If you follow my blog, you know that I made Anya an Elsa costume in April for a Wizard World comic convention.  She was a hit at the convention, with much pictures taken of her with little girls and other cosplayers. […]

Apparently, I was in a grey mood when I bought these fabrics!  Serendipity, as less than 48 hours later we got our first snowfall and the skies were a leaden grey for days. I guess winter has arrived. I went […]

In the spring, I received a prize for participating in Skirt Fixation’s Adult Create Contest.  I got 4th place, and they selected a very personalized gift for me.  A gift certificate to Spoonflower.  Perfect!  I knew I wanted to create […]

My computer where all my pictures reside is currently thoroughly infected with a/some viruses.  Not sure how that happened, but I have accidentally clicked on some shady Pinterest and Facebook links.  It must have happened through one of those venues. […]

It was time for our annual family pictures.  This time we got all dressed up smartly, and drove downtown to the government center.  Anya’s outfit is the one I made her from Stylo, I made my skirt and shirt and […]

Today I am posting the black and white Stylo outfit, which is all Oliver + S patterns (donated by them for the magazine contributors). I used the following patterns: Black and silver stripe top – O & S Sailboat Top Metallic black and […]

First of all, I was very happy that my friend, Rachel at Nest Full of Eggs, asked me to come along with her on this Stylo project.  I love the fashion photography aspect of this little magazine, plus add in […]

Well, I can finally talk about being in the current issue of Stylo, since it has released today! Rachel of Nest Full of Eggs was asked to be in this issue, and she asked me to make a look and […]

The day I made this I had gone on a school fieldtrip with Kai.  Either Brian or I usually go on the kids’ fieldtrips, and I knew that there was no way in heck I was going on the January […]

When I saw this blue and white fabric in the store, I grabbed it post haste.  It is beautiful, had a great hand and a nice stretch to it.  It feels like cotton, but it is a bit thicker and […]

It is hard to not photograph all the beautifully changing colors around here.   Soon the trees will be bare and the leaves brown and rotting on the ground.  Soon…the ground will be blanketed with a covering of snow. Now is […]

I belong to a group on Facebook for testing patterns, which I am not overly active in.   A lot of the patterns are for younger kids, or not something my kids would wear, so I tend to not test. […]