! It was DELICIOUS. I love pesto. And my man liked it too ;)


Then I made these 2 lovely dresses, and started a few new projects (with I will share with you IF they turn out), watched So You Think You Can Dance, and ended off the night with The Bachelorette (ridiculous, I'm aware :P)




(For sneak peeks, 'like' my facebook page and get updates first!

For some reason I was really frustrated today, not feeling very inspired or motivated to create anything. Not quite sure where that came from, but I hope it goes away! I want to make LOTS this week!

Anyway, hope you all had a good start to your week too :)

Sunday, July 17, 2011

Surprise Dates

Last weekend this guy took me on a surprise date!



We went to Bravos for lunch (this is a grilled lemon chicken burger with tzatziki sauce! YUM!)


Then we took a walk around a park and found this little art gallery in the park! (Which, crazy enough is called 'Gallery in the Park' haha)





It was a lot of fun, especially since it was sorta spontaneous and I LOVE surprise dates :) They are my favorite. So so sorry for being absent a lot, this Summer is proving very busy for me. I'm in a musical in 2 weeks (Beauty & the Beast!) and that is taking up a lot of my time right now.

On an exciting note, I'm making another round of dresses this week for the shop! This will be the last round for the summer and then it's on to fall items! I'm excited! There will be lots of circle scarves, Heidi Hoods, and some new things I'll introduce as well :) Can't wait!

Saturday, July 9, 2011

Circle Scarves are back!

First round of circle scarves of the season went up in the shop this week!
Here's a peek, and there's more! Check 'em out :)

Mocha Almond Fudge


Bright Pink


Bordeau Cherry


Cloud


Neon Peach

Tuesday, July 5, 2011

A Fashion Post!

I recently got the Style.com app for my iPod, and I am LOVING it. There's fashion shows, latest collections, reviews, look of the day...you name it. Last night I was looking through Balmain's Resort collection and I love all the skinny pants, boxy blazers and tribal-esque prints. So funky! Here's a few of my favorites:








Very cool. You can check out the rest of the collection online here