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Just Dandy

Things have been good "down on the farm". We've successfully moved in and have begun making it our home. This house brings out a new kind of happiness...it's amazing.

I've been practicing my sharpshooting...
Having lots of friends over for food and drinks and nights on the porch....And spending lots of time decorating and organizing and cleaning (all of which is enjoyable somehow). Dalanna put candles in mason jars on our porch last night and we drank mojitos with fresh mint from her garden and it was lovely.

Now as for the craft related portion of this post....
Here's my sewing nook! I'll return soon with some new items I've been working on, but it's too beautiful out to spend another second updating my blog.

We've Been Moving...

Farmhouse here we come...

Some time off

I finally had a day off to catch up on Gossip Girl episodes and lay in bed reading blogs. Luckily, my friend Monica just created two of her own that are definitely worth checking out. Later on today I will probably be going home to learn an old family cooking tradition. We'll be making capaletti's (which I have no idea how to spell or make) but maybe after tonight I'll know one of the two.

I should be finishing up two projects as well today, but like I said - I'm relaxing. I deserve it! I've been working like crazy at my "real" jobs and have had almost zero time to myself lately. But there is some good news in the mix of all this....I'm moving! Into a historically preserved farmhouse that is enormous and full of little alice in wonderland doorwarys and oh my gosh it's beautiful.

As for now...I'm going to look at carpets online.

New Stuff

I got a few things done today...thought I'd share.


This top was reconstructed completely from a XL tshirt. I made this on a whim, not really knowing what I was doing since I was making it up as I went, but the end result was something I am very happy with. I will keep this one for myself but next time I'll take my time and make one a little more polished.


The top of this dress was a three-quarter sleeve turtle neck that I chopped the sleeves off of, then added the bottom skirt portion of the dress made from vintage fabric. This one will end up in my shop sooner or later (I think).


This dress may not be complete yet, although it is certainly cute when kept simple. The cool part about this dress is....

It's a skirt too!

Alana has been using her design skills to help out with some SewNasty business items. The other day she gave me a SewNasty notepad...


Everytime she designs something I get so excited....I love the logo she made for me. I'm so lucky I've got such a talented friend. I think that about sums it up for now, I'll be at the ice cream parlor if you need me.

Photo Shoot

Yesterday was so beautiful, Alana and I decided to take a few SewNasty pictures in our backyard. I haven't posted them at my shop yet, but they should be up in the near future. Did I mention I've been working three jobs? Yeah, I've been a little busy. Things should be settling down soon though.

I'm back and ready for action

To say the very, very least Jamaica was wonderful. I had an incredible time with my family and got to see a beautiful little part of the world. We went snorkeling twice because it is just that cool (I touched a sea urchin, a starfish, and a sea cucumber), I bought artwork, jewelry, and rum that broke in my suitcase unfortunately, and hung out with some locals. OH and I saw midget Mac in the airport in Charlotte...please tell me someone else watches terrible VH1 reality tv shows and knows who that is. My sister did at least but she was busy buying Starbucks and missed the celebrity (?) sighting.

After a week in Jamaica, I pretty much thought the fun was over and back to the real world....so I spent the few last days before work spending some time with my boyfriend. He gave me my extremely beautiful birthday present, we walked around antiquing, and checked out a new diner in my hometown. Heading back to Lancaster we planned on stopping by my friend's house to say hello and to my absolute surprise my friends planned a birthday party for me. I walked in and everyone shouted and everyone was smiling and I couldn't stop giggling because I had NO IDEA that I was walking into a party for ME. I had the best night ever, full of the most perfect presents, fun stories, strange movies, and all of my favorite foods - which included homemade mac & cheese, chips and salsa, and teeny little ham & cheese sandwiches. My friends really went above and beyond with this party and I couldn't have been happier. Still smiling about it actually.

Well of course, somewhere along the line I caught a cold.
So here's a few pictures of Jamaica and thoughts of sunshine.





I miss it already.