Projects

Look! Here are a few of the projects that I did last year and what I have going right now:

(At least what I have pictures of)

This is my current project
-Look! A Red Dress!

I must say, I really like the design of this bodice!

This is the dress I made for the Ball my friend had for her wedding
I altered it a little for Halloween.

Look, a pretty Sakura dress! I had a lot of fun making this one. I did a lot more to this one then the pattern had you do. All of the burgundy fabric is my addition, and there is a lot more you can’t see on the wrong side.

I really like this spring dress. I fell in love with the green fabric and had to make a dress out of it. I am a little disappointed with this dress. I made my dress size, but the pattern sizing was off and did not give measurements for the sizes. So I made it just a little too small. It is the same pattern as the Ball gown.

Stumbling Blocks

Well, someday I might do better on my fulfilling my goals. But hey, I am actually updating something.

I have gone through a little bit of a tough spot the last month or so. It is amazing what kind of stumbling blocks get thrown in your path. And it is amazing how we manage to get over or around them.

In November I hurt my back, how it happened I am not sure. It happened just before our Thanksgiving trip. At first it was nothing much, just a little pain. It didn’t take long for that to escalade in to something much worse. I spent most of December in a lot of pain and missed more work then I would have liked. My job seemed to make it worse and worse. But with time, nurturing and a well loved heating pad I am on the mend and almost past that stumbling block.

December was a very trying time for me. I had a very busy month working at a Christmas shoppe. The customers weren’t so hard to deal with, even though there were many who were not very nice, but it was another employee who made it difficult. I find it very hard to understand entitlement issues or when people put down others to build themselves up. Well, with the end of December came an end to that and the beginning of a new problem. The owner of the shoppe I worked at almost lost his store and laid off everyone but his sons and the manager.

We have had a few family problems that we have and still are dealing with. There are some too personal and boring to list here. The nice thing is that we have a strong and very supportive family.

In many ways last year has been one of the hardest I can remember, but with many heartaches and trials also comes many blessings. We have been extremely blessed. We have a healthy family. We have been able to keep our home. We have reliable vehicles. We are still self reliant. We have a new and beautiful addition to our family. And many other blessing to many to list.

Friday came a pleasant surprise. A neighbor called me up and told me there was a position available at her work as a bus aid, all I had to do was apply online and call up the supervisor. So I did. When I called I was asked to come in for an interview. When I got there I was told that I had the job. They trusted the person that referred me and gave me the job. They went over the job with me and told me I started on Monday. It isn’t much, but it is a fairly good job and so far I am enjoying it. I work on a bus. ;p I help the bus driver with the kids on the bus. We have 5 special needs kids. Non of them are severe and all are very cute, elementary school kids. I work just over 2 hours a day, but get paid for 4, doesn’t get better then that. It isn’t much, but it is a blessing that I have been in need of.

I have been doing a little bit of sewing the last two weeks, but it has been slow going. I have been quite blue. I am hoping to get a dress done this week, or at least mostly done. I have the bodice done, I just need to sew the skirt up, put it together with the bodice, and put in the zipper. Really it shouldn’t be more then a few hours. I have some pictures, so I will have to post them.

Well, this is long enough!

Best blessing this year:

(Little note: Her blessing dress is made of the same material her mom's wedding dress was made of and is designed after the dress-
designed and made by her Nana.)

haha

Well, I have failed miserably at my attempts to do more with my blog. But you aren't missing much! I really haven't been up to much the last few months. I have been really sick, injured my back, and have been working. But alas... my job has ended (due to the economy)I am no longer sick, and my back is slowly healing. Maybe now I will be able to get some projects done. I have two coats I am working on, a dragon hoodie to figure out and finish, gloves to be made, a pretty little shirt, and a dress. I have all I need to make each of these things, I just haven 't been able to get to any of them due to all that has been going on the last month or two. We'll see at how well I will be able to get all this done and update on my blog. I hope to update at least once a week and have some progress on my projects.

I hope to have some good things come my way this year. I am going to Cancun, Mexico, with a friend and her husband and my younger brother in March. That should prove to be good. And if all works out my way I will be in Chicago this April going to school for fashion design. I hope that will work out, I just need to get a job and find some scholarships.

Well, That is all I am going to bore you with right now.

Tata for now!

Leap of faith

Well, It is time for me to take a leap of faith. I have not been satisfied with where I am or what I am doing in life since I have come home from Japan. It seems as thought I have been merely existing in this world and not living up to my potential.

I have been trying to figure out what it is I need to be doing, what it is that would be most beneficial to me and those around me.

I am still not sure what it is I need to be doing in my life, but I have the distinct impression that it is up to me, and whatever I decide to do (as long as it is righteous) will be supported by Heavenly Father. I am scared about what I am about to do, but that is mainly because I will be without any kind of safety net. My family is not in any kind of position to help me out on this if I can not find a place to stay, or a job to support myself with, or financial aid to pay for school, or if something comes up unexpectedly. I do not have a support I can see, and that scares me. I know I have the support and encouragement of my family, but I will only have Heavenly Father there if things don't go according to plan.

Not being able to see my safety net is what is most frightening. It is going to require me to exercise a lot of faith. I will have the best safety net there is out there, but it requires a lot of faith and exercising faith on my part. The unknown scares and excites me. This is probable the biggest thing I have done to date.

So what is it I am planning on doing? I have decided to go to The Illinois Institute of Art Chicago to study fashion design. It is an expensive program, but I would like to take my sewing skills to the next level.

I plan on making custom Wedding dresses and gowns, special event attire, and anything else one might need or want. That is my ultimate goal in this direction. I want to do this for both a career and as a service.

I am sending in my application with in the week and am trying to find a job and a place to stay. There are a few people I know in the area, so I am hoping I can get there help. Hopefully in a few weeks I will have everything settled.

In the mean time, I have a few sewing projects on the table that I am trying to get done before Christmas. Some are personal projects and others are Christmas presents. I plan on posting those, along with school projects, as I get them done.

Keep a look out for posts on finished projects.

And wish me luck!

Halloween

Well, I guess I have taken a bit of a leave of absence over the last few months. Part of the reason was because I have been busy at work, busy sewing, or have been Internet less (which was quite often... ). But here I am trying to do better.

HAPPY HALLOWEEN EVERYONE! Here are a few pictures for your viewing pleasure:

I was driving home the other day and I found thins wonder!

Yes, they have a shipwrecked pirate ship in their front yard!

I was quite impressed.

This is my carved masterpiece this year. I got around to carving a pumpkin this year and I decided to go with a snake.

I must say, It turned out rather well.

I hope soon to get up some pictures of my costume.... I think some one out there got a picture of it.....

This is my costume for my friend's Wedding/ masquerade Ball.

I made some adjustments to it for Halloween.

(I will have to find pictures of the adjustment)

Don't get too excited.... this is just a friend I took to the wedding.

I didn't know anyone else that was going to the ball

and I didn't want to go alone....

Pictures of me are courtesy of Terra Cooper and Muzo Gul

The woes of being single

I have been pondering a lot of late the differences between LDS guys and those guys who are not. I know what I want and have been trying to find it in a good catch of an LDS guy, and have found them seriously lacking in one major area: being interested in me. While I see guys who are not LDS, who have great qualities about them and they are very much so not lacking in one category: being interested in me. So, I have been wondering, and have no answer yet, why it is the kind if guy I want to marry is not interested in me? What is the difference between the two.

My mom and I have been discussing this a lot lately, Why LDS guys are not interested and guys who are not are, and we have come up with a variety of different answers, the funniest I will share with you:

1) LDS guys are scared of girls like me and guys who are not LDS are not intimidated easily.

2) I am a curvy girl ( and a tad bit on the plump side), and LDS guys don't like curvy/ plump girls, and guys who are not LDS couldn't care less if I was or not accepting me as I am.

3) (and probably my most favorite) I am a curvy girl and therefore I am a sexual sin, thus LDS guys are scared of me and guys who are not LDS are saying: "Bring on the sinning!"

well, I would go on, but I don't want to take the time to remember it all and then write it down.

So you know, this is all based off of the interactions I have had with the opposite sex. Who had thus far won in regards of interest:

LDS "Boys" Guys who are not LDS
0 35+ (but who is counting)

Oh, the challenge of being a beautiful Single young woman, the guys you want are in hiding (that is if they are actually in existence), and the ones who just don't quite cut it are all standing in line....

Mt. Nebo Loop

Mt. Nebo Loop Day Trip

On Monday my parents and i desided to take a drive and go on the Mt. Nebo Loop.

It was quite the experience.

Uah is full of Beauty and History, both old and new.

Our first stop was the Sri Sri Krishna Temple in Salem.

This isn't what you would expect to see in Utah.

Next stop was the Salem House. This was built by my

great great grandpa on my mom's side

Next is the Peteetnet School. We didn't have time to stop and

check anyhing out if we were going up the mountain, so

We didn't find out what this school was all about.

This is the first observation point. I liked the fence and flowers. :D



I love the mountains. :D

Ah! The road!

:D

Haha, my dad. :D We were haveing a lot of fun!

Another fence! It seems like they are everywhere on the loop!

Well, what do you expect, this is Utah.

I jut really liked this view with the sun.

More mountains.

I wish we would have gone earlier in the day, the evening sun wasn't the best

for picture taking.

This was about the highest we went, maybe a little higher.

The Devil's Kitchen is in Utah,

Just in case you where wondering. ;P

Oh Utah, the Beautiful!

:D

This is where the loop dumps out,Well if you are a Mendenhall it does. :D

This is where we stoped to have dinner.

We were tourists for the day, so it wouldn't be complete if I didn't take a

picture of my dinner in the Japanese fashion.

(Only I forgot to take the picture before I started,

so this is half of my dinner. :P)